Mani Sharma Biography 
Mani Sharma is a music director in Telugu film industry. He has worked for more than 140 films and so he is popularly known as Swarna Brahma. He worked as a keyboard player for Raj Koti, M. M. Keeravani before he started his career in music direction in the year 1998. In the beginning he worked as a part time music director composing only the background scores for films of Ramgopal Varma and few others. The first film for which he composed music entirely was Super Hereos by Suresh Productions and his music journey continues from that.
He was born on 11th July 1964 in Machilipatnam in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. Most of his childhood days were spent in Chennai. In late 1980s under the guidance of the music director Sri Satyam, he started his career as a keyboard player. He toured with the famous playback singer S. P. Balasubramaniam as a keyboard player. He also has worked with A. R. Rahman and Ilayaraja in Chennai.
He got his break after his work in Bavagaru Bagunnara, the film of Chiranjeevi. Some of the all time hits that he worked for include, Bavagaaru Bagunnara, Iddaru Mitrulu, Chudalani Undi, Jai Chiranjeva, Stalin, Anji, Tagore, Annayya, Indra, Kushi, Teenmaar, Samara Simha Reddy, Narasimha Naidu, Aadi, Pokiri and Lakshmi Narasimha. He has also composed music for some other films that include Pokiri, Chirutha, Billa, Athadu, Yuvatha, Kantri, Shashirekha Parinayam, Athidhi, etc. He is working as a keyboard player in the China Olympics Official Musical Troupe in Gymnastics Competition.
He has received Telugu Filmfare Best Music director award for the film Choodalani Vundi in 1998 and Chirunavvutho in 2000 and Okkadu in 2003, and Nandi Award for Best Music Director for Choodalani Vundi in 1998 and Okkadu in 2003. He was nominated for Telugu Filmfare Best Music Director award for the films Athadu and Kantri.
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Updated: August 03, 2011
