Career
Currently, Madhu Mantena has built a media entity with various companies operating across the entertainment and media value chain, each specializing in one of the fields of talent management, content development, content production, content distribution and monetization. Madhu Mantena began his career by creating his own 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 Mr.
Manmohan Shetty and was head of Saregama Films.
Madhu Mantena also ran Ram Gopal Varma"s production house Factory which produced films like Company, Road, Bhoot and Sarkar. In 2008, Madhu Mantena debuted in his personal capacity as a film producer with his very first film, Ghajini which was Indian cinema"s highest grosser ever during release.
Since then he has produced several films including the tri-lingual, two-part, magnum opus, Rakht Charitra, Jhootha Hi Sahi, Autograph, and the political thriller Rann. Civil Aeronautics Administration KWAN Company-founded KWAN, a celebrity management company, with Anirban Das Blah (erstwhile Chief Executive Officer of Globosport).
In 2012 KWAN announced a joint venture along-with Creative Artist Agency (Civil Aeronautics Administration) to form a new entity, Civil Aeronautics Administration KWAN. This talent management agency presently commands a variety of business interests and manages a repertoire of Indian talent as well as international talent.
Phantom Films Offroad Films Madhu Mantena co-founded an advertisement production company known as Offroad Films which produces ad films.
