Personal info
Known for
Music Director
Gender
Male
Birthday
28 May
Location
Karnataka, India
Edit pageManikanth Kadri
Biography
Manikanth Kadri is an Indian film score, soundtrack composer, and singer. He has predominantly scored music for Kannada and Tulu as well as several Telugu, Malayalam, and Tamil films. He is the son of legendary saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath.
Manikanth started his career by composing for jingles and devotional albums. He also composed the title track of a Malayalam tele-serial Annu Mazhayayirunnu and won the Kerala State Award for best music.
He released his first instrumental album called Dream Journey in the year 2001 and also tasted success. He also scored for background for an English feature film Tantric Journal.
His film musical career began with Smart City (Malayalam) and Mr. Garagasa (Kannada), at the age of 24. After these films, his breakthrough happened with the Kannada film Safari in 2009. He has scored music for various films in Kannada, Tulu, Telugu, Malayalam, and Tamil languages.
