Vishnu Manchu

Manchu Vishnu Vardhan Babu (born 23 November 1981) is an Indian actor and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema and television.

Manchu had a brief stint as a child artist with the 1985 film Ragile Gundelu.

Manchu made his acting debut as a child artist in his father Mohan Babu's 1985 film Ragile Gundelu.

Years later, he starred in the 2003 Telugu action film Vishnu, for which he won the Filmfare Best Male Debut.

He is the co-owner of the film production house 24 Frames Factory and is an educationalist through Sree Vidyanikethan Educational Trust, founded by his father and veteran Telugu actor Mohan Babu.

He is a founder and chairman of New York Academy, a school in Hyderabad for which his wife, Viranica, is the director and his father Mohan Babu, is the chair person.

He is also the chairman of Spring Board Academy and Spring Board International Preschools which has more than 75 branches spread across Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Vishnu Manchu is the pro-chancellor for the prestigious Mohan Babu University in Tirupati established in 2022 by his legendary father Dr. M. Mohan Babu.

He landed his first lead role in the film Vishnu (2003) directed by Shaji Kailas, for which he won the Filmfare Best Male Debut.

He played a guy who wants to win his childhood love with his own merits against many hurdles.

The following year, he was seen in the film Suryam (2004) in which he played a guy who aims to fulfill the last wish of his mother.

Manchu made a cameo appearance as a dancer in Political Rowdy (2005), a romantic action drama.

He next appeared in the action-drama Astram (2006), as an IPS officer who has been appointed to finish off the ultras.

Soon after, Manchu was cast in Game (2006), as Vijay Raj, sharing screen space with his celebrity father Mohan Babu and yesteryear heroine Shobana.

He finally got his critical breakthrough with the movie Dhee, alongside Genelia D'Souza.

In 2007, he starred in the comedy film Dhee, which became a hit, and Manchu established his career in Telugu cinema.

Manchu is one of the sponsors of the Celebrity Cricket League Telugu Warriors.

Vishnu had been recently elected as the president of Movie Artists Association.

Manchu Vishnu Vardhan Babu was born in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (present-day Chennai) to actor Mohan Babu and mother, Vidya Devi.

He grew up with his brother Manoj and sister Lakshmi.

After completing schooling from the Padmaseshadri Bala Bhavan School, Manchu went on to take an engineering degree from Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, majoring in Computer Sciences and Information Technology.

During that time, he represented the Bhaskar JNTU cricket team, and also captained the university basketball team.

Released in 2007, Dhee became his first commercially successful film.

It was remade in Tamil as Mirattal, in Bengali as Khokababu and in Oriya as Tu mo girlfriend.

Manchu plunged into the limelight with this role.

He then appeared in the 2008 film Krishnarjuna, the 2009 film Saleem and the 2011 film Vastadu Naa Raju.

In 2012, comedy film Dhenikaina Ready got him critical success; the film grossed 200 million at the box office.

He then appeared in Doosukeltha, directed by Veeru Potla, he starred opposite Lavanya Tripathi, the film grossed 126.3 million on its first week at the box office.

He then appeared along with his father, in the critically acclaimed crime film Rowdy, written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma.

The film minted a worldwide share of inr 330000000 at the end of the second week of its run, and was declared a box office hit.

Manchu starred in G. Nageswara Reddy's Denikaina Ready, which became a hit and succeeded in changing his image.

The next year, he had an opportunity to exhibit his versatility as an actor in the titular role of Veeru Potla's rom-com, Doosukeltha.

The movie not only established Manchu as an actor, but also grossed more than 15 crore at the box office.

His next project fared much better, when he played the Gambler Gopi in the ensemble comedy Pandavulu Pandavulu Tummeda (2014), which featured an ensemble cast of Manchu Manoj, Mohan Babu, Raveena Tandon, Hansika Motwani, Pranitha Subhash, and Varun Sandesh.

Manchu then played the role Krishna in Rowdy (2014) alongside his father Mohan Babu.

Showing his range as an actor, Manchu later portrayed DCP Goutham in the commercially unsuccessful but critically adored film Anukshanam (2014), helmed by Ram Gopal Varma.

He continued as a dramatic actor in the 2014 Erra Bus, produced and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao.

He then appeared in the action thriller Dynamite, directed by Deva Katta.

Though they made an interesting movie along the way, they paid for it at the box office.

Manchu further proved his comedic talents with the romantic comedy entertainer Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam (2015), in which he co-starred with Raj Tarun.