Mano

Nagoor Babu known by his stage name Mano (Telugu: మనో 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. He has also performed for over 3000 live concerts across the continents. 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...