Madhu mantena biography

Indian film producer (born 1975)

This is a Telugu name; the family name is Mantena.

Madhu Varma Mantena (born 8 May 1975) is an Indian film producer and entrepreneur involved in the production and distribution of films across Hindi, Telugu, and Bengali cinema.^[2][3]

Career

Mantena founded a music label as a teenager, which he then sold to Supreme Recording Company.

He then went on to set up Adlabs’ International Operations under the aegis of Manmohan Shetty and was head of Saregama Films.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Mantena co-produced Ghajini, which became the highest-grossing Indian film of that year.^[4][5] In 2010, he produced the political thrillers Rakht Charitra and Rann and the Bengali drama Autograph.^[6][7]

In 2011, Mantena co-founded Phantom Films with Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl and Vikramaditya Motwane.

The company produced a number of films including such as Queen Ira Trivedi Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More PYD