Manoj Manchu

Manchu Manoj Kumar better known as Manoj is an Indian film actor from Telugu Cinema. Born to Telugu actor Mohan Babu,Manoj faced the camera at the age of ten as a child artist in his father's film Major Chandrakanth. Manoj made his film debut in a leading role with Donga Dongadi in 2004.

Manchu Manoj Kumar was born on 20 May 1983 to popular film actor Manchu Mohan Babu and Manchu Nirmala Devi. He has an elder sister Lakshmi Manchu and an elder brother Vishnu Manchu who is also an actor in Tollywood. He did his bachelors degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Child Artist

Manoj is familiar to Telugu audience right from his childhood. He played many roles as a child artist in his own banner movies when his father Mohan Babu is shown as a kid in flash back. He got many appreciations for the role he did in the movie Punya Bhoomi Naa Deshm starred by his father.

2004-Present

He started his career as a hero in 2004 with a movie called Donga Dongadi. He appeared in the movie Srinext. Raju Bhai in 2007 was a flop. His movie Nenu Meeku Telusa...? was an average grossser but known for it's melodious music. In 2009 his first movie Prayanam in the direction of Chandra Sekhar Yeleti did moderately well. His first movie in 2010, Bindaas turned out to be the biggest hit of his career. his next film was Vedam which was a critical and commercial success. He gained accolades for his role in Vedam and he received a Nandi award from state government.

Year	Title	Role	Language	Star Cast	Director	Notes
1993	Major Chandrakanth		Telugu	Mohan Babu, NTR, Naghma, Master Manoj	K. Raghavendra Rao	Child artist
1994	Punyabhoomi Naa Desam		Telugu	Mohan Babu, Meena Master Manoj	A Kodanda Rami Reddy	Child artist
1997	Adavilo Anna		Telugu	Mohan Babu, Roja Master Manoj	B. Gopal	Child artist
2004	Donga Dongadi	Vasu	Telugu	Manoj, Sadha	Shiva Subramaniyam	CineMAA Awards - Best Male Debut
2005	Political Rowdy		Telugu	Mohan Babu, Charmi		Cameo appearance
2005	Sri	Sri	Telugu	Manoj, Tamanna
2007	Raju Bhai	Raju	Telugu	Manoj, Sheela
2008	Nenu Meeku Telusa	Aditya	Telugu	Manoj, Sneha Ullal, Raima Sen	Ajay Sastry
2009	Prayanam	Dhruv	Telugu	Manoj, Payal Ghosh	Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
2010	Bindaas	Ajay	Telugu	Manoj, Sheena Shahabadi	Veeru Potla	Nandi Special Jury Award
2010	Vedam	Vivek Chakravarthy	Telugu	Manoj, Allu Arjun, Anushka Shetty, Deeksha Seth, Manoj Bajpai	Krish
2010	Jhummandi Naadam	Balu	Telugu	Manoj, Tapsee, Mohan babu	K. Raghavendra Rao	TSR TV9 Awards - Special Jury Award
2012	Mr. Nookayya	Nokia	Telugu	Manoj, Sana Khan, Kriti Kharbanda	Ani Kanneganti
2012	Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?		Telugu	Manoj, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Deeksha Seth	Sekhar Raja	Filming
2012	Varuvan Thalaivan		Tamil			Filming Tamil Debut