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'''Nagoor Babu''' known by his [[stage name]] '''Mano''' ({{te|'''మనో'''}} born 26th October, 1965) is an [[India]]n [[playback singer]], [[voice-over artist]], [[actor]], [[film producer|producer]], [[television anchor]] and [[music composer]].
'''Nagoor Babu''' known by his [[stage name]] '''Mano''' ({{te|'''మనో'''}} born 26th October, 1965) is an [[India]]n [[playback singer]], [[voice-over artist]], [[actor]], [[film producer|producer]], [[television anchor]] and [[music composer]].


Mano has recorded more than 30,000 songs for various [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Oriya language|Oriya]] and [[Hindi|Bollywood]] films. He is a recipient of several awards such as the "[[Kalaimamani]]" award from the Government of Tamil Nadu and [[Nandi Awards]] from the Government of Andhra Pradesh. He has also performed for over 3000 live concerts across the continents<ref>http://myswar.com/artist/mano</ref>.
Mano has recorded more than 30,000 songs for various [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Oriya language|Oriya]] and [[Hindi|Bollywood]] films. He has also performed for over 3000 live concerts across the continents<ref>http://myswar.com/artist/mano</ref>.


==Early Life and Background==
==Biography==
Mano was born as Nagoor Babu on 26th October 1965 in [[Vijayawada]] district of [[Andhra Pradesh]] state into a [[Muslim]] family. 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 Nedanuri Krishnamurthy. Subsequently, he started his film acting career in the late 1970's. He featured as a supporting characters in films such as ''Rangoon Rowdy'' and ''Kethu Gadda''.
Mano was born in a Muslim family and his original name is Nagoor Babu; he was rechristened Mano by [[Ilayaraja]]. He learnt [[Carnatic music]] from the leading vocalist Nedanuri Krishnamurthy.<ref name="sudha_umashanker_mano">Sudha Umashanker. [http://www.tfmpage.com/my/singer/mano.html An article on Mano].</ref>


==Career==
He has acted in several stage plays and has done 15 Telugu films including ''Rangoon Rowdy'' and ''Kethu Gadda''. In 1979, he was doing a Telugu film for which [[S. P. Balasubramanyam]] was to do playback singing for him. While the recording team was waiting for S. P. Balasubramaniam, the music director [[M. S. Viswanathan]]'s assistant (who knew Mano's father) asked Mano to sing. Mano sang a few [[ghazal]]s, which were appreciated by the audience. M. S. Viswanathan was impressed and asked him to come to [[Chennai]]. After completing that film, Mano abandoned his studies and worked with M. S. Viswanathan for two and half year, as his assistant.<ref name="sudha_umashanker_mano"/>
===Early Days and Debut===
While in 1979, 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 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 (music 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.


Mano recorded his debut original song in 1984, for the Telugu film ''Karpoora Deepam''. He was one among the 3 singers that also included [[S. P. Balasubramanyam]] and [[P. Susheela]]. He sang in a 1985 released Kannada film for musician [[Hamsalekha]]. Later he made his debut in Tamil films under Meastro [[Ilaiyaraaja]] in 1987 for the film ''[[Poovizhi Vasalile]]''.
He shot to fame with Shenbagame from Enga Ooru Paattukkaran. He followed with superhits like ''[[Mukkabla]]'' from the film ''[[Kaadhalan]]'', sing with ''[[Swarnalatha]]'' composed by [[A. R. Rahman]], ''Thillana'' from Muthu and ''Azhagiya Laila'' from ''Ullathai Alli Tha''.


Among all the films that he acted, it was the 1992 released Tamil film ''[[Singaravelan]]'' that gave him much recognition as a comedy actor. He acted along side [[Kamal Haasan]] and [[Kushboo]] in this film.
In 1982, Mano went to Telugu music director Chakravarthy, to introduce his brother (a [[tabla]] player) to the music director. He ended up working as Chakravarthy's assistant. As a music assistant, Mano used to render the dummy versions of the songs before the singers mixed their voices. In 1984, he got a chance to sing along with S. P. Balasubramaniam and Susheela in the film ''Karpoora Deepam'', when a third voice was required.<ref name="sudha_umashanker_mano"/> Later, he sang for a Kannada film for music director ''[[Hamsalekha]]'' in (1985). In 1986, he sang ''Anne Anne'' in ''Poovizhi Vasalile'' for [[Ilayaraja]], which was followed by other hits such as ''Enga Oor Paatukaran'' (''Shenbagame', ''Madurai Mari Kozhundu Vaasam'') and ''Velaikaran'' (''Vaa Vaa Kanna Vaa'', ''Velayillathavan'' etc.). Mano then requested Chakravarthy to relieve him, and started concentrating on his singing career. He made himself very popular after acting in a Tamil movie ''[[singaravelan]]''


===Name Change & Association with Ilaiyaraaja===
Mano also loves listening to and singing ghazals by [[Mehdi Hassan]] and [[Ghulam Ali (Ghazal singer)|Ghulam Ali]]. 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'', ''{{lang|hi|Kasam Theri Kasam}}'', and ''Chor Aur Chan''.
Before beginning his long standing career with Ilaiyaraaja, Nagoor Babu was rechristened as "Mano" to avoid clash of names with the already established singer Nagoor Hanifa. The name was selected and christened by Ilaiyaraaja himself. Since then, there was no looking back for Mano who 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 to his stride, Mano went on recording as many as 2000 successful songs with Ilaiyaraaja and slowly branched out to sing for other Tamil composers as well<ref>http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/nagurbabu.html</ref>. He recorded maximum number of duet songs with [[K. S. Chithra]] 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===
Mano has sung almost 22000 songs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thiraipaadal.com/singer.php?SGRID=Mano&lang=en |title=Mano's Songs List at |publisher=Thiraipaadal.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-01}}</ref> in 14 Indian languages{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}}. He received the prestigious "Kalaimaamani" Award{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} from the Government of Tamil Nadu also State Award of Tamil Nadu for the song "Thuliyela" from Chinna Thambi and the Best Singer Nandi award{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} for many songs from the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2000. 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 April 14, 2008{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}}.His son Shakir is being Introduced as a hero in the film 'Nalladhor Veenai Seithen'
The early 90's saw Mano experimenting with his voice through some modulations and it indeed worked in his favor to silence his critics. In 1994, he was approached by [[A. R. Rahman]] to sing a duet song with [[Swarnalatha]] for the movie ''[[Kadhalan]]''. Mano was asked to sing in a very different style by the composer and he recorded his voice which was inspired by [[R. D. Burman]]'s voice in "Mehbooba Mehbooba" song. The 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 new found 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 (music director)|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'', ''{{lang|hi|Kasam Theri Kasam}}'', and ''Chor Aur Chan''.


===Voice-over dubbing===
Mano has done more than 3000 Live shows around the world. He also Turned to a Producer by Dubbing Two Movies From Telugu to Tamil that is 'Madurai Thimiru' & 'Kumaran Rajini Rasigan' and Company is named as "Lord Venkateshwara Productions" and mano media entertainments.
The 90's also saw the another face of Mano as the voice-over dubbing artist in 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.

===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 producing the Tamil dubbed film ''Mahaa Muduru'' in 2010 starring [[Vijay (actor)|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'' & ''Kumaran Rajini Rasigan'' under the studio name, "Lord Venkateshwara Productions" and "Mano Media Entertainments" respectively <ref>http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/nagurbabu.html</ref>.

===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 [[K. S. Chitra|Chitra]] and [[Malgudi Subha]]. He also co-judges the musical show ''Idea Super Singer'' on [[Maa TV]].

==Personal Life==
Mano is married to Jameela. They have two sons Shakir and Rafi. 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 couple of Tamil films. Mano loves listening to ghazals by [[Mehdi Hassan]] and [[Ghulam Ali (Ghazal singer)|Ghulam Ali]].

==Awards==
* Mano received the prestigious "Kalaimaamani" Award<ref>http://www.jointscene.com/artists/Kollywood/Nagur%20Babu%20/348</ref> 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.
* 2000 - [[Nandi Award for Best Male Playback Singer]] - For Various films
* 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 April 14, 2008{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}}
* He got Dr.Ghantasala award from Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh


Recently He got an Dr.ghantasala award from chiefminister of Andhra Pradesh and is also doing his Show in Jaya TV as 'Manathodu Mano', and In Vijay TV he is Jury of Judges
for the 'Airtel Super Singer Junior' and also In Telugu judge for the Idea Super Singer on Maa TV .


His sons Shakir & Rafi and also made their Debut Songs in the Movie "Kumaran Rajini Rasigan".and his elder son SHAKIR doing couple of movies his first movie is with director Selva Titled NAANGA.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0543508|Mano}}
* {{IMDb name|0543508|Mano}}
* [http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/nagurbabu.html]


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Mano
Birth nameNagoor Babu
Born (1965-10-26) October 26, 1965 (age 59)
Vijayawada, India
Genresplayback singing, carnatic music
Occupation(s)Singer, actor, producer, voice dubbing
InstrumentVocalist
Years active1984 – present
SpouseJameela

Nagoor Babu known by his stage name Mano (Template:Te born 26th October, 1965) is an Indian playback singer, voice-over artist, actor, producer, television anchor and music composer. He is a recipient of several awards such as the "Kalaimamani" award from the Government of Tamil Nadu and Nandi Awards from the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Mano has recorded more than 30,000 songs for various Telugu, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Oriya and Bollywood films[2]. He has also performed for over 3000 live concerts across the continents[3].

Early Life and Background

Mano was born as Nagoor Babu on 26th October 1965 in Vijayawada district of Andhra Pradesh state into a Muslim family. 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 Nedanuri Krishnamurthy. Subsequently, he started his film acting career in the late 1970's. He featured as a supporting characters in films such as Rangoon Rowdy and Kethu Gadda.

Career

Early Days and Debut

While in 1979, 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 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.

Mano recorded his debut original song in 1984, for the Telugu film Karpoora Deepam. He was one among the 3 singers that also included S. P. Balasubramanyam and P. Susheela. He sang in a 1985 released Kannada film for musician Hamsalekha. Later he made his debut in Tamil films under Meastro Ilaiyaraaja in 1987 for the film Poovizhi Vasalile.

Among all the films that he acted, it was the 1992 released Tamil film Singaravelan that gave him much recognition as a comedy actor. He acted along side Kamal Haasan and Kushboo in this film.

Name Change & 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 Nagoor Hanifa. The name was selected and christened by Ilaiyaraaja himself. Since then, there was no looking back for Mano who 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 to his stride, Mano went on recording as many as 2000 successful songs with Ilaiyaraaja and slowly branched out to sing for other Tamil composers as well[4]. He recorded maximum number of duet songs with K. S. Chithra 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 early 90's saw Mano experimenting with his voice through some modulations and it indeed worked in his favor to silence his critics. In 1994, he was approached by A. R. Rahman to sing a duet song with Swarnalatha for the movie Kadhalan. Mano was asked to sing in a very different style by the composer and he recorded his voice which was inspired by R. D. Burman's voice in "Mehbooba Mehbooba" song. The 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 new found 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 Chan.

Voice-over dubbing

The 90's also saw the another face of Mano as the voice-over dubbing artist in 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.

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 producing the Tamil dubbed film 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 & Kumaran Rajini Rasigan under the studio name, "Lord Venkateshwara Productions" and "Mano Media Entertainments" respectively [5].

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.

Personal Life

Mano is married to Jameela. They have two sons Shakir and Rafi. 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 couple of Tamil films. Mano loves listening to ghazals by Mehdi Hassan and Ghulam Ali.

Awards


References

  1. ^ "Profile of Mano | Lakshman Sruthi - 100% Manual Orchestra |". Lakshman Sruthi. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  2. ^ "Mano's Songs List at". Thiraipaadal.com. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  3. ^ http://myswar.com/artist/mano
  4. ^ http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/nagurbabu.html
  5. ^ http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/nagurbabu.html
  6. ^ http://www.jointscene.com/artists/Kollywood/Nagur%20Babu%20/348

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