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Maanu (actor)

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| name = Maanu

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| birth_name = Guttigeri Manappa

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| birth_place = Shimoga, Karnataka, India

| death_date = {{death date|1996|7|16|df=yes}}

| death_place = Karnataka, India

| nationality = Indian

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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|television director|author}}

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| spouse = {{marriage|Asha|1975}}

| children = 2

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Guttigeri Manappa (died 16 July 1996),{{cite AV media |date=10 July 2022 |title="25 ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ ಆ ರಾತ್ರಿ ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ನಡೆದದ್ದು ಏನು?"-EP02-Actor Maanu LIFE- Asha Interview-Kalamadhyama |language=kn |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_bI8g2lbP4 | time= 15:28, 15:35 |access-date=13 September 2023}} known mononymously as Maanu,{{cite web |last1=Venkat |first1=Hema |title=ರಂಗಭೂಮಿಯ ಮಹಾಮನೆ ಬೆನಕ |url=https://www.prajavani.net/entertainment/theatre/ರಂಗಭೂಮಿಯ-ಮಹಾಮನೆ-ಬೆನಕ-1932880 |trans-title=Benaka, Theatre's Great House |publisher=Prajavani |access-date=13 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913034932/https://www.prajavani.net/entertainment/theatre/%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%AD%E0%B3%82%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF-%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%86-%E0%B2%AC%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%95-1932880 |archive-date=13 September 2023 |language=kn |date=12 June 2014}} was an Indian actor, television director and author. He was most noted for his work in Kannada cinema.{{cite web |title=Manu |url=https://chiloka.com/celebrity/manu |publisher=chiloka.com |access-date=13 September 2023}} For his performance in Tabbaliyu Neenade Magane (1977), he received the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada at the 25th Filmfare Awards South.{{cite book |title=Collections |date=1991 |publisher=Update Video Publication |page=389 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ |access-date=13 September 2023}}

Biography

Maanu hailed from Kuppalli, a village in Shimoga district of Karnataka. He obtained his bachelor of arts degree from Sahyadri College in Shimoga. During this time, he also performed in amateur theatre. He obtained a master's degree from University of Mysore, and began working as a reader at a private educational institution. Maanu married the daughter of a family friend, Asha, in 1975, and the couple have two children. He was a part of Benaka theatre troupe and performed in plays such as Sattavara Neralu.

Maanu's career in films began when he appeared in Ondu Premada Kathe (1977), written by B. R. Lakshmana Rao. He would also become a frequent collaborator of director Baraguru Ramachandrappa, and appeared in his films, Surya (1987) and Karadipura (1996) among others. The latter was his last film. In addition to acting, Guttigeri Manappa authored books such as Lingana Kudi and Geleyara Geleya Ambareesh, a biographical account of actor Ambareesh. He also directed a television adaptation of Kuvempu's Malenadina Chitragalu, a 13-part series, which was telecast of DD Chandana.{{cite AV media |title=HOME TOUR-ನಟ ಮಾನು ಅವರ ಸ್ವರ್ಗದಂಥ ಮನೆ-EP01-Actor Maanu LIFE- Asha Interview-Kalamadhyama-#param |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jlsCA_wAdo |access-date=13 September 2023 |date=9 July 2022}}

Maanu died due to injuries sustained from a car crash on the night of 16 July 1996 near Arsikere, en route to Shimoga, to address a gathering of the Nava Nirmana Vedike banner, of Karnataka's former Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde.

Filmography

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External links

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Category:1996 deaths

Category:Male actors in Kannada cinema

Category:Indian male film actors

Category:People from Shimoga district

Category:20th-century Indian male actors

Category:Male actors from Karnataka

Category:Kannada-language writers

Category:University of Mysore alumni

Category:Indian television directors

Category:Filmfare Awards South winners

Category:Date of birth missing

Category:Year of birth missing