In 1989, Najuma offered him to feature in Hama Mihaaru, one of the programs aired in the Dhivehi Rajjeyge Adu, where he took part in a total of eighteen episodes in a span of three years.
The Mohamed Hilmy and Ali Waheed directed film, Ihsaas was released in 1993 in which Manik starred as a guardian to an orphan boy who is being psychologically disturbed following a false arrest.
[3] In 2000, he played the father of Fayaz, an ignorant husband who is deeply in love with a patient suffering from congenital heart disease in Abdul Faththaah's television drama series Dhoapatta.
[4] Starring alongside Niuma Mohamed, Sheela Najeeb and Jamsheedha Ahmed, the series centers on unrequited love and complications of a relationship within and beyond marriage.
[5] The same year, he starred opposite Hussain Sobah, Jamsheedha Ahmed and Mariyam Nisha in Fathimath Nahula's debut direction Fahuneyvaa (1998) which portrays the love-conflict of a man between a prominent stage performer and a deaf-mute poor girl.
[9] He then played a supporting role in a film directed by Ali Waheed, Kulunu starring Ismail Wajeeh and Aishath Shiranee, in which Manik was featured as an advisor to a conflicted father who arranges the marriage of his only daughter to an already committed man.
The same year he played the role of an unbearable and confused step-father in Abdul Faththaah's directorial debut, Himeyn Dhuniye which received positive reviews from critics.
[10] The following year, he starred alongside Yoosuf Shafeeu, Sheela Najeeb, Jamsheedha Ahmed, Mohamed Shavin and Ibrahim Giyas in the Amjad Ibrahim-directed Aaah (2001) which revolves around two siblings involved in family business and the downfall of the younger brother's love life when he discovers his fiancé is already married to an abusive husband.
[13][14] The film narrates the story of a young couple who decide to spend a romantic break to save their crumbling marriage and how events take a sinister turn when the wife experiences supernatural incidents involving her husband.
Moomin Fuad and Ali Shifau's critically appreciated crime film Heylaa (2006) featured Manik in a small role as a concerned citizen.
[26][27] The following year, he appeared in the family drama E Bappa (2011) which was produced by himself, featuring an ensemble cast including Yoosuf Shafeeu, Mohamed Manik, Sheela Najeeb, Amira Ismail, Lufshan Shakeeb, Mariyam Shakeela and Fathimath Fareela.