Mano (singer)

Nagoor Saheb, known by his stage name Mano, is an Indian playback singer, voice-over artist, actor, and composer. Mano has recorded more than 35,000+ songs for film and private various Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Tulu, Konkani and Assamese films. He has also performed for over 3000 live concerts across the continents. He has recorded many songs for music director Ilaiyaraaja. Mano is also recognized for being as the full-fledged dubbing artist for Rajinikanth in Telugu from Muthu (1995) onwards.

Early days and debut
Taking the criticism in his stride, Mano went on recording as many as 500 songs with Ilaiyaraaja and slowly branched out to sing for other Tamil composers as well.

Voice-over dubbing
The year 1995 also saw another face of Mano as the voice-over dubbing artist in the Tamil film industry. He dubbed his voice for almost all Rajinikanth starrers in Tamil. His voice became almost synonymous with Rajinikanth and was in great demand by all the directors and producers. He also dubbed his voice for Kamal Haasan in some movies in Telugu.

Television works
Mano is hosting Manathodu Mano – a musical talk show in Jaya TV.

Personal life
Nagoor was born into a Telugu speaking muslim family from Andhra Pradesh. He is married to Jameela in 1985. His son Shakir is an actor and has starred in Naanga (2012).

As actor

 * Telugu
 * 1979: Needa
 * 1979: Rangoon Rowdy as Raju
 * 1980: Ketugadu
 * 1982: O Adadi O Magadu
 * 1992: Hello Darling
 * 2003: Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu as himself
 * 2015: Shivam as Tanu's father
 * 2021: Crazy Uncles as Reddy


 * Tamil
 * 1991 Sigaram as himself
 * 1992: Singaravelan as Mano
 * 1993: Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda as singer in song "Veettukku Vilakku"
 * 2003: Enakku 20 Unakku 18 as himself
 * 2014: Vetri Selvan as Ananthakrishnan
 * 2023: Single Shankarum Smartphone Simranum as Bhaskaran

Awards

 * Mano received the "Kalaimaamani" Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu also State Award of Tamil Nadu for the song "Thuliyela" from Chinna Thambi.
 * 1991 – Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Playback – For Various films.
 * 1997 – Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu – "Ruku Ruku Rukmini" – Pelli
 * He got Dr.Ghantasala award from Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh