Mano Murthy

Mano Murthy

Mano Murthy (Kannada: ಮನೊಮೂರ್ತಿ) is a musician and composer mainly active in Kannada cinema 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.

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 bought 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 75 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 25 days
2007	Geleya	Kannada	Ran for 25 days
2007	Milana	Kannada	Ran for 365 days
2007	Hetthare Hennanne Herabeku	Kannada	Ran for 25 days
2007	E Bandana	Kannada	Ran for 50 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 25 days
2009	Olave Jeevana Lekkachaara	Kannada	Ran for 25 days
2009	Male Barali Manju Irali	Kannada	Ran for 25 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 25 days
2010	Pancharangi	Kannada	Ran for 50 days
2011	Life Ishtene	Kannada	Upcoming
2011	Parijatha	Kannada	Upcoming
2011	Mr. Duplicate	Kannada	Upcoming

External links

• Mano Murthy at IMDb
• Official site