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Yanamandra Mani Sharma Born Yanamandra Venkata Subramanya Sharma
July 11, 1964
Machilipatnam, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaOther names Mani Sarma Occupation Music composer Years active 1992–present Mani Sharma Yanamandra (Telugu: మణి శర్మ; born 11 July 1964, Machilipatnam, Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh) is a music director known for his works in Tollywood.[1] He has composed music for over 140 films. He is popularly known as "Swara Brahma" for his contributions to music in Tollywood. Mani Sharma started his career as a music director in 1998. Before that Sharma used to work as a keyboard player for Raj-Koti, M. M. Keeravani. Mani and A. R. Rahman had both worked for Raj-Koti as keyboard players. Then Mani became a part-time music director by composing background scores for films of Ramgopal varma and others. Then he was approached to do the background score of Antham (Drohi in Hindi). Varma asked him to compose a single song for his film and he agreed. Then he continued to compose background music for other films like Raathri'(Raat), Preminchukundam Raa etc. His first film as a full-time music composer was Super Hereos which was produced by Suresh Productions. Later he got break in Megastar Chiranjeevi's film Bavagaru Bagunnara. After that he never looked back, his music journey continues.
He composed music for all time biggest hits Bavagaaru Bagunnara, Chudalani Undi, Iddaru Mitrulu, Jai Chiranjeva, Stalin, Anji, Indra, Tagore, Annayya, Kushi, Teenmaar, Samara Simha Reddy, Narasimha Naidu, Kushi, Aadi, Lakshmi Narasimha & Pokiri. His recent hit films are Pokiri (Telugu and Tamil), Chirutha, Billa (Telugu), Athadu, Athidhi, Yuvatha, kantri, Shashirekha parinayam and many more. One of his achievements is after 'Bavagaru Bagunnara' Chiranjeevi took him as a music composer for a huge majority of his films till Stalin (1998–2006).
He is also the keyboard player in the China Olympics Official Musical Troupe in Gymnastics Competition.
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Early life
Mani Sharma was born in Machilipatnam, Krishna district of Andhra pradesh. He spent most of his childhood days in Chennai. Sharma started his career as a keyboard player in the late 1980s under the guidance of music director Sri Satyam. As a keyboard player, he toured with Indian playback singer Padma Bhushan Dr.Sri S.P.Balasubramaniam. Mani Sharma used to work with A. R. Rahman under the composition of Maestro Ilaiyaraaja in Chennai.
Discography (Telugu and Tamil)
Year Telugu Tamil Director Producer Starring 2011 Oh My Friend(back Ground Score) Siddarth,Sruthi hasan,Haniska,Navadeep 2011 RamaChari Eeshwar Venu, Kamalinee Mukherjee 2011 Sinam Arun Prasad Navdeep, SathyaRaj 2011 Uyar Thiru 420 Premnath R.Chandrasekhar Snehan, Vaseegaran, Meghana Sundar Raj 2011 Rampachodavaram Chaitanya Dantuluri Anushka Shetty 2011 Rachaa Sampath Nandi Ram Charan Tej, Tamanna Bhatia, Colors Swathi 2011 Solo Parusaram(bujji) Nara Rohith 2011 Mudra Amma Rajasekhar Sri Hari 2011 Shakti Meher Ramesh N. T. Rama Rao Jr. 2011 Kaaval Thurai A. Venkatesh Arun Vijay 2011 Theen Maar Jayanth C. Paranjee Pawan Kalyan,
Kriti Kharbanda2011 ? B.Gopal Tottempudi Gopichand 2010 Parama Veera Chakra Dasari Narayana Rao C.Kalyan Nandamuri Balakrishna 2010 Vastadu Naa Raju Hemanth Madhukar Vishnu Manchu 2010 Khaleja Trivikram Srinivas Singanamala Ramesh Mahesh Babu,
Anushka2010 Kalyanram Kathi Mallikarjun Kalyan Ram Kalyan Ram,
Sana Khan2010 Singam Puli Jiiva, Divya Spandana 2010 Happy Happyga Priya Saran Varun Sandesh 2010 Em Pilla Em Pilladu Tanish 2010 Koothimuka A.V.S Krishnudu 2010 Don Seenu Gopichand Malineni Venkat Ravi Teja, Shriya Saran 2010 Subapradham K. Vishwanath Allari Naresh 2010 Maanja Velu A. Venkatesh Mohan Arun Vijay 2010 Maapillai suraj dhanush 2010 Varudu Gunasekhar D.V.V.Danayya Allu Arjun 2010 Sura SP Rajkumar Joseph Vijay 2009 Malai Malai Arun Vijay, Vedhika Kumar 2009 Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru Nandhini J S Ajmal Ameer,
Rupa2009 Maaro Nitin 2009 Baanam Chaitanya Ashwini Dutt Nara Rohit 2009 Rechipo Paruchuri Murali Nitin 2009 Chennai Super Kings
title track(Tamil & Hindi)Chennai Super Kings 2009 Ek Niranjan Puri Jagannadh Aditya Ram Prabhas 2009 Padikathavan suraj -dhanush 2009 Mithrudu Mahadev/Mahadevan Balakrishna 2009 Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam
(BackGround Score)Kishore Pardasani Sujeet Kumar Siddharth Narayan,
Tamanna2009 Evaraina Epudaina Varun Sandesh,
Vimala Raman2009 Pista Thoranai Saba Ayyappan Vishal,
Shriya2009 Poru Srihari 2009 Yagam P.A. Arun Prasad Navdeep, Bhumika 2009 Aa Okkadu N.S.Murthy 2009 Billa Meher Ramesh Gopikrishna Movies Pvt Ltd Prabhas 2008 Aarya MBBS Aarya MBBS Madhavan 2008 Bhadradri Srihari 2008 Sasirekha Parinayam Krishna Vamsi Genelia,
Tarun2008 Souryam J.Siva Kumar Gopi Chand,
Anushka2008 Chintakayala Ravi
(Back Ground Score)Yogi Nallamalapu Bujji Venkatesh 2008 Hero G.V. Sudhakar Naidu (G.V.) Nitin 2008 Yuvatha Parashuram Nikhil Siddharth 2008 Parugu Bhaskar Dil Raju Allu Arjun 2008 Kantri Meher Ramesh Ashwini Dutt NTR Jr. 2008 Ontari B.V. Ramana Pokuri Babu Rao Gopi Chand 2008 Pourudu Raj Aditya Sumanth 2007 Sri Mahalakshmi Vijayan Srihari Srihari,
Suhasini2007 Toss Upendra,
Raja2007 Sabari Suresh Salem Vijayakanth 2007 Okka Magadu YVS Chowdary YVS Chowdary Balakrishna 2007 Godava A. Kodandarami Reddy Viabhav 2007 Bhayya Malaikottai Bhupathi Pandyan Vishal 2007 Athidhi Surender Reddy Ramesh Babu Mahesh Babu 2007 Chiruta Puri Jagannadh Ashwini Dutt Ram Charan Teja 2007 Lakshyam Latchiyam Srivaas Gopi Chand,
Anushka2007 Dubai Seenu Srinu Vaitla D.V.V.Danayya Ravi Teja,
Nayantara2007 Lakshmi Kalyanam Teja Kalyan Ram 2007 Poramboku Srinivas Navdeep 2007 Madhumasam Chandra Siddhartha Sarita Patra Sumanth,
Sneha,
Parvati Melton2007 Pokkiri Prabhu Deva Ramesh Babu Vijay,
Asin2006 Room Mates A.V.S Allari Naresh,
Navneet Kaur2006 Seethakoka Chiluka Ilavattam Navdeep 2006 Raraju Uday Shankar Gopichand 2006 Stalin A. R. Murugadoss Nagababu Chiranjeevi,
Trisha2006 Ashok Surender Reddy Valluripally Ramesh NTR Jr. 2006 Pokiri Puri Jagannadh Puri Jagannadh,
ManjulaMahesh Babu,
Ileana2006 Veerabhadra A.S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary Ambica Krishna Balakrishna 2006 Style Raghava Lawrence Lagadapati Sridhar Raghava Lawrence,
Charmi2006 Ranam Amma Rajashekhar Gopichand 2006 Morning Raaga(English) Raghavendra Rao 2005 That is Pandu Devi Prasad Jagapathi Babu,
Sneha (actress)2005 Jai Chiranjeeva K.Vijayabhaskar Ashwini Dutt Chiranjeevi,
Bhoomika2005 Allari Pidugu Jayanth C. Paranjee Balakrishna,
Katrina Kaif2005 Athadu Nandhu Trivikram Jayabheri Kishore
Murali MohanMahesh Babu,
Trisha2006 Narasimhudu B. Gopal Chengala Venkat Rao NTR Jr.,
Sameera Reddy2005 Athanokkade Surender Reddy Kalyan Ram Kalyan Ram,
Sindhu Tolani2005 Subhash Chandra Bose Raghavendra Rao Ashwini Dutt Venkatesh,
Genelia,
Shriya2005 Thirupaachi
(only one song)
(kannum kannum)Perarasu R.B.Choudry Vijay,
Trisha Krishnan2005 Radha Gopalam Bapu Srikanth,
Sneha2005 Balu ABCDEFG Karunakaran Ashwini Dutt Pawan Kalyan,
Neha Uberoi,
Shriya2004 Jai Prashanth,Anshu 2004 Gambeeram Sarath Kumar,
Laila2004 Rupai 2004 Sakhiya Jayanth C. Paranjee Appalraju,
A.K. KumarTarun,
Nauhid2004 Gudumba Shankar Veera Shankar Nagababu Pawan Kalyan,
Meera Jasmine2004 Arjun Gunasekhar Ramesh Babu Mahesh Babu,
Shriya2004 Yagnam A.S.Ravi Kumar Chowdary Gopichand 2004 Samba V.V. Vinayak Kodali Nani NTR Jr.,
Genelia,
Bhumika2004 Adavi Ramudu B. Gopal Chanti Addala Prabhas,
Aarti Agarwal2004 Sri Anjaneyam Krishna Vamsi Nitin,
Charmi2004 Anji Chekavan Kodi Ramakrishna Shyam Prasad Reddy Chiranjeevi,
Namrata Shirodkar2004 Lakshmi Narasimha Jayanth C. Paranjee Bellamkonda Suresh Balakrishna,
Asin2003 Arasu(kannada) Sarath Kumar,
Simran2003 Alaudin Prabhu Deva,
Ashima2003 Simhachalam Srihari 2003 Tarak Balasekaran Tarak 2003 Ori Nee Prema
Bangaaram GanuA.V.S Rajesh 2003 Vidyarthi R.B.Chaudhary 2003 Abhimanyu Mallikarjun Ashwini Dutt Kalyan Ram 2003 Tagore V.V. Vinayak B. Madhu Chiranjeevi,
Shriya2003 Palanati Brahmanaidu B. Gopal M.V. Murali Krishna Balakrishna,
Sonali Bendre,
Aarti Agarwal2003 Raghavendra Suresh Krishna Prabhas,
Anshu,
Swetha Agarwal2003 Anjaneya Maharajan Chakravarthy Ajith Kumar,
Meera Jasmine2003 Okkadu Gunasekhar M.S. Raju Mahesh Babu,
Bhumika2002 Kauravudu Nagendra Babu,
Ramya Krishna2002 Seema Simham Ram Prasad D.V.V Danayya Balakrishna,
Simran2002 Priyadarshini 2002 Joruga Husharuga Srikanth,
Sunil2002 Pellam Vurelithe S.V. Krishna Reddy Ashwini Dutt Srikanth,
Venu,
Rakshita,
Sangeetha2002 Aasai Aasaiyai R.B.Chowdhary Jeeva 2002 Bobby Shobhan Mahesh Babu,
Aarti Agarwal2002 Chennakeshava Reddy V.V. Vinayak Bellamkonda Suresh Balakrishna,
Shriya,
Tabu2002 Indra B.Gopal Ashwini Dutt Chiranjeevi,
Sonali Bendre,
Aarti Agarwal2002 Youth Vincent Selva Vijay,
Shaheen2002 Ezhumalai Arjun,
Simran2002 Aadi V.V. Vinayak Naga Lakshmi NTR Jr.,
Keerthi Chawla2002 Narasimma (film) [vijaykanth],
Esha gopikar2002 Takkari Donga Jayanth C. Paranjee Jayanth C. Paranjee Mahesh Babu,
Bipasha Basu,
Lisa Ray2002 Murari Krishna Vamsi N.Devi Prasad,
Ramalingeswara RaoMahesh babu,
Sonali Bendre2001 Shah Jahan Vijay,
Richa2001 Narasimma Vijayakanth 2001 Subbu Rudraraju Suresh Varma NTR Jr. 2001 Narasimha Naidu B.Gopal M.V. Murali Krishna Balakrishna,
Simran2001 Prematho Raa Uday Shankar T. Trivikrama Rao Venkatesh,
Simran2001 Sivani Venkatesh,
vijayasanthi2001 Bhalevadivi Basu Arun Prasad Anita Krishna Balakrishna,
Anjala Zhaveri,
Shilpa Shetty2001 Mrigaraju Gunasekhar Devi Vara Prasad Chiranjeevi,
Simran2001 Kushi S.J.Suryah A.M. Ratnam Pawan Kalyan,
Bhumika2001 Devi Putrudu Paapa Kodi Ramakrishna M.S.Raju Venkatesh,
Soundarya2001 Cheppalani Vundi Chandra Mahesh Naveen,Raasi 2000 Handsup Nagendra Babu,
Jayasudha2000 Rayalaseema
Ramanna ChowdharySuresh Krishna Mohan Babu,
Priya Gill2000 Vamsi B. Gopal Adiseshagiri Rao Mahesh Babu,
Namrata Shirodkar2000 Manoharam Gunasekhar Jagapathi Babu,
Laya2000 Chiru Navvutho G.Ram Prasad Venu 2000 Azad Tirupathi Swamy Ashwini Dutt Nagarjuna,
Soundarya2000 Annayya Mutyala Subbayya Stayanand Chiranjeevi,
Soundarya2000 Yuvakudu Karunakaran Sumanth,
Bhumika2000 Ravoyi Chandamama Jayanth C. Paranjee Ashwini Dutt Nagarjuna,
Anjala Zhaveri2000 Rajakumarudu Kaadhal vennila Raghavendra Rao Ashwini Dutt Mahesh Babu,
Preity Zinta1999 Neti Gandhi E V V Satyaranayana Dr. Rajasekhar 1999 English pellam
East Godavari MoguduSrikanth,
Ramya Krishna1999 Anaganaga O Ammayi Ramesh Sarangan Srikanth,
Soundarya,
Abbas1999 Iddaru Mitrulu Raghavendra Rao Chiranjeevi,
Sakshi Sivanand,
Ramya Krishna1999 Ganesh Tirupathy Swami D. Suresh Babu Venkatesh,
Rambha1999 Seenu Shashi Venkatesh,
Twinkle Khanna1999 Samarasimha Reddy B.Gopal Ch. Venkata Rao Balakrishna,
Simran,
Anjala Zhaveri1998 Manasicchi choodu Rudraraju Suresh Varma Vadde Naveen 1998 Choodalani Vundi Gunasekhar Ashwini Dutt Chiranjeevi,
Soundarya1998 Bavagaru Bagunnara Jayanth C. Paranjee Nagendra Babu Chiranjeevi,
Rambha1998 Super Heroes A.V.S 1992 Antham Drohi (1992 film) Ram Gopal Verma Nagarjuna,
Urmila1992 Raathri Raat (Hindi)
(Background score)Ram Gopal Verma Revathy Awards and nominations
- 1998: Winner, Telugu Filmfare Best Music Director Award for Choodalani Vundi'
- 1998: Winner, Nandi Award for Best Music Director for Choodalani Vundi
- 2000: Winner, Telugu Filmfare Best Music Director Award for Chirunavvutho
- 2003: Winner, Nandi Award for Best Music Director for Okkadu
- 2003: Winner, Telugu Filmfare Best Music Director Award for Okkadu
- 2005: Nomination, Telugu Filmfare Best Music Director Award for Athadu
- 2008: Nomination, Telugu Filmfare Best Music Director Award for kantri
References
- ^ "Manisharma’s background score for KIKK". Sify. 19 January 2009. http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14839664. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/28/stories/2010092856070200.htm
- http://www.hinduonnet.com/fr/2004/11/05/stories/2004110502830300.htm
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