Meet MM Manasi, A Multilingual Singer, Dubbing Artist, Performer & An Anchor!

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Meet MM Manasi, A Multilingual Singer, Dubbing Artist, Performer & An Anchor!
When was the last time you've heard a pure folk, classic and authentic Telugu album? Rangasthalam's music album, with no doubt, is the most talked about and hit album in the recent times. People are falling in love, and are listening to the songs in loop. Because, there is some kind of magic and freshness we can feel in the songs. The film is set in a 1980's village backdrop, so the makers decided to stick to originality and have specially asked DSP to compose 'folk' music. And for Telugu music lovers, of course, the album sure is an addiction. We have been hearing a lot of western, rap, and electronic music in Telugu movies in recent times. But Rangasthalam's album stood apart, and managed to take a place in people's heart. While all the songs inthe album are a huge hit, there is one particular song that people can't stop them self from listening and humming to, Yes we are talking about 'Rangamma Mangamma' song. All thanks to the wonderful and versatile voice behind the song, M M Manasi. She is not a new face in the industry, she has been with the industry since many years. How it all started: Born and raised in Mumbai. She started music at the age of 2 years. Trained in Hindusthani Vocals since the past 15 years. Moved to Chennai along with her parents to pursue her career in singing and dubbing. She has dubbed for more than 15 famous celebrities and has sung more than 75 chart buster songs in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi. Many people only recognized her now, after Rangamma Mangamma song, but she has doing great work since years in multiple film industries. She is a versatile dubbing artist. Here's a list a heroines she has dubbed for, 1. Tamannaah (Baahubali)- Telugu 2. Swathi Reddy (VadaCurry & Idharkuthaanae Aasaipattai Balakumara)- Tamil 3. Samantha (Anjaan) (Sikander)- Tamil 4. Hansika (Meaghaman)- Tamil 5. Nazriya (Thirumanam Ennum Nikkah)- Tamil 6. Kajal Aggarwal (Maari)- Tamil 7. Bindhu Madhavi (Savalae Samali)- Tamil 8. Lakshmi Menon (Mirudhan)- Tamil 9. Regina Cassandra (Maanagaram)- Tamil 10. Kamalini Mukherjee (Iraivi)- Tamil 11. Nikki Galrani (Darling)- Tamil 12. Trisha (Kodi)- Tamil 13. Amy Jackson (Nava Manmadhudu)- Telugu 14. Nayanathara (Inkokkadu)- Telugu No wonder her voice feels very familiar, and well known to us, because she has dubbed for almost all famous current generations heroines in all Telugu and Tamil. Also if you are looking or trying to search for some of great songs to listen, here they are: Manasi was first introduced to music industry by legend 'Ilayaraja' himself through Drishya (a Kannada movie). Here are some of her famous Telugu songs: 1. 2. 3. This famous 'Aakalesthe Annam Pedtha' famous Telugu song was remixed in Hindi by DSP himself was sung by her 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. And of course Rangamma Mangamma Song When asked about Singing or Dubbing in an interview, she said 'Singing is her primary career. but dubbing is really catching up now for me. I want to balance both dubbing and singing.' We are sure you are going to balance both, Manasi! And NO! She is not the daughter of music director MM Keeravani.