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He best known for being the architect of the world’s first holographic political campaign that he designed for Narendra Modi during the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. It set a Guinness World record.

Tango Charlie was a story about a soldier’s constant battle with his conscience. It was screened at several International film festivals and was included in Amnesty International’s list of classic Anti War films.

In February 2017 Mani Shankar launched the first live augmented reality political campaign in the world for Shri Devendra Fadnavis, the honourable Chief Minister of Maharashtra State, India. For the first time it enabled an electoral candidate to enter people’s homes and softly pitch for votes. The voters could also take selfies with the candidate, and indeed many did so and posted on social media.

He has since conducted election campaigns for various parties including the Telangana Rashtra Samithi during the 2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, which eventually led to their victory, as well as the Nationalist Congress Party during the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election which stemmed the decline of the party even though there was rampant anti-incubency that worked against it and its allies.

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 UN’s films on Anti-war.

Mani Shankar is noted in India for introducing Holograms in India. He spearheaded the first holographic campaign for Mr. Narendra Modi (the current PM of India) during the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.

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.

Most of his short films and feature films reflect a deep commitment to social causes and direct the audience towards soul searching and introspection. In 1991, his Telugu film, ‘Manishi’ won him the coveted Golden Nandi award for Best Film, as well as Nandi Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay writer.

Mani Shankar graduated as a Chemical Engineer from BITS Pilani in 1978. He worked for a few years as a research engineer in process engineering and drug delivery.