Madhu Mantena is an Indian film producer and entrepreneur known for producing superhit Hindi films. He is the ex-husband of popular fashion designer Mazaba Gupta and married popular yoga teacher and author Ira Trivedi in June 2023.
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Wiki/Biography
Madhu Mantena was born on Thursday 8 May 1975 (age 48; as of 2023) in Hyderabad, Telangana (then Andhra Pradesh), India. His zodiac sign is Taurus.
A childhood picture of Madhu Mantena
Studied at Hyderabad Public School, Hyderabad. He began learning to make fiber drums in his father’s factory as a teenager and later became involved in music and film production.
Madu Mantena worked in his father’s fiber drum factory
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 10″
Weight (approx): 70 kg
Hair Color: Black (Partially Bald)
Eye Color: Black
family
He belongs to a Hyderabadi family.
parents and siblings
His father’s name was Murari Raju Mantena who died on March 7, 2023 after undergoing treatment for heat stroke. He has a sister.
Madhu Mantena (second from left) with family and ex-husband Masaba Gupta (far left)
wife and children
On June 2, 2015, he married fashion designer Masaba Gupta, daughter of Viv Richards and Nina Gupta, and they divorced in March 2019.
Madhu Mantena with ex-husband Masaba Gupta
She married author and yoga teacher Ira Trivedi on 11 June 2023 in Bandra, Mumbai.
Wedding photo of Madhu Mantena and her husband Ira Trivedi
other relatives
He is the cousin of the famous Indian film director Ram Gopal Varma.
Madhu Mantena’s cousin Ram Gopal Varma
Relationships/affairs
He was in an 11-year relationship with Bollywood actress Nandana Sen.
Madhu Mantena’s ex-girlfriend, Nandana Sen
Career
Manufacturing companies
He has created many production ventures that have produced many super hit films. When Madhu was a teenager, he started a music label, which he later sold to Supreme Recording Company. He later founded Adlabs’ International Operations under the sponsorship of Manmohan Shetty.
Madhu Mantena at the age of 20
He became the head of Saregama Films. He founded Big Bang Media Private Limited in 2007 and became its Chief Creative Officer. He founded Phantom Films in 2011 in partnership with Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl and Vikramaditya Motwane. In 2022, after the dissolution of the company, he along with Sheetal Talwar acquired the Phantom brand and renamed it Phantom Studios. He is the founder of Mythoverse LPP, which has announced large-scale films based on Hindu epic texts such as Ramayana and Mahabharat.
produced films
He has made films in five languages Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Gujarati and Bengali. His debut film as a producer was the 2003 Telugu film, Karthik. He has produced several superhit films, including the 2008 Hindi film Ghajini, which was his debut Bollywood production, the 2014 Hindi film Queen, the 2016 Hindi film Udta Punjab and the 2019 Hindi film Super 30. He also produced the Netflix web series Sacred Games. In 2023, he announced a film on the last Hindu queen of Kashmir, Kota Rani, and a film on the Mahabharat.
Madhu Mantena (right) with Aamir Khan and Kamal Haasan (left)
Awards, honors, achievements
- Ghajini’s film was nominated for the International Indian Film Academy Award for Best Film in 2008.
- The film Ugly was nominated for the best film award at the Screen Award in 2015
- The film Queen won Best Feature Film in Hindi at the 62nd National Film Awards, Best Film at the Filmfare Awards and Best Film at the Filmfare Awards in 2015.
- The film Masaan won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Director at the 63rd National Film Awards in 2015.
- The film Wrong Side Raju won the Best Feature Film Award in Gujarat at the 64th National Film Awards in 2016.
Facts/Trivia
- After announcing her marriage to Ira Trivedi in April 2023, she revealed that they had known each other for over a decade. He has offered before; However, he rejected her due to caste, age and cultural differences. She then married Masaba Gupta and later divorced. They met again and eventually got married.
Madhu Mantena with her husband Ira Trivedi
- In April 2023, his company Big Bang Media Private Limited became the official media partner of Hockey India League.
Categories: Bollywood
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