Upon India's independence, he served as the first chief film censor of Madras state.
[1] Srinivasan was born on 30 May 1899 at Shiyali in the Tanjore district of Madras Presidency, India.
He graduated in law and was pursuing his post-graduate studies at the Presidency College, Madras when he was invited by C. Rajagopalachari to join the staff of the National School that he had founded.
He served notably as the Central Assembly Correspondent in Delhi and covered the proceedings of the C. Sankaran Nair committee in London.
Manikkodi would acquire acclaim as a journal and spearhead a literary movement.