Mani Shankar is an Indian film director known for his works in

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. He directed works such as ''16 December'', one of the highest-grossing films of 2002, and '' Tango Charlie'', which was screened in several International Film Festivals and was named a permanent part of the UN's "anti-war" movies. Over his long career, Mani Shankar has worked on many films, advertisements and political campaigns.

Early life

Mani Shankar graduated as a

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from

BITS Pilani The Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) is a private deemed university in Pilani, Rajasthan, India. It focuses primarily on higher education and research in engineering and sciences. BITS Pilani was one of the first ...

in 1978. He worked for a few years as a research engineer in process engineering and drug delivery. During his time at BITS Pilani, he won a record 4 consecutive Holofest 'Best Hologram of The Year', earning the nickname "Young Mani".

Filmography

*''Manishi'' (1991) *'' 16 December'' (2002) *'' Rudraksh'' (2004) *'' Tango Charlie'' (2005) *''

Mukhbiir ''Mukhbiir'' () is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language spy thriller film directed by Mani Shankar. The film revolves around the life and events surrounding an Indian spy. The film stars actor Sameer Dattani as the spy, and Om Puri, Sunil Shetty, ...

'' (2008) *''

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'' (2010) *'' Hey Kameeni'' (2023)

Music Videos

*''Apna Desh - Meri jaan Hindustan'' (1995)

Holography

Shankar introduced holograms to India. He spearheaded the first holographic campaign for Narendra Modi ''(the current PM of India)'' during the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He has since conducted election campaigns for various parties, including the Telangana Rashtra Samithi during the

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, who eventually won the race, as well as the

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during the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, which stemmed the decline of the party.

Augmented Reality

In February 2017, Mani Shankar launched the first live

augmented reality Augmented reality (AR), also known as mixed reality (MR), is a technology that overlays real-time 3D computer graphics, 3D-rendered computer graphics onto a portion of the real world through a display, such as a handheld device or head-mounted ...

political campaign in the world for Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra State, India. For the first time, such a campaign enabled an electoral candidate to virtually enter people's homes and softly pitch for votes. The campaign was declared a success. The effectivity of augmented reality as a political campaign tool was established. A series of augmented reality projects thus followed, in various fields ranging from film publicity, sports, spirituality and corporate launches. Allah Rakha Rahman announced on his official Facebook page that he got his augmented reality channels done by Mani Shankar and Kaali Sudheer.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shankar, Mani Hindi-language film directors Telugu people Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani alumni Living people Indian chemical engineers Indian visual effects artists Visual effects supervisors 21st-century Indian designers Engineers from Andhra Pradesh 1957 births