Education
Mani Shankar graduated as an Chemical Engineer from Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani in 1978.
Mani Shankar graduated as an Chemical Engineer from Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani in 1978.
He best known for being the architect of the world’s first holographic political campaign that he designed for Narendra Modi during the Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, 2012. lieutenant set a Guinness World record. As a Bollywood Director he made 5 films including 16 December (film) – one of the highest grossing films in the year of release.
And Tango Charlie which was screened in several International Film Festivals and is a permanent part of the United Nations’s films on Anti-war.
Over his long career, Mani Shankar has worked on many films, advertisement as well as campaigns for political leaders. He worked for a few years as a research engineer in process engineering and drug delivery.
With over two decades of rich experience in the film industry, made a shift into film production and started his own production house Bhairav Films, where he made over 1000 ad films, short films image building films and 5 Hindi feature films. Most of his short films and feature films reflect a deep commitment to social causes and direct the audience towards soul searching and introspection.
His Hindi feature film 16 December, which was among the top ten grossing films of 2002, with the highest return on investment for any film that year.
Tango Charlie was a story about a soldier’s constant battle with his conscience. lieutenant was screened at several International film festivals and was included in Amnesty International’s list of classic Anti War films. Rudraksh a futuristic supernatural film starring Sanjay Dutt, Bipasha Basu, Suniel Shetty and Isha Kopikar.
Mukhbir (starring Om Puri, Suniel Shetty, Samir Dattani and Raima Senator) was the story of a young man rising above the dangerous underworld and choosing to die a patriot.
This was also critically acclaimed and screened at the Black International festival in Berlin. Knock Out (starring Sanjay Dutt, Irrfan Kkhan and Kangana Ranaut).
Mani Shankar is noted in India for introducing Holograms in India. He spearheaded the first holographic campaign for Mr.
Narendra Modi (the current Prime Minister of India) during the Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, 2012.