Mano Murthy
| Mano Murthy | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Genres | Film score, Theatre |
| Occupations | Composer, music director, instrumentalist, Network engineer |
| Years active | 1994 – present |
| Website | Official site |
Mano Murthy is a leading musician and composer in the Kannada Film 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.[1][2][3]
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. [4] 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 brought 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. The quality of music and melody in songs makes him the favorite choice by producers. He also composed music for a Hindi movie in 2005 which did not take off unfortunately.
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | America! America! | Ran successfully for a whole year |
| 2001 | Nanna Preethiya Hudugi | Ran for 100 days |
| 2003 | Preethi Prema Pranaya | Ran for 100 days and Mano Murthy was a Co-Producer National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada |
| 2004 | Jokefalls | Ran successfully for 30 Weeks and first film in the history of multiplexes to complete such a long run |
| 2005 | Amrithadhare | Ran successfully for 30 weeks |
| 2006 | Mungaru Male | Ran successfully for a whole year and the first film to complete one whole year in the history of world multiplexes and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Kannada Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director |
| 2007 | Cheluvina Chittara | Ran successfully for 30 weeks |
| 2007 | Maathaad Maathaadu Mallige | Ran successfully for 100 days |
| 2007 | Geleya | |
| 2007 | Milana | Ran successfully for a whole year and the second film to complete one whole year in the history of world multiplexes and he won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Kannada Suvarna Film Award for Best Music Director |
| 2007 | Hetthare Hennanne Herabeku | |
| 2007 | E Bandana | Ran successfully for 75 days |
| 2008 | Vaana | Telugu film Remake of Mungaru Male |
| 2008 | Moggina Manasu | Ran successfully for 100 days |
| 2008 | Madesha | |
| 2008 | Bombaat | |
| 2008 | Haage Summane | |
| 2009 | Olave Jeevana Lekkachaara | |
| 2009 | Male Barali Manju Irali | |
| 2009 | Manasaare | Ran successfully for 150 days[5] |
| 2009 | Januma Janumadallu | |
| 2009 | Neene Bari Neene | An Album featuring Sonu Nigam |
| 2009 | Gokula | |
| 2010 | Pancharangi | Ran successfully for 100 days |
| 2011 | Lifeu Ishtene | Ran successfully for 100 days [6] |
| 2011 | Mr. Duplicate | |
| 2012 | Parijatha[7] | |
| 2013 | Athi Aparoopa | Yet to be released |
| 2013 | Ale | Yet to be released |
Current Projects
He is working on a couple of projects right now, one of which being 'ALE', a fresher's team. He is also judging a singing reality show called 'Fresh Voice Of Karnataka' on Public Tv with well known Music Director-Lyricist Sagar S.
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Milana (Ninnindale song)
- Filmfare Award 2006 for Best Music Director, Mungaru Male
- Karnataka State Award 2006 for Best Music Director, Mungaru Male
- E TV Award 2006 for Best Music Director, Mungaru Male
- Sansui Shri Gandha Award 2006 for Best Music Director, Mungaru Male
- Hello Gandhinagar Award 2006 for Best Music Director, Mungaru Male
- Karnataka Chitrarasikara Sangha Award 2006 for Best Music Director, Mungaru Male
- M.S.Ramaih Chitralaya Award 2006 for Best Music Director, Mungaru Male
- Garuda Mall Award 2007 for Most Popular Music Director
- South Cine Fans Award Chennai 2003-2004 for Best Music Director, Preeti Prema Pranaya
- National Award 2004 for Best Movie Preeti Prema Pranaya as Producer
References
- ^ Mano Murthy - The musician with a difference - an exclusive interview
- ^ Here’s an engineer who makes music
- ^ In a deluge of melodies
- ^ I want to take Indian film music to Hollywood: Mano Murthy
- ^ Manassare driven me crazy
- ^ Melody is my Forte
- ^ Parijatha - Sweet songs! Kudos to Mano Murthy
- ^ Awards won by Mano Murthy
