K. Manju

Born in a Kannada family, K. Manju is a well-known Kannada film producer in the South industry. Manju was born in Mayasandra village in Karnataka. His childhood was filled with a lot of obstacles, and he had to juggle a lot to reach this platform of producing movies. Manju’s father worked hard to sell coconuts, and his mother worked as a servant in a hospital named NIMHANS.

His mother only worked to balance their financial condition. Manju couldn’t get the education at a young age because they were financially backward at that time and there were no schools in his village. His mother tried hard to do everything she could to educate her son. Manju couldn’t clear his 10th standard exams in one go and struggled to clear them in the second attempt. After that, he somehow managed to pass his 12th standard exams after which he decided to become an auto driver.

Manju also worked as a janitor cleaning washrooms and also sold coconuts to earn a living. It was after becoming an auto driver that he became stable financially. He built his own small house and got married also. Initially, he wanted to become a doctor or an engineer but was unable to do so because of his poor condition. To deposit his college fees he had to become a driver and after that, he established an automobile shop also. Manju is arguably the best producer in the South film industry these days.

He is a great admirer of ‘ Vishnuvardhan Vishnuvardhan was born in Mysore. He attended high >> Read More... ’. When Manju lend money to a director, it was then that his association with the film industry started. Manju first put his money for the film, Police Story and made some gain out of it. After that, he went ahead to produce the Kannada film, Anuraga Spandana, in the year 1997. Manju then went ahead to produce films like ‘ Jenugudu Jenugoodu is a Kannada daily soap series broadcast >> Read More... ’, ‘Jamindaaru’, ‘Sahukaara’, in the starting of the 21st century.

Manju is famous for producing films like ‘ Aramane Aramane is a popular television serial. It telecas >> Read More... ’, ‘Raja Huli’, Super Ranga Click to look into! >> Read More... , and ‘ Jigarthanda Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. Manju has mostly produced Kannada films, but he aims to produce movies in various languages. He also produced one Tamil movie, ‘ Bramman Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. Bramman revolved around the story of a guy who is the owner of a theater and the obstacles faced by him. This movie didn’t receive much appreciation and had a rating of 4 on IMDb.

Manju and Vishnuvardhana worked together for five movies. Manju has produced more than 23 films by now, and most of them were received well by the viewers. He is also a politician as he wanted to serve the residents of this country.