Mano (singer)

Mano
Background information
Birth name	Nagoor Babu
Born	26 October 1965 (1965-10-26) (age 58) Sattenapalli, Andhra Pradesh, India
Genres	playback singing, carnatic music
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor, producer, voice dubbing artist,comedian,judge,anchor,music composer
Years active	1977–present

Nagoor Babu, known by his stage name Mano, is an Indian playback singer, voice-over artist, actor, producer, television anchor and composer. He is a recipient of several awards such as the Nandi Awards from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Kalaimamani award from the Government of Tamil Nadu.

Mano has recorded more than 25,000 songs for film and private various Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya and Hindi films. He has also performed for over 3000 live concerts across the continents. Notably, he has recorded 800 songs for music director Ilayaraja. Mano is also recognized for being as the full fledged dubbing artist from Muthu (1995) to till now for all films of Rajinikanth in Telugu.

Early life and background

Mano was born as Nagoor Babu in Tenali, Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. His father Rasool, was a musician in the All India Radio, Vijayawada division and his mother Shaheeda, was a popular Stage actress. Inspired heavily by his mother, Mano joined the stage theater and played many historical characters which also involved singing live songs in his own voice. He soon started taking formal training of carnatic classical music under the vocalist Nedunuri Krishnamurthy. Subsequently, he started his film acting career in the late 1970s and acted in about 40 movies as child artist. He featured as a supporting character in films such as Rangoon Rowdy.

Career

Mano has sung almost 50,000 songs for films and private in 15 languages such as Telugu, Tamil, Oriya, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi.

Early days and debut

While in 1977, Mano was shooting for a Telugu film for which the veteran M. S. Viswanathan was the music composer, it so happened that the original singer S. P. Balasubramanyam who was supposed to sing a song could not show up to the recording studio. Accidentally, Mano was asked to show his singing skills by the composer's assistant who was a good friend of Mano's father. Mano rendered a few of the Ghazal songs much to the appreciation of audience present there and the composer himself. From then on, Mano was signed by Viswanathan to sing few track songs upon which the main singer would sing in the final version. In 1982, Mano approached the famous composer Chakravarthy seeking a chance for his brother who was upcoming as a Tabla player. However, Chakravarthy insisted that he wanted an assistant like him to sing track songs. Mano, joined his troop and assisted for almost 2 years. In his tenure with Chakravarthy, Mano sang over 2000 tracks for almost all the leading singers.

Name change and association with Ilaiyaraaja

Before beginning his long standing career with Ilaiyaraaja, Nagoor Babu was rechristened as "Mano" to avoid clash of names with the already established singer Nagore E. M. Hanifa. The name was selected and christened by Ilaiyaraaja himself in his first song "Annae Annae nee enna sonnae" in the Tamil film Fazil's "Poo Vizhi vaasalilae" title song. Mano went on to record many memorable songs under the same composer for his Tamil and Telugu films. In 1987, Mano got a big break by singing popular songs for the film Enga Ooru Pattukkaran. The songs "Shenbagame Shenbagame" and "Madhura Marikozhundu Vasam" became instant hits among the listeners. However, he also faced criticism from the critics who dubbed that his voice was an absolute clone to S. P. Balasubramanyam.

Taking the criticism in his stride, Mano went on recording as many as 500 successful songs with Ilaiyaraaja and slowly branched out to sing for other Tamil composers as well. He recorded maximum number of duet songs with K. S. Chithra, Swarnalatha and S. Janaki. He simultaneously sang many hundreds of songs in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film industries. His teaming up with Hamsalekha in Kannada produced many chart buster numbers which are considered evergreen. His few Malayalam, Hindi and Oriya songs also were well received.

Voice modulation and its success

The late 1980s saw Mano experimenting with his voice through some modulations and it indeed worked in his favor to silence his critics. In the 1988 Kamal-starrer Soorasamharam, he first experimented with his voice encouraged by his mentor Ilayaraja (who wanted him to sound different in the song - Vedhalam Vandhirukuthu). He took inspiration for that song from the evergreen RD Burman number Mehbooba Mehbooba from Sholay and the song went on to be a big hit and he was much appreciated for the voice modulation. He later followed the same style for some more songs especially those with Arabic tunes. In 1994, he was approached by A. R. Rahman to sing the duet song "Mukkabla" with Swarnalatha for the movie Kadhalan. Mano was asked to sing in a very different style by the composer and he took the R. D. Burman route and the Mukkala song went on to become a huge blockbuster which broke all the regional barriers and reached out to the entire country. He recorded the same song in the Telugu and Hindi versions which also were well received. Following this stupendous success in experimentation, many music directors cashed in his newfound fame and made him sing in the same style. Some of the songs he modulated his voice for are "Aye Shabba Aye Shabba" for Vidyasagar's Karna, "I Love You" and "Azhagiya Laila" for Sirpy's Ullathai Allitha and "Thillana Thillana" for Rahman's Muthu. He has also done a few semi-classical numbers such as Athma Varaiyo. He has also sung a few Hindi film songs for Gulshan Kumar in Aaya Sanam, Aaja Meri Jaan, Kasam Theri Kasam, and Chor Aur Chand.

Voice-over dubbing

The year 1995 also saw another face of Mano as the voice-over dubbing artist in the Telugu film industry. He dubbed his voice for almost all Rajinikanth starrers in Telugu. His voice became almost synonymous with Rajinikanth and was in great demand by all the directors and producers. He also dubbed his voice for Kamal Haasan in some movies in Telugu.

Music composing and producing

Mano has worked as a music composer for the 2008 released Telugu film Sombheri. He got good response for his compositions. He also tried his hands on releasing Tamil film Azhagiya Tamil Magan (2007) as Mahaa Muduru in 2010 starring Vijay and Shriya Saran in the lead roles. The film, however, flopped at the box-office. He also produced two movies dubbed from Telugu to Tamil Madurai Thimiru and Kumaran Rajini Rasigan (dubbed versions of Yogi and Bujjigadu) under the studio name, "Lord Venkateswara Productions" and "Mano Media Entertainments" respectively.

Television works

Mano is hosting Manathodu Mano – a musical talk show in Jaya TV. He is also one of the permanent judging panel for Vijay TV's musical reality show Airtel Super Singer Junior along with Chitra and Malgudi Subha. He also co-judges the musical show Idea Super Singer on Maa TV. He also co-judges the musical show Sun Singer S6 (2019) with Karthik and Remya Nambesan. Since 2019, he co-judges popular Telugu television reality-comedy series Jabardasth and Extra Jabardasth alongside Roja. In 2021, he is one of the judges of Tamil reality-music show Rockstar.

Personal life

Mano is married to Jameela in 1985. They have three children. Shakir, Rafi, and Sofia. They both have made their debut in singing for the movie Kumaran Rajini Rasigan. The elder son Shakir is being introduced as a lead actor in a couple of Tamil films. Mano loves listening to ghazals by Mehdi Hassan and Ghulam Ali.

Filmography

As actor

Malayalam

• 1992: Soorya Manasam - playback Singer

Telugu

• 1979: Needa
• 1979: Rangoon Rowdy as Raju
• 1980: Ketugadu
• 1992: Hello Darling
• 2003: Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu as himself
• 2015: Shivam as Tanu's father
• 2021: Crazy Uncles as Reddy

Tamil

• 1992: Singaravelan as Mano
• 1993: Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda as singer in song "Veettukku Vilakku"
• 2003: Enakku 20 Unakku 18 as himself
• 2014: Vetri Selvan as Ananthakrishnan

As dubbing artist

Actor	Film	Original language	Notes
Rajinikanth	Kathanayakudu	Telugu
	Muthu, Arunachalam, Narasimha, Kabali, Kaala, Petta, Darbar	Tamil	Telugu version
Kamal Haasan	Sathi Leelavathi, Brahmachari	Tamil	Telugu version
Anupam Kher	Little John	Tamil/Hindi/English	Tamil version

Discography

Telugu discography

1980s

Year	Film	Song	Composer(s)	Writer(s)	Co-Singer(s)
1986	Vikram	"Ding Dong"	K. Chakravarthy
1987	Agni Putrudu	"Yerra Yerrani Bugga"	K. Chakravarthy
	Aha Naa-Pellanta!	"Swagatham"	Ramesh Naidu
	Collector Gari Abbai	"Sannayi Apaku Bava"	K. Chakravarthy
	Gundamma Gari Krishnulu	"How Are You"
		"Jamale Idi Intele"
		"Poddu Valapu Vaddu"
		"Hai Krishna"
	Kaboye Alludu	"Sai Sai Sara Kotto"
	Manmadha Leela Kamaraju Gola	"Nannu Cheera Chesuko"	Vasu Rao
	Trimurtulu	"Ee Jeevitham"	Bappi Lahiri
		"Bye Bye Bye"
1988	Asthulu Anthasthulu	"Thulli Thulli"	Ilaiyaraaja
	Rudraveena	"Randi Randi"
	Donga Kollu	"Seethammo Mayammo"	Vasu Rao
		"Ravoyi Maayintiki"
	Donga Ramudu	"Taku Chiku Taku Chiku"	K. Chakravarthy
	Inspector Pratap	"Takadhim"
	Jeevana Jyothi	"Samsara Jeevitham"	Raj-Koti
		"Muddiche Bulbul Pitta"
	Jhansi Rani	"Repo Mapo Pellanta"	K. Chakravarthy
	Raktabhishekam	"Bandaru Chinnadana"	Ilaiyaraaja
		"Cheye Cheye"
	Raktha Tilakam	"Guppedu Mallelu"	K. Chakravarthy
	Station Master	"Parugulu Teese"
		"Kottara Chappatlu"
		"Gangolamandi"
	Yamudiki Mogudu	"Ekku Bendekku Maava"	Raj-Koti
1989	Siva	"Sarasalu Chalu"	Ilaiyaraaja		S. Janaki
	Koduku Diddina Kapuram	"Bahu Paarak O Maharani"	Raj-Koti
		"Aalu Ledu"
	Paila Pachchees	"Teenage Team Maadi"	Ramesh Vinayakam
	Poola Rangadu	"Yedekokkate"	Raj-Koti
		"Cheerapettu Poolupettu"
		"Ottarulaara"
	Preminchi Choodu	"Ugaali Gaali Uyyala"
		"Aakasadesana"
		"Kokilamma"
		"Raja Raja"
	Sakshi	"Andhamaina Batalaga"
		"Jhummani Manasimmani"
	Sutradharulu	"Maharaja Rajasri"	K. V. Mahadevan
	Swathi Chinukulu	"Cham Cham Chalaaki"	Ilaiyaraaja
		"Ninnu Kanna"
		"Midisi Midisi Padina Vayasu"
	Two Town Rowdy	"Vaddura Niddara"	Raj-Koti
	Vicky Daada	"O Baby Neemeeda"
	Vijay	"Ayyayyo Chetilo Dabbulu"	K. Chakravarthy

1990s

Year	Film	Song	Composer(s)	Writer(s)	Co-Singer(s)
1990	Dagudumuthala Dampathyam	"Gonthemma"	M. M. Keeravaani
		"Madiloni Mata"
	Idem Pellam Baboi	"Darling Darling"	Ilaiyaraaja
		"Godavari Pongalle"
		"Rammante Raadaaye"
	Kokila	"Thalluku"
	Aggiramudu	"Haayile Haayile"	K. Chakravarthy
		"Savaal Chestaava"
	Anna Thammudu	"Oosuponi"	Raj-Koti
		"Puttu Puttu Aa"
		"Kadupaara"
	Chevilo Puvvu	"Doraka Doraka"	K. Chakravarthy
	Iddaru Iddare	"Abbayilu Cheppana"	Raj-Koti
	Kodama Simham	"Gum Gumainchu"
		"Pillo Jaabillo"
	Mama Alludu	"Edi Manmadha Samrajyam"	Vasu Rao
		"Mangalyam Tantunanena"
		"Gundelo Gusagusalu"
		"Seetapati Chapegathi"
		"Mama Alludu"
	Master Kapuram	"Mallelo Manchamesuko"	Raj-Koti
		"Neeve Prema Neede Prema"
	Prananiki Pranam	"Eeshwar Alla Terenaam"	K. Chakravarthy
	Prema Zindabad	"Anandam Ajantha"	Madhavapeddi Suresh
	Rambha Rambabu	"Rambha Ramba"
		"Balamani Raave"
1991	Sathruvu	"Maata Vintara"	Raj-Koti
	Amma Rajinama	"Cheekatlo Aadapilla"	K. Chakravarthy
	Dalpathi	"Muddabanthi Poochenule"	Ilaiyaraaja
	Nirnayam	"Mila Mila Merisenu"
	Pandirimancham	"Chilakamma Paluku"	Raj-Koti
		"Pillo Pidugo"
		"Rowdygaaru"
		"Amma Nee"
	Stuartpuram Police Station	"Fantastic"	Ilaiyaraaja
	Parishkaram	"Kanya Kumarini"	Vidyasagar
		"Chemanthi Chempalo"
		"Illantha Uyyalavuthundi"
	Kshana Kshanam	"Jumbaare"	M. M. Keeravaani
	April 1 Vidudala	"Chukkalu Temmanna"	Ilaiyaraaja
		"Nijamante"
	Teneteega	"Gitcham Gitcham"	Vidyasagar
1992	Allari Pilla	"Bhale Chance"	Vidyasagar
		"Alakalaku Laalijo"
		"Inta Inta"
	Antham	"Oohalevo Regey"	R. D. Burman
	Asadhyulu	"Kanapade Daarilo"	Ilaiyaraaja
	Chittemma Mogudu	"Hello Hello Lady Doctor"	K. V. Mahadevan
		"Boddulo Rupayibilla"
	Killer	"Priya Priyathama"	Ilaiyaraaja
	Roja	"Vinara Vinara"	A. R. Rahman
	Dharma Kshetram	"Kora Meenu Komalam"	Ilaiyaraaja
	Sahasam	"Sahasam"	M. M. Keeravaani
	Gharana Mogudu	"Kitukulu Thelisina"
		"Hey Pilla Hello Pilla"
	Golmaal Govindam	"Yem Tapamo"	K. Chakravarthy
	Mother India	"Lajja Gummadi"
	Pellaniki Premalekha Priyuraliki Subhalekha	"Kannugotti Raa"	J. V. Raghavulu
1993	Bangaru Bullodu	"Thathiginathom"	Raj-Koti
	Donga Donga	"Veera Bobbili"	A. R. Rahman
		"Kotha Bangaru"
		"Kanulu Kanulanu"
	Kondapalli Raja	"Guvvamgudug"	M. M. Keeravaani
		"Ammamma"
	Money	"Paadu Kaburu"	Sri Kommineni
	Padmavyuham	"July Maasam"	A. R. Rahman
	Aadarsam	"Lavva Lakidi Laati"	M. M. Keeravaani
		"Eedu Korinadi"
		"Chikati Musirina"
	Gaayam	"Nizam Pori"	Sri Kommineni
		"Cheli Mida Chitikedu"
	Major Chandrakanth	"Neekkavalisindi"	M. M. Keeravaani
	Mutha Mestri	"Chickchick Cham"	Raj-Koti
	Pillalu Diddina Kapuram	"Mangala Gowri"	Vidyasagar
		"Malakpeta Pori"
1994	Parugo Parugu	"Kindaninchi Paiki"	Raj-Koti
	Alibaba Aradajanu Dongalu	"Nee Paita Jaripothe"	Vidyasagar
	Allarodu	"Teacher Teacher"
		"Sarangaa Srirangaa"
		"Vakitlo Chali Chali"
		"Agadha Allari Vaana"
	Bhale Pellam	"Maapatela Mallelabasthi"	Deva
	Bobbili Simham	"Maayadaari Pillada"	M. M. Keeravaani
	Captain	"Paaliyyave Hai"	Sirpy
	Lucky Chance	"Aaja Aaja Raja"	Sri Kommineni
		"Vudutha Vudutha Huch"
	Madam	"Navallakaadu"	Madhavapeddi Suresh
	Mugguru Monagallu	"Aaja Aaja"	Vidyasagar
	Palnati Pourusham	"Raagala Chilaka"	A. R. Rahman
		"Idigo Peddapuram"
	Super Police	"Teku Kuttina Tenalilo"
		"Mukkambe Mukkambe"
	Gangmaster	"Nagu Monu Nagma"
		"Baddaragiri"
		"Kila Kilala"
		"Aa Siggu Eggu Enthavaraku"
	Vanitha	"Koodu Pettebhoomi"
	Premikudu	"Mukkala Mukkabula"
	Aladdin	"A Whole New World"(Reprise)	Alan Menken
		"Prince Ali"
		"Friend Like Me"
		"One Jump Ahead"(Reprise)
		"One Jump Ahead"
		"A Whole New World"
1995	Vaddu Bava Thappu	"My Dear Maradaluji"	Vidyasagar
		"O Prema Sastri"
		"Orayyo Yo Yo"
	Om (1995 film)	"College Kumaru" "Mehbooba" "Amruthavanthe Premada"	Hamsalekha
	Aayanaki Iddaru	"Arera Kothaga Undiro"	Koti
	Muthu	"Thillana Thillana"	A. R. Rahman
	Money Money	"Em Kompa"	Sri Kommineni
	Ammoru	"Dandalu"
		"Emani Piluvanu"
	Rangeli	"Yemi Cheyavachu"	A. R. Rahman
	Big Boss	"Sudiki Daaram"	Bappi Lahiri
	Gharana Bullodu	"Vangi Vangi"	M. M. Keeravaani
		"Emkasi Emkasi"
		"Adirendiro"
		"Chukkalo"
	Maato Pettukoku	"Maaghamaasam"	Madhavapeddi Suresh
		""Mazare Gajjala"
		"Ammamte Elelo"
	Maya Bazaar	"Tholi Valapula"
	Mummy Mee Aayanochadu	"Dhintanana Vennela Chilaka"	Vidyasagar
		"Chali Gaali Chengu Chaatu"
		"Gampalo Kodenta"
		"Maharani Manjulavani"
		"Hye Hye Madana"
	Sisindri	"Ori Naayano"	Raj
		"Kya Scene Hai"
	Gulabi	"Meghalalo"	Shashi Preetam
1996	Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi	"Chaligali Jummandi"	Koti
	Deyyam	"Alli Billi Kurra Cheera"	Vishwanatha Sathyanarayana
		"Ee Kulasaala Gulabi"
		"Hello Hello O Missu"
	Love Birds	"Come On Come On"	A. R. Rahman
	Little Soldiers	"Maa Father O Tiger"	Sri Kommineni
		"Yevadandi Veedu"
	Prema Desham	"Vennela Vennela"	A. R. Rahman
		"College Style"
	Family	"Aalumagalu"	Prasanna Swaraj
		"Cheeraleni Sundarangeevi"
		"Kothapelli Koothuru"
	Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu	"Paapato Pap"	Koti
		"Olammi Timmirekkinde"
	Jabilamma Pelli	"Boddupai Vadanam"	M. M. Keeravaani
	Ladies Doctor	"O Aakashavaani"	Vidyasagar
		"Chali Gaali Chengu Chaatu"
		"Yennenno Nomu"
	Pavitra Bandham	"O My Daddy"	M. M. Keeravaani
	Rayudugaru Nayudugaru	"Naa Kantiki Choopuvu"
		"Monna Choopu Kalisindi"
	Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya	"Pettamandi Pettamandi"
	Topi Raja Sweety Roja	"Alluku Pora"	Rajendra Prasad
1997	Aaro Pranam	"Pedaviki Pedavi"	Veeru K
		"Makhana"
	Devudu	"Ra Chilaka Kulukula"	Sirpy
		"Tanantu Nanu"
		"Made in China"
		"Gullo Ramayyo"
	Dongaata	"O Priya Edo Tamasha"	Ramani Bharadwaj
		"Lallaguda Sahiti Mallesha"
	Egire Paavurama	"This Is The Rhythm"	S. V. Krishna Reddy
	Gokulamlo Seeta	"Andala Sermaloni"	Koti
		"Hey Papa"
	Hitler	"Koosindi Kanne"
		"Prema Johar"
	Jai Bajarangabhali	"Nee Lipstick Pedavulu"
		"Ghallu Ghallu"
		"O Sokula Diamond Rani"
	Mama Bagunnava	"Chinnari Cheekatela"	Vidyasagar
	Merupu Kalalu	"Strawberry Kanne"	A. R. Rahman
	Anaganaga Oka Roju	"Ema Kopama"	Sri Kommineni
		"Edo Taha Taha"
		"Love Is Blind"
		"Oopa Lenayyo"
		"Endhammo"
	Iddaru	"Adhukonadam"	A. R. Rahman
		"Odalu Mannata"
	Annamayya	"Padaharu Kalalaku"	M. M. Keeravaani
		"Sobhaname Sobhaname"
		"Asmadeeya"
		"Nanati Bathuku"
	Oka Chinna Maata	"Abbo Oyabbo"	Ramani Bharadwaj
	Omkaram	"College Kurrodu"	Hamsalekha
		"Bullemma"
	Osey Ramulamma	"Addalori Buddayya"	Vandemataram Srinivas
	Maa Aayana Bangaram	"Chummare Chumma"
		"Bul Bul Basthi Lady"
	Pelli	"Rukku Rukku Rukkumini"	S. A. Rajkumar
	Pelli Chesukundam	"O Laila Laila"	Koti
	Preminchukundam Raa	"Pellikala Vachesinde"	Mani Sharma
		"O Panaipothundi"
	Subhakankshalu	"Panchavannela Chilaka"	Koti
	Surya Putrulu	"Peesu Peesu Polisu"	M. M. Keeravaani
	Thaali	"Guppu Guppu Ghallumandi"	Vidyasagar
	Veedevadandi Babu	"Rama Hey Rama"	Sirpy
		"Chamak Chamak"
		"Chitti Chitti Guvvapilla"
		"I Love You Love You"
		"O Cheele Cheele"
		"Aoura Laila"
	Ugadi	"Brathukaina Neede Kada"	S. V. Krishna Reddy
1998	Pelli Pandiri	"Dosth Mera Dosth"	Vandemataram Srinivas
	All-rounder	"Golkonda Chowrastha"	Swaraveenapani
	Bavagaru Bagunnara?	"Chalnedo Gaadi"	Mani Sharma
		"Sorry Sorry"
	Daddy Daddy	"Jaangri Lanti Pilla"	Vandemataram Srinivas
	Ganesh	"Aadabarse"	Mani Sharma
		"Hindilona Chumma"
	Prematho	"O Priyathama"	A. R. Rahman
	Mee Aayana Jagratha	"Vaana Vaana"	Koti
		"Andam Debba Kottinde"
		"Naa Holi Rangeli"	Vinayak Rao
		"Tyte Jeans Vesi"
	Antahpuram	"Chhamaku Chhamaku"	Ilaiyaraaja
	Navvulata	"Chik Chikladki"	M. M. Srilekha
		"Eevela Anividala"
	Pandaga	"Bagundammo"	M. M. Keeravaani
		"Mudda Banthulu"
	Pelli Peetalu	"Pelli Peetalu"	S. V. Krishna Reddy
	Premante Idera	"Nizam Babulu"	Ramana Gogula
	Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam Chootamu Raarandi	"Evamma Computeramma"	M. M. Keeravaani
	Suryavamsam	"Chukkalanni"(Version ll)	S. A. Rajkumar
	Suswagatham	"Happy Happy"
		"Figure Maata"
	Ulta Palta	"Chamaku Chamaku"	M. M. Srilekha
		"Kashmirunundi Kanyakumari"
		"Rajamandri Ramba"
	W/o V. Vara Prasad	"Peru Cheppave Papa"	M. M. Keeravaani
1999	Harischandraa	"Muvva Gopala"	Aghosh
		"Premante Thenela"
		"Chinna Saayam Cheyaana"
		"Vinudu Vinudu Antha"
	Naa Hrudayamlo Nidurinche Cheli	"Ninne Premincha"	Sri Kommineni
		"Ayyo Ayyo"
	Preminche Manasu	"Mumbai Minku Bangaru"	S. A. Rajkumar		Swarnalatha
		"Maaloni Maata Paata Aata"
	Neeli Meghalu	"Punnami Vennelaki"	Duggiraala
	Nee Kosam	"Konte Baapu"	Devi Sri Prasad
	Preminchedi Endukamma	"Manasu Koyila Paata"	Ilaiyaraaja
	Prema Katha	"Sunday Sunday"	Sandeep Chowta
	Premaku Velayera	"Inter Chadive"	S. V. Krishna Reddy
	Chinni Chinni Aasa	"Mallepulla Jallule"	Raj
		"Aa Vankachusuko"
	Narasimha	"Kikku Ekkele"	A. R. Rahman
	Ravoyi Chandamama	"Naa Kosmae"	Mani Sharma
	Raja	"Mallela Vaana"	S. A. Rajkumar
	Samarasimha Reddy	"Lady Lady"	Mani Sharma
		"Adees Abbabba"
	Iddaru Mitrulu	"Nootokka Jillalo"
	Speed Dancer	"Janedo Janedo"	Ramesh Vinayakam
		"Meethali Meethali Hai"
		"Hai Ooru Vaada"
		"Andhra Jyothi Choosa"
		"Dikkulne Dee Kotte"
	Sneham Kosam	"Ayyagaru Avunandi"	S. A. Rajkumar
	Jodi	"Andhala Jeeva"	A. R. Rahman
	Sultan	"Aakasham Gundello"	Koti
		"Chima Chima"
	Swayamvaram	"Pellichesukora"	Vandemataram Srinivas
	Yamajathakudu	"Nee Chevulaki"

2000s

Year	Film	Song	Composer(s)	Writer(s)	Co-singer(s)
2000	Choosoddaam Randi	"Emani Cheppanuraa"	M. M. Keeravaani
	Manasunna Maaraju	"Oodala Oodala"	Vandemataram Srinivas		Sujatha Mohan, Malgudi Subha, Tippu
	Maa Annayya	"Thajaga Maa Intlo"	S. A. Rajkumar		K. S. Chithra, Sujatha Mohan
	Kshemamga Velli Labhamga Randi	"Aadavallamandi Memu"	Vandemataram Srinivas		K. S. Chithra
	Bachi	"Habibi"	Chakri	Kulashekar	Gopika Poornima, Usha
	Moodu Mukkalaata	"Chinavaada Chinavaada"	M. M. Srilekha	Chandrabose	Nithyasree Mahadevan
2001	Narasimha Naidu	"Chilakapacha Koka"	Mani Sharma	Bhuvana Chandra	Radhika
	Soori	"Kottu Kottu Tenkaaya"	Vidyasagar	Kaluva Krishna Sai
		"Gumma Saradaaga"			Sujatha Mohan
	Kushi	"Holi Holi"	Mani Sharma	Suddala Ashok Teja	Swarnalatha
	Hanuman Junction	"Golumaalu Golumaalu"	Suresh Peters	Veturi Sundararamurty	K. S. Chithra, M. G. Sreekumar
	Subbu	"Janani Janma Bhoomi"	Mani Sharma	Jaladi
		"Hari Hara"		Kulashekar	Sunitha
	Naalo Unna Prema	"O Naa Priyathama"	Koti		K. S. Chithra
2002	Seema Simham	"Pori Hoosharu"	Mani Sharma
2003	Raghavendra	"Boothulu Tittakuraa"	Mani Sharma
	Vijayam	"Ee Ooji Sunoji"	Koti
	Simhadri	"Chinnadame"	M. M. Keeravaani
	Gangotri	"Maavayyadi"
	Kalyana Ramudu	"Parigetti Pothundi"	Mani Sharma
	Tagore	"Gappuchippu"	Mani Sharma
	Palnati Brahmanayudu	"Palaka Balapam"	Mani Sharma
2004	Puttintiki Ra Chelli	"Seethakoka Chilakala Chelli"	S. A. Rajkumar
	Swarabhishekam	"Nee Chente Oka"	Vidyasagar	Sirivennela Sitaramasastry	K. S. Chithra
	Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.	"Shankar Dada M.B.B.S"	Devi Sri Prasad
	Mass	"Maama Mass"
	Samba	"Kita Kitalu Pettamaaku"	Mani Sharma
2005	Naa Alludu	"Pilla Choodu"(Film Version)	Devi Sri Prasad
2006	Style	"Chiru Cheyyesthe"	Mani Sharma
2007	Shankar Dada Zindabad	"Jagadeka Veerudiki"	Devi Sri Prasad
	Yamadonga	"Young Yama"	M. M. Keeravaani
		"Srikara Karunda"
		"Bambharala Chumbhanala"
2008	Gorintaku	"Rajugari Thotalona"	S. A. Rajkumar
		"Karuna Kuriyu"
	Krishnarjuna	"Pedda Marrikemo"	M. M. Keeravaani
2009	Billa	"Hariloranga Hari"	Mani Sharma

2010s

Year	Film	Song	Composer(s)	Writer(s)	Co-Singer(s)	Notes
2010	Simha	"Simhamanti"	Chakri	Chandrabose	Sravana Bhargavi
2013	Iddarammayilatho	"Shankara Bharanamtho"	Devi Sri Prasad
	Gundello Godari	"Ekkadundi Ekkadundi"	Ilaiyaraaja
	Iddarammayilatho	"Shankara Bharanamtho"	Devi Sri Prasad
2014	Amrutham Chandamamalo	"Bahuparak", "Yarukaga"	Shree
	Lingaa	"Mona Mona"	A. R. Rahman			Dubbed version
2017	Gayatri	"Ravana Bramha"	S. Thaman
2019	Petta	"Mass Maranam"	Anirudh Ravichander			Dubbed version
	Kurukshetram	"Jhumma Jhumma"	V. Harikrishna
		"Bharata Vamshaja"
	The Lion King	"Siddhama"	Hans Zimmer			Dubbed version

Tamil discography

Year	Film	Song	Composer(s)	Writer(s)	Co-Singer(s)	Notes
1987	Velaikkaran	"Velai Illadhavan"	Ilaiyaraaja
		"Vaa Vaa Kanna"			K. S. Chithra
	Enga Ooru Pattukaran	"Shenbagame Shenbagame"	Ilaiyaraaja
		"Pechi Pechi"
		"Jinjinaku Janakku"
		"Madurai Marikozhundhu"
	Nayakan	"Nee Oru Kaadhal"			K. S. Chithra
1988	Soora Samhaaram	"Vedhalam Vandhirukuthu"
	Guru Sishyan	"Jingidi Jingidi"
	Solla Thudikuthu Manasu	"Thenmozhi"
	En Jeevan Paduthu	"Mounam Yen"
	Ennai Vittu Pogaathe	"Vaalaattum"
	Raasave Unnai Nambi	"Raasathi Manasula"
1989	En Purushanthaan Enakku Mattumthaan	"Kaathu Kaathu"
	Karakattakkaran	"Kudagu Malai"
		"Mundhi Mundhi"
1990	Paattukku Naan Adimai	"Thaalattu Ketkaatha"
	Kavalukku Kettikaran	"Idhazenum"
		"Solai Ilanguyil"
	Amman Kovil Thiruvizha	"Naan Sonnal"
	Panakkaran	"Nooru Varusham"
	Arangetra Velai	"Gundu Onnu"
1992	Chembaruthi	"Nila Kayum"
1993	Uzhaippali	"Uzhaippali Illatha"
1995	Ellaame En Raasa Thaan	"Azhagana Manja Pura"			K. S. Chithra
1998	Ilaignar Ani	"Rukku Rukku Mani"
1999	Oru Kadhal Vasantham	"Laila Oh Laila - Bit"

Kannada discography

Year	Film	Song	Composer(s)	Writer(s)	Co-Singer(s)	Notes
1986	Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara	"Chinna Naale Chinnu"	Vijayanand		K. S. Chithra
1991	Ramachaari	"Yaarivalu"	Hamsalekha
		"Aakashadaage"
		"Burude Burude"
1995	Om	"College Kumaru"
		"Amruthavanthe"
		"Mehbooba"
	Putnanja	"Puttamalli"
		"Nammamma"
		"Haadiro"
		"Naanu Putnanja"
		"Dasara Gombe"
1996	Shiva Sainya	"O Mere Pyare"	Ilaiyaraaja		K. S. Chithra
		"Are Laila Laila"
		"Raja Namma"
		"Jailali Hutti"			Ilaiyaraaja
1997	Simhada Mari	"Ninna Kannu"	Hamsalekha		K. S. Chithra
		"Ushe Bandalamma"
		"Kannada Nadina"
		"Dekhore"
1999	Upendra	"Masthu Masthu"	Gurukiran	Upendra
2001	Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu	"Ayyo Hogi Saar"	Hamsalekha		Hemanth Kumar, Badri Prasad
		"Nidire Baradire"

Hindi discography

Year	Film	Song	Composer(s)	Writer(s)	Co-Singer(s)	Notes
1994	Humse Hain Muqabla	"Muqabla"	A. R. Rahman		Swarnalatha
1996	Aur Ek Prem Kahani	"Hona Hain Toh", "Monday To Utkar"	Ilayaraja
1998	Satya	"Golimaar"	Vishal Bharadwaj
2000	Josh	"Sailaro Sailare"	Anu Malik		Suresh Peters
2019	Petta	"Mass Marudan"	Anirudh Ravichander		Anirudh

Serial songs

Year	Series	Song	Composer(s)	Writer(s)	Co-Singer(s)	Notes
1996	Jenmam X	"Jenmam X"
2001	Mandhira Vaasal	"Mandhira Vaasal"	D. Imman

Awards

• Mano received the prestigious "Kalaimaamani" Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu also State Award of Tamil Nadu for the song "Thuliyela" from Chinna Thambi.
• 1991 – Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Playback – For Various films.
• 1997 – Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Telugu – Ruku Ruku Rukmini – Pelli
• He has also been awarded by many popular cultural associations in India.
• He received the Gold Bracelet and "Gana Samrat" from APNA foundation Atlanta, USA on 14 April 2008
• He got Dr.Ghantasala award from Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

External links

• Mano on IMDb
• Mano interview at Idlebrain