Mano Murthy

Mano Murthy
Origin	Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Genres	Film score, Theatre
Occupations	Composer, music director, instrumentalist, Network engineer
Years active	1994 – present
Website	Official site

Mano Murthy (Kannada: ಮನೊಮೂರ್ತಿ) is a leading musician and composer in the Kannada Film Industry. Although his compositions in his earlier films were also successful, he shot to fame with Mungaru Male, one of the biggest hits in Kannada industry. Before moving onto becoming a composer, he was an entrepreneur, having co-founded three companies in California. He was a programmer in microsoft. His latest venture, an IP security provider called Allegro Systems, was acquired by Cisco Systems.^[1]

Early life and education

Murthy had nurtured deep interest in music since a young age. He used to play drums when he was an undergrad electrical engineering student at UVCE, Bangalore University. He went to the US to do graduate work at the University of California, Davis and Stanford University.

Film career

He started his music career with composing music for the movie America! America! directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar. The songs of this movie became popular, most notable being the songs America America and Nooru Janmaku. He went on to compose music for the movie Nanna Preethiya Hudugi. The song Car Car of this movie was a big hit. He also composed the Music for National award winning Movie Preethi Prema Pranaya, and the superhit Comedy movie Joke Falls. Some of the popular songs are Gandhavathi and Naguvina Loka Idu. In spite of these hit songs, his name remained relatively unknown in Kannada filmdom. However Mungaru male which became the most successful box office hit in Kannada film industry earning Rs. 75 crores brought Mano murthy into limelight. It earned him enormous popularity and critical acclaim. Next came another super hit movie Cheluvina chittara (2007) which gave him much more fame and this movie grossed Rs.30 crores. The quality of music and melody in songs makes him the favorite choice by producers. One of the best music director in Kannada Film industry.

Filmography

Year	Movie	Language	Notes
1995	America! America!	Kannada	Ran for 365 days
2001	Nanna Preethiya Hudugi	Kannada	Ran for 100 days
2003	Preethi Prema Pranaya	Kannada	Ran for 100 days
2004	Jokefalls	Kannada	Ran for 175 days
2005	Amrithadhare	Kannada	Ran for 200 days
2006	Mungaru Male	Kannada	Ran for 500 days
2007	Cheluvina Chittara	Kannada	Ran for 175 days
2007	Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige	Kannada	Ran for 75 days
2007	Geleya	Kannada	Ran for 50 days
2007	Milana	Kannada	Ran for 365 days
2007	Hetthare Hennanne Herabeku	Kannada	Ran for 25 days
2007	E Bandana	Kannada	Ran for 75 days
2008	Vaana (remake of Mungaru male)	Telugu	Ran for 50 days
2008	Moggina Manasu	Kannada	Ran for 100 days
2008	Madesha	Kannada	Ran for 25 days
2008	Bombaat	Kannada	Ran for 25 days
2008	Haage Summane	Kannada	Ran for 50 days
2009	Olave Jeevana Lekkachaara	Kannada	Ran for 25 days
2009	Male Barali Manju Irali	Kannada	Ran for 50 days
2009	Manasaare	Kannada	Ran for 100 days
2009	Januma Janumadallu	Kannada	Ran for 25 days
2009	Neene Bari Neene	(Sonu Nigam's first Kannada Album)
2009	Gokula	Kannada	Ran for 50 days
2010	Pancharangi	Kannada	Ran for 100 days
2011	Lifeu Ishtene	Kannada	Released on : September 9, 2011
2011	Mr. Duplicate	Kannada	Ran for 50 days
2011	Parijatha	Kannada	Upcoming

Awards

• Filmfare Award for Milana (Ninnindale song)
• Filmfare Award 2006 for Best Music Director, Mungaru Male
• Karnataka State Award 2006 for Best Music Director, Mungaru Male
• E TV Award 2006 for Best Music Director, Mungaru Male
• Sansui Shri Gandha Award 2006 for Best Music Director, Mungaru Male
• Hello Gandhinagar Award 2006 for Best Music Director, Mungaru Male
• Karnataka Chitrarasikara Sangha Award 2006 for Best Music Director, Mungaru Male
• M.S.Ramaih Chitralaya Award 2006 for Best Music Director, Mungaru Male
• Garuda Mall Award 2007 for Most Popular Music Director
• South Cine Fans Award Chennai 2003-2004 for Best Music Director, Preeti Prema Pranaya
• National Award 2004 for Best Movie Preeti Prema Pranaya as Producer

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References

1. ^ Mano Murthy - The musician with a difference - an exclusive interview
2. ^ Awards won by Mano Murthy

External links

• Mano Murthy at the Internet Movie Database
• Official site

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