Manchu Manoj

Manchu Manoj
Manchu Manoj
Born	Manchu Manoj Kumar; 20 May 1983 (age 41); Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India; (now in Telangana, India)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present
Spouse(s)	Pranathi Reddy ; (20 May 2015 – present)
Parent(s)	Mohan Babu, Nirmala Devi
Relatives	Lakshmi Manchu; Vishnu Manchu
Website	Manchu Manoj

Manchu Manoj Kumar is an Indian film actor known for his works exclusively in Telugu cinema. Born to Telugu actor Mohan Babu,^[2] Manoj first appeared at the age of ten as a child artist in Major Chandrakanth. Manoj made his film debut in a leading role with Donga Dongadi in 2004. He received state Nandi Special Jury Award for his work in Bindaas.

Early life

Manchu Manoj Kumar was born on 20 May 1983 to film actor Mohan Babu and Manchu Nirmala Devi. He has an elder sister Lakshmi Manchu and an elder brother Vishnu Manchu who are both Tollywood actors. He received his bachelor's degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Personal life

In May 2015, Manoj married his girl friend Pranathi Reddy after seeing each other for 2 years.Pranathi Reddy did her CCA (chartered accountant) in USA and was a classmate of Manoj's sister-in-law, Viranica.

Career

Child actor

Manoj was familiar to Telugu audience right from his childhood. He played many roles as a child actor in his own banner movies where his father Mohan Babu is shown as a child in flashbacks. He was well received for the role he played in the movie Punyabhoomi Naa Desam starred by his father.

2004–present

He started his career as a hero in 2004 with a movie called Donga Dongadi. In 2005, he appeared in the movie Sri and next in Raju Bhai in 2007. His movie Nenu Meeku Telusa...? was an average grosser but known for its melodious music. In 2009 his first movie Prayanam in the direction of Chandra Sekhar Yeleti did moderately well. His first movie in 2010, Bindaas turned out to be the biggest hit of his career. Another movie in 2010, Vedam was a critical and commercial success. He gained accolades for his role in Vedam. In 2012, he starred in Mr. Nookayya and Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?. In March 2013, he announced 5 films.^[3] His subsequent releases were Potugadu, Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda and Current Theega.^[4]

Filmography

No	Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1	1993	Major Chandrakanth		Telugu	Child actor
2	1997	Adavilo Anna		Telugu	Child actor
3	1998	Khaidhigaru	Raju	Telugu	Child actor
4	2004	Donga Dongadi	Vasu	Telugu	CineMAA Awards - Best Male Debut , Remake Of Thiruda Thirudi
5	2005	Political Rowdy	Himself	Telugu	Special Appearance
6	2005	Sri	Sri	Telugu
7	2007	Raju Bhai	Raju Bhai	Telugu	Remake of Chithiram Pesuthadi
8	2008	Nenu Meeku Telusa...?	Adithya	Telugu	Dubbed in Tamil as Yennai Theriyuma
9	2009	Prayanam	Dhruv	Telugu
10	2010	Bindaas	Ajay	Telugu	Nandi Special Jury Award^[5]
11	2010	Vedam	Vivek Chakravarthy
12	2010	Jhummandi Naadam	Balu	Telugu	TSR TV9 Awards – Special Jury Award
13	2012	Mr. Nookayya	Nookayya	Telugu
14	2012	Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?	Manoj	Telugu
15	2013	Potugadu	Govindu	Telugu
16	2014	Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda	Ajay	Telugu
17	2014	Current Theega	Raju	Telugu
18	2015	Dongaata	Himself	Telugu	Special Appearance
19	2016	Shourya	Shourya	Telugu
20	2016	Attack	Radha Krishna	Telugu
21	2016	Okkadu Migiladu		Telugu	filming
22	2016	Gunturodu		Telugu	filming

References

^ "Manchu Manoj Officially Marriage fixed with Pranitha Reddy". 25cineframes.com. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
^ "Chitchat with Manoj". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
^ "Manoj Manchu announces five films". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Manchu-Manojs-next-titled-Current-Theega/articleshow/35149415.cms
^ "nandi award". cineradham. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

7. ^ Manchu Manoj and Pranathi Reddy Sangeet Ceremony

External links

[1] "Manchu Manoj Officially Marriage fixed with Pranitha Reddy". 25cineframes.com. Retrieved 20 January 2015.

[2] "Chitchat with Manoj". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 24 October 2010.

[3] "Manoj Manchu announces five films". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 7 June 2013.

[4] ttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Manchu-Manojs-next-titled-Current-Theega/articleshow/35149415.cms

[5] "nandi award". cineradham. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

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v t e Nandi Special Jury Award
1983–1990	Vijayachander (1983) Karthik (1987) Kallu Chidambaram (1988) Chiranjeevi (1988) Venkatesh (1988) Jagapathi Babu (1990)
1991–2000	Naresh (1992) Suman (1997) Ravi Teja (1999) Venu Thottempudi (1999) AVS (2000) Srihari (2000) Nagarjuna (2000) Manjula Ghattamaneni (2001) Mahesh Babu (2001)
2001–2010	Surya (2001) N. T. Rama Rao Jr (2002) Ravi Teja (2002) Mahesh Babu (2002) Pavan Malhotra (2003) Saritha (2004) Mahesh Babu (2004) Allu Arjun (2004) Sneha (2005) Priyadarshini Ram (2005) Vadde Naveen (2005) Gangaraju Gunnam (2006) Genelia D'Souza (2006) Ram Charan (2007) Bhumika Chawla (2007) Allu Arjun (2008) Anushka Shetty (2008) Genelia D'Souza (2009) Ram Charan (2009) Srikanth (2009) Manchu Manoj (2010) Sunil (2010) Samantha Ruth Prabhu (2010)
2011–present	Nagarjuna (2011) Charmy Kaur (2011) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2012) Lakshmi (2012) Gautham Vasudev Menon (2012) Anjali (2013) Nithya Menen (2015) Nani (2016)