Manisharma's Chinese Instruments For 'Chirutha'

Mani Sharma says that he has brought musical instruments from China to score for Chirutha.

He said, "Since Chirutha was said to be made in Bangkok, I was asked to do something on the lines of Chinese music. So I brought original Chinese instruments although we can manage on key boards. We kept focus on perfection al together. I got many calls of appreciation for the back ground music given for fights. Especially, the fight in temple got huge response".

But the fact is Mani Sharma took lot of BGMs from some Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan's films. Those who watched the film can easily make out that.

Press Note: Manisharma Musical Tour success 2007

Manisharma embarked on his second major tour, entitled "Swara Brahma melodies","Irrespective of having already achieved massive worldwide success on his chartbusters, he is a humble man with love for music and he feels his body and mind are tuned for creating good music day and night.

He told Telugu websites and few magazines: "We're seriously talking about going out this year and putting together an amazing show with his great troupe".It seems like the way to break a show act these days is you have to built-in a fan base before his songs and team even hit the road. ."He says his troupe singers' route to stardom bypasses a lot of the normal building blocks most acts go through, but for now they are "self-made" stars.Living and breathing music, there's nothing Manisharma enjoys more than going to a concert, or even blasting the stereo and groovin' to some tunes. He's all about performing the things he knows with others, especially when it has to do with music.

Manisharma quotes-He says Music isn't just learning notes and playing them, You learn notes to play to the music of your soul. I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, friends, there's no boundary line to art.Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.

Music show critics says Manisharma's shows are picking up momentum with his latest chart busters and super hits "He's transcended the teen star-pop thing, and it looks like a lot of his fans are going with him."His 95% capacity to shows figure is more than among other top-level acts touring in the same time span at similar-sized venues.

Manisharma proved time and time again that good team work, good sound and excellent local coordination in all cities will prove the tour as a success.He thanked Ruchi Foods, Chicago for National Promotion of shows and JP Entertainment Group for Publicity, Press releases and other coordination efforts.He personally thanked all cities and local organizers for supporting Devi from Ruchi Foods.

He thanked all of his team- Karunya,Mallikarjun,Vinod babu unitha,Usha, Vijay Lakshmi,Gangadhar,Chiranjeevi, Sai, Sai karthik, Saagar, Raghava, Chinna, Harikishen, Vani, Ravishankar,Yashwant, Sridevi, Jagadish Prabhala and Srikant Devarakonda.

In 2007 his tour includes 7 cities Chicago, Washington DC, Dallas, Memphis, Columbus, New Jersey, Detriot are heated up with his tremondous show.

June 29th, 2007- Chicago
National promoter-Ruchi Foods, Chicago
Attendance-2000. Show a huge success. The show had a attendance never seen by Telugu Indian community in Chicago.Several sponsorers and volunteers worked and coordinated the show for its success.He thanked Yashwant, Devi's family,Venkata Majeti, Neil Mudigonda, Aruna, Sanjay for hosting during this long tour.

July 7th, 2007-TANA- Washington DC.
Organizer-TANA 2007
Attendance-More than 10,000. TANA and Manisharma show was a huge success.For first time in TANA and ATA history, Manisharma with his stupendous success in ATA 2006 was invited again for TANA 2007.Cine star Balakrishna and other telugu movie industry artists stayed glue at TANA for his show.He unleashed his songs and his singers capability to the cheering crowd.TANA 2007 never saw such a huge attendance for any music show till date.Manisharma thanked HemaPrasad Yedla, Hanumaiah Bandla, Satish Vemana, Rao Mulpuri, Mohan Venigalla, Veeru Uppala, Events EQ- BJ Singh, Devi Polavarapu and Jagadish Prabhala.

July 14th, 2007- Dallas
Local Organizer-Prasad Thotakura(FUNASIA) and TANTEX
Attendance-1200+.Dallas audience were taken to grandiose musical heights by the excellent music, lighting, sound effects and mimicry by Sri Mani Sharma's group.Sri Manisharma was felicitated with a large rose garland by Sri Prasad Thotakura who coordinated the entire event successfully.Manisharma garu personally thanked Sri Raja Reddy,Smt. Lalita Murty,Smt. Udayagiri Rajeswari,Sri Suresh Manduva (TANTEX),Ramakrishna & Beena Lavu; Srinivas and Uma Yalamanchi; Nagaraj & Anuradha Marri; and Ramki & Anu Chebrolu as well as all the TANTEX Executive Committee members.

July 15th, 2007- Memphis
Local organizer-TAM-Telugu Association of Memphis
Attendance- 700+.Manisharma garu personally thanked Telugu Association of Memphis (TAM)-Sri Padma Peravalli,Dr Deepika Pulasani,Kiran Parapudi, Mr. Srinivas Reddy and several others.

July 20th, 2007-Columbus
Local organizer- Saibaba Temple,Jagadish Prabhala-JP Entertainment Group and TACO(Telugu Association of Central Ohio)
Attendance- 700+.JP Entertainment Group was the main co-sponsor in bringing Manisharma's troupe to heart of Columbus.. His tour in Columbus Included Music show, Banquet dinner in Dayton, Columbus and also Cricket match with Columbus team. Manisharma garu personally thanked Jagadish Prabhala, YP Rao,Satya Yerramsetty, Murali Kottu,Chary family, Nalluri family, Venkat Kollipara, Dr. Satish Kathula, Narasimham Appikatla, Ratna Rachuri,Vamshy Kora,Prakash Peram, Ramchander Revuru family and several others.

July 27th, 2007- New Jersey
Local organizer- Mr.Vasudeva Reddy-KAD Entertainment & Globe 7
Attendance-1300+.Manisharma garu personally conveyed regards and special thanks to Vasu from KAD, Satish Vemana, Globe 7, Laxmi and Nandu for being part of the event and making it a grand success.

July 28th,2007- Detroit
Local organizer- Mr.Jagadish Boddapati,Venkata Pala and Spiders Software Solutions LLC
Attendance-1500+. Manisharma garu thanked Jagadish, Venkata ,Krishan Kattragada,HemaPrasad Yedla, Detroit Telugu Association and several local sponsorers and Volunteers.The final show was a tremondous success.

Note: In 2006 the cities Manisharma performed with his team are- Los Angeles, Washington DC, Chicago, Bloomington, Houston, Sanfrancisco.

We wish the Manisharma's team a happy journey back to India. Bon Voyage.

Mani Sharma in Columbus

"Manisharma has proved time and time again that his musical events are quite unlike those featuring other composers or singers," says Jagadish Prabhala whose JP Entertainment is hosting the Columbus show along with Saibaba Society of Ohio on July 20. "His music has as much appeal as that of any big Tollywood star studded event." "It has been a very busy year. Yet I thought of the concert tour for many reasons," the composer says. He also loves being with his singers off the recording studio but doesn't get many opportunities to do so in India. "It is a different feeling when you work with them for a stage show," he explains. "The challenges are different, and we come alive even more than when we are in a recording studio. The friendship also grows."
Manisharma's biggest challenge, however, is not assembling first-rate artists or having the best acoustics at each venue. "There are fans who have long memories," he says. "And there are fans who love the recent songs. Now, I would have a good mix of the old and new. Even then it is not easy to choose one beautiful song over another." The show in Columbus was orgainzed by Saibaba temple society of Ohio as a fund raising event for construction of Saimandir. The Society has purchased 7.7 acres of ground on Lewis Centre Road for construction of permanent Sai mandir. Architectural plans are being prepared. Temple Committee has invited generous contributions from all over the USA.
JP Entertainment Group was the main co-sponsor in bringing Manisharma's troupe to heart of Columbus.Manisharma's troupe was received by more than 30 families at Port Columbus airport on July 16th, 2007.His tour in Columbus Included Music show, Banquet dinner in Dayton, Columbus and also Cricket match with Columbus team.

Banquet dinners:
Dayton Telugu Association's President Dr. Satish Katula coordinated the banquet dinner in support of fund raising for Saimandir. More than 30 families joined the dinner and donated genrously for Saimandir.The team visited Dayton Airforce musuem and other places in Dayton. Saibaba Temple Society of Ohio and Dr.Nalluri Koteswara Rao and Susheela coordinated one more fabulous Banquet dinner on July 18th. More than 250 people joined for the fund raising event. Banquet dinner was a huge success and columbus never saw such a huge gathering in a private party hosted for fund raising.
Cricket Match:
Manisharma's team not only knows to blast music and melodies but also cricket sixes.The team played with Bharat Jataprolu's team(Columbsu cricket club) in Columbus on July 19th. Manisharma's team won against the strong local team. Manisharma's team score- 61 runs of 9 overs.Manisharma made 26 runs and Sai made 20 runs Bharat's team Score-57 runs all out.

Music Show
Saibaba Temple society of Ohio presented yet another great musical evening. Olentangy high school auditorium was filled with overflowing capacity of 700+ audience who were taken to grandiose musical heights by the excellent music, lighting, sound effects and mimicry by Sri Harikishen.Cinestar Laya was the guest of honor for the music show.

The Auditorium was packed with 700 music lovers and show started with wonderful introduction by Harikishen. He introduced Manisharma and his technicians to the cheering crowd.Sai and Karthik on drums, Chinna, Saagar on keyboard, Raghava on sound mixing and Vinod on guitar enthralled the audience with their coordination.Music lovers were captivated with the Sound provided by Jordam Music.The program started sharp at 7:00 pm and ended at 10:45 pm.

Mallikarjun, Vinod Babu, Sunitha,and Vijay Lakshmi with their enchanting voices completely transformed the audience to a different world.Every song was applaused and the crowd was uncontrollable with dances and whistles. Sri Hari Kishen provided brief interludes with his captivating mimicry acts which included political satire, movie satire

Songs Sequence and few foot tapping numbers are as follows:
Several Saibaba songs by the team,
Rama Rama Raghu Rama by Mallikarjun
Radha Govinda by Vinod babu
Bham Bham bhole by Mallikarjun
Manmadha manmadha by Mallikarjun, karunya, Vinod babu and Chorus
Nina Kotiseina Mona Kotesina- Mallikarjun, Sunitha etc...

The program concluded honoring the Artists, sponsorers, fund raisers, volunteers. Sri Manisharma was felicitated by Priests of Saibaba Temple and Trustees and by Sri Jagadish Prabhala who coordinated the entire event from JP Entertainment Group.

Mani Sharma concert in New Jersey

SwaraBrahma Sri Mani Sharma & Group Dazzles Dallas Telugus To Enchanting Musical Evening

SwaraBrahma Sri Mani Sharma, a well known composer, musician and south Indian music director with over 250 movies to his credit in various south Indian languages, accompanied by various musicians has taken over the minds and hearts of many a Dallas Telugu to the lilting tunes and popular percussion beats. It was simply an electrifying and mind blowing show!

TANTEX (Telugu Association of North Texas) presented yet another great program for its membership in the form of this great musical evening. Last evening the Trinity High School (Euless, TX) auditorium was filled with overflowing capacity of 1200+ audience who were taken to grandiose musical heights by the excellent music, lighting, sound effects and mimicry by Sri Mani Sharma’s group. The group included Mani Sharma as the music director, “Indian Idol” semifinalist Karunya, renowned singer & voice-over artist Smt. Sunitha, famous playback singer Smt. Vijayalakshmi, upcoming young playback singers Sri Mallikarjun and Sri Vinod Babu. The team also included Sri Sai and Karthik on drums, Chinna, Saagar on keyboard, Raghava on sound mixing and Vinod on guitar who enthralled the audience with their hot movie numbers from movies such as Indra, Tagore, Kushi, Pokiri, Athadu, and Samarasimha Reddy etc.

The program and the artistes were introduced by Sri Hari Kishen, the famous mimicry artiste. He introduced Sri Mani Sharma as an incredibly humble and extremely talented individual who cares for the younger generation of artistes. The stage was well decorated and had all the high-tech trappings for a great audio-visual show including robotic lights, backgrounds etc. The program started sharp at 7:00 pm and ended at 10:00 pm.

Sri Mallikarjun started the program with “Rama, Rama Raghurama” from movie “Sri Anjaneyam” followed by several hit songs such as “Andaala Aadabomma (Samarasimha Reddy)”; “Ammayi Sannaga (Kushi)”; “Ghallu, Ghallumani (Indra)”; “Bham Bham Bole (Indra)”; “Raamma Chilakamma (Choodalanivundi)”; “Neetho Cheppanaa (Athadu)”; “Dole Dole (Pokiri)”; “Devuda Devuda (Pokiri)”; Ippatikinka Naa Vayasu Padahaarey (Pokiri)”; “Manmadha Manmadha (Tagore)”.

The repertoire of songs also included oldies such as “Aaresukoboyi (NTR hit from Adiviramudu)”; “Prema Yatralaku (ANR/NTR hit from Gundamma Katha)”; “Mayadari Sinnodu (Amma Mata)”; “Joru meedunnavu Tummedaa (Siva Ranjani)”.

Sri Hari Kishen provided brief interludes with his captivating mimicry acts which included political satire, movie satire and most interestingly the 2 ½ minute long multi-character cliff-hanger scene from “Jurassic Park”.

The finale was a medley of songs including “Nenu Saitam” hit song from movie “Rudra Veena”. All the audience joined the artistes in singing Indian national anthem “Jana gana mana”.

The hall reverberated with Jai Hinds and standing ovation for the memorable program by the artistes.

The program concluded honoring the artistes by TANTEX President Sri Raja Reddy and Smt. Lalita Murthy (Trustee). Sri Manisharma was felicitated with a large rose garland by Sri Prasad Thotakura who coordinated the entire event successfully. Sri Raja Reddy presented Sri Manisharma with a plaque and Smt. Lalita Murty presented Smt. Manisharma with bouquet. Smt. Udayagiri Rajeswari was also recognized by TANTEX for her excellent services to Gaana Sudha Radio program.

In his vote of thanks, Sri Suresh Manduva (TANTEX) thanked all the major sponsors such as IndyaFusion Restaurant, Gallop Technologies, Tara Energy, Horizon Travel, Infovision Inc; FunAsia, Pasand India Cuisine, Intellisoft Technologies, Texas Healthcare; Dr. & Mrs. Rumalla, and several other philanthropic supporters in Telugu community. He extended his thanks to the local families who hosted the artistes – Ramakrishna & Beena Lavu; Srinivas and Uma Yalamanchi; Nagaraj & Anuradha Marri; and Ramki & Anu Chebrolu as well as all the TANTEX Executive Committee members and entire TANTEX volunteers & membership.