Mano Murthy is a leading musician and composer in the
Kannada film industry. Although his compositions in his earlier films were also successful, he shot to fame with
Mungaru Male, one of the biggest hits in Kannada industry. Before moving onto becoming a composer, he was an entrepreneur, having co-founded three companies in California. He was a programmer in Microsoft. His latest venture, an IP security provider called
Allegro Systems, was acquired by
Cisco Systems. He has judged many reality shows such as Fresh Voice of Karnataka, Saagardaache Sapthaswara and others.