Mani Sharma ( July 11)

Name: Mani Sharma

Date of Birth: July 11

Place of Birth:  Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Profession: Film composer, Music director

Snapshot:

Mani Sharma Yanamandra is a music director known for his works in Telugu and Tamil films. He is popularly known as "Melody Brahma" (God of Melody) for his contributions to music in Tollywood.Mani Sharma was born in Machilipatnam, Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh to violinist Y.N. Sharma. He spent most of his childhood days in Chennai.Mani Sharma started his career as a keyboard player in the late 1980s under the guidance of music director Sri Satyam. As a keyboard player, he toured with Padma Bhushan Dr. S.P.Balasubrahmanyam. He used to work with Murali Krish and Chakri Policherla under Maestro Ilaiyaraaja in Chennai. Mani was also a keyboard player for Raj-Koti and M. M. Keeravani. He was approached by Ram Gopal Varma for the background score of Antham. Varma asked him to compose a single song for his film and he agreed. Then he continued to compose background music for other films like Raathri (Raat), Preminchukundam Raa etc. His first film as a full-time music composer was Super Heroes. Later he got the breakthrough with Chiranjeevi's 1998 film Bavagaru Bagunnara.