Shree Mani

Shree Mani, also known as SriMani is an Indian Lyricist well known for his works in Telugu Cinema and his unique style of Lyrics. He won Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Telugu for the film Atharintiki Daaredi penning the song "Aaradugula Bullet".

Shree Mani's parents died during his young age and he was raised by his grandparents I.e respected koniki dathatreyulu(late)and koniki ramanamma. Since the age of 8, he developed an interest in poetry and writing.

During his days of bachelor's degree, his Grand Father died which planted a thought of his own employment and career . He moved then to Hyderabad for the Job of a Lyricist, after a lot of struggles director Sukumar gave him the first chance to write Lyrics for a song in his film 100% Love and later on he shot to fame for his lyrics in Sega, which gave hime good fame and name the great and legendary singer Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan SPBalasubramaniyam gave complements to him for Varsham munduga song in sega in padutha theeyagaa program which telecasts in Eenadu TV leads him to Trivikram Srinivas to give him a chance inJulai, AtharintikiDaredhi, S/O Sathyamurthy and more. He used to say the most memorable moment is when he got compliments for the lyrics in 100% Love andfrom Devi Sri Prasad and Sukumar. He was told never once sat down seriously with an intention to write, and his songs always used to happen spontaneously while travelling, working, with a few friends or on the move which he recorded in his phone immediately.