Madhu Mantena is an Indian film producer and entrepreneur known for producing superhit Hindi films. He is the ex-husband of popular fashion designer Masaba 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 years; as of 2023) in Hyderabad, Telangana (then in Andhra Pradesh), India. His zodiac sign is Taurus.
Madhu Mantena’s childhood picture
He studied at Hyderabad Public School, Hyderabad. He began learning how to make fiber drums in his father’s factory during his teenage years and later ventured into music and film production.
Madhu Mantena works in his father’s fiber drum manufacturing factory.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 10″
Weight (Approx): 70 kg
Hair Colour: Black (partially bald)
Eye colour: black
Family
He belongs to a Hyderabadi family.
parents and siblings
His father’s name was Murari Raju Mantena who died during treatment after suffering from heat stroke on 7 March 2023. He has a sister.
Madhu Mantena (second from left) with his family and ex-wife Masaba Gupta (far left)
wife and children
He married fashion designer Masaba Gupta, daughter of Viv Richards and Neena Gupta, on 2 June 2015 and they later divorced each other in March 2019.
Madhu Mantena with his ex-wife Masaba Gupta
He married writer and yoga teacher Ira Trivedi on 11 June 2023 in Bandra, Mumbai.
A picture from the wedding of Madhu Mantena and his wife Ira Trivedi
other relatives
He is the cousin of famous Indian film director Ram Gopal Varma.
Madhu Mantena’s cousin Ram Gopal Varma
relationships/affairs
He had a relationship with Bollywood actress Nandana Sen for 11 years.
Madhu Mantena’s ex-girlfriend Nandana Sen
livelihood
production companies
He has set up several production ventures which have produced many superhit films. When Madhu was a teenager, he established a music label, which he later sold to Supreme Recording Company. He later established the international operations of Adlabs with the sponsorship of Manmohan Shetty.
Madhu Mantena is 20 years old
He became the head of Saregama Films. He founded Big Bang Media Pvt Ltd in 2007 and became its Chief Creative Officer. He founded Phantom Films in 2011 in partnership with Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl and Vikramaditya Motwane. After the dissolution of the company in 2022, he along with Sheetal Talwar bought the Phantom brand and renamed it Phantom Studio. He is the founder of Mythoverse LPP, which has announced large-scale films based on Hindu epic texts such as the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
films produced
He has made films in five languages: Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Gujarati and Bengali. His first 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 first 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 Kota Rani, the last Hindu queen of Kashmir, and a film on the Mahabharata.
Madhu Mantena (right) with Aamir Khan and Kamal Haasan (left)
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- The film Ghajini was nominated for the Best Film Award at the International Indian Film Academy in 2008.
- The film Ugly was nominated for Best Film at the Screen Awards in 2015.
- The film Queen won the Best Feature Film in Hindi at the 62nd National Film Awards, the Best Film at the Filmfare Awards and the Best Film at the Filmfare Awards in 2015.
- The film Masaan won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 63rd National Film Awards in 2015.
- The film Wrong Side Raju won the Best Feature Film in Gujarati at the 64th National Film Awards in 2016.
Facts/General Knowledge
- After announcing her marriage with Ira Trivedi in April 2023, she revealed that they have known each other for over a decade. He had proposed to her before; However, she rejected him on the basis of caste, age and cultural differences. After this he married Masaba Gupta and later got divorced. They then met each other and eventually got married.
Madhu Mantena with his wife Ira Trivedi
- In April 2023, his company Big Bang Media Private Limited became the official media partner of the Hockey India League.
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