Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma is an Indian composer, singer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and music producer known for his works primarily in the Telugu and Tamil cinema along with Hindi and Kannada films.[1][2] He is a recipient of two state Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South, two CineMAA Awards, and three Mirchi Music Awards South for Best Music Direction. His works are noted for integrating Indian classical music with electronic music, world music and traditional orchestra. He is often referred to as "Melody Brahma" for his melodious tunes. He has a number of hit albums in his frequent collaborations with Chiranjeevi and Mahesh Babu, Nandamuri Bala Krishna, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Daggubati Venkatesh, Pawan kalyan, Jr NTR, Allu Arjun, Prabhas, and Ram Charan. In his early days he worked as a programmer under many music composers namely Saluri Rajeswara Rao, Chakravarti, Ramesh Naidu, Ilaiyaraja, Raj-Koti, M. M. Keeravani. Ram Gopal Varma recognised his talent and insisted that he work as a music composer in his film Raathri and for a tune in Antham. Choodalani undi is the first movie where he composed songs. The producer Ashwini Dutt introduced him as a full time music composer and later went on to work with him for many films. Many music composers such as S. Thaman, Devi Sri Prasad, Harris Jayaraj worked under him in their early days. [3][4][5]
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Birth name | Yanamandra Venkata Subramanya Sharma |
Born | 11 July, 1964 Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Genres | Film score, electronic, rock, fusion, blues, Indian classical |
Occupation(s) | Film composer, music director |
Instruments | Keyboard, synth, piano, mandolin, harmonium, guitar |
Years active | 1992–present |
Discography
Telugu
Tamil
Kannada
Year | Title | Director | Cast |
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2002 | Premakke Sai | Kodandarami Reddy | V. Ravichandran |
2005 | Yeshwanth | Dayal Padmanabhan | Sriimurali |
2006 | Ajay | Meher Ramesh | Puneeth Rajkumar, Anuradha Mehta, Prakash Raj |
2014 | Ninnindale | Jayanth C. Paranjee | Puneeth Rajkumar, Erica Fernandes |
2015 | Shivam | Srinivasa Raju | Upendra, Saloni Aswani |
Hindi
Year | Title | Director | Cast |
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1992 | Drohi | Ram Gopal Varma | Nagarjuna Akkineni, Urmila Matondkar |
1992 | Raat | Ram Gopal Varma | Revathi |
2014 | Mumbai 125 KM | Hemant Madhukar | Veena Malik, Karanvir Bohra |
2021 | Liger | Puri Jagannadh | Vijay Devarakonda, Ananya Panday |
Background score only
Year | Film | Language | Director | Cast |
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2018 | Touch Chesi Chudu | Telugu | Vikram Sirikonda | Ravi Teja, Rashi Khanna |
2016 | Hyper | Telugu | Santosh Srinivas | Ram, Raashi Khanna |
2015 | Akhil | Telugu | V. V. Vinayak | Akhil Akkineni, Sayyeshaa |
Temper | Telugu | Puri Jagannadh | N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Kajal Aggarwal | |
2013 | Ongole Gittha | Telugu | Bommarillu Bhaskar | Ram, Kriti Kharbanda |
Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu | Telugu | Srikanth Addala | Mahesh Babu, Venkatesh, Anjali, Samantha, Prakash Raj, Jayasudha | |
2012 | Nuvva Nena | Telugu | P. Narayana | Allari Naresh, Sharvanand, Shriya Saran |
2011 | Oh My Friend | Telugu | Venu Sree Raam | Siddharth, Shruthi Haasan, Hansika Motwani |
2008 | Chintakayala Ravi | Telugu | Vignesh | Venkatesh, Anushka |
2009 | Koncham Istam Koncham Kastam | Telugu | Kishore Kumar Pardasani(Dolly) | Siddharth, Tamanna |
2006 | Lakshmi | Telugu | V V Vinayak | Venkatesh, Nayanatara |
2002 | Shakti: The Power | Hindi | Krishna Vamsi | Karisma Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan, Nana Patekar |
1996 | Deyyam | Telugu | Ram Gopal Varma | J. D. Chakravarthy Maheshwari |
Television
- 2007 Suriya
Other works
Year | Title | Producer |
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2016 | Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu | Star Maa |
2009 | Chennai Super Kings Theme song | Chennai Super Kings |
2020 | Bigg Boss (Telugu season 4) Theme music | Star Maa |
References
- "A musical blockbuster in the making?". Deccan Chronicle. 4 December 2019.
- Borah, Prabalika M.; Borah, Prabalika M. (29 January 2012). "One for the melody". Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
- https://m.timesofindia.com/topic/Mani-Sharma
- "Mani Sharma: Top Telugu musical hits of Melody Brahma". The Times of India. 11 July 2018.
- Nadadhur, Srivathsan (5 September 2015). "One good, two better?" – via www.thehindu.com.
- "MLA Telugu Movie Review {3/5}: Entertaining, 'time-pass' kind of a film to watch along with your family". indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- Reporter, Staff (28 September 2010). "Audio of Khaleja released". Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
- thgee. "The Hindu : Entertainment / Film Review : "Morning Raga"". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
External links
- Mani Sharma at IMDb