Madhu Mantena is an Indian film producer and entrepreneur known for making super hit 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.
Wiki/Biography
Madhu Mantena was born on Thursday, May 8, 1975 (age 48; as of 2023) in Hyderabad, Telangana state (then in Andhra Pradesh), India. His zodiac sign is Taurus.
Madhu Mantena childhood photos
He studied at Hyderabad Public School, Hyderabad. As a teenager, he began learning to make fiber drums in his father’s factory, and later branched out into music and film production.
Madhu Mantena works in his father’s fiber barrel manufacturing factory
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′10″
Weight (approximately): 70kg
Hair color: black (partially bald)
Eye color: black
family
He comes from a family in Hyderabad.
Parents and siblings
His father, Murari Raju Mantena, died on March 7, 2023, during treatment for heatstroke. He has a sister.
Madhu Mantena (second from left) with family and ex-wife Masaba Gupta (far left)
wife and children
He married Masaba Gupta, daughter of fashion designers Viv Richards and Neena Gupta, on June 2, 2015, and later divorced in March 2019.
Madhu Mantena and ex-wife Masaba Gupta
He married author and yoga teacher Ira Trivedi on June 11, 2023 in Bandra, Mumbai.
Madhu Mantena and wife Ira Trivedi wedding photos
other relatives
He is the cousin of the famous Indian film director Ram Gopal Varma.
Ram Gopal Varma, cousin of Madhu Mantena
Relationships/Affairs
He was in a relationship with Bollywood actress Nandana Sen for 11 years.
Madhu Mantena’s ex-girlfriend Nandana Sen
Profession
Production Company
He established many production companies and produced many super hit movies. When Madhu was a teenager, he founded a music label, which was later sold to Supreme Recording Company. Later, he established Adlabs International Business Unit under the patronage of Manmohan Shetty.
Madhu Mantena in her 20s
He later became the head of Saregama Films. He founded Big Bang Media Private Limited in 2007 and serves as its chief creative officer. He founded Phantom Films in 2011 in partnership with Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl and Vikramaditya Motwane. In 2022, after the company was dissolved, he acquired the Phantom brand together with Sheetal Talwar and renamed it Phantom Studios. He is the founder of Mythoverse LPP, which has launched major film adaptations of the Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, among others.
movies produced
He has made films in five languages: Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Gujarati and Bengali. His debut as a producer was the 2003 Telugu film Karthik. He has produced several super hit films including the 2008 Hindi film Ghajini (his Bollywood debut), 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 Mahabharat.
Madhu Mantegna (right) with Aamir Khan and Kamal Haasan (left)
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- Ghajini’s film was nominated for the 2008 International Indian Film Academy Award for Best Film
- The Ugly Movie Nominated for Best Picture at the 2015 Screen Awards
- “Queen Movie” won the Best Hindi Feature Film Award at the 62nd National Film Awards in 2015, the Best Film Award at the Filmfare Awards, and the Best Film Award at the Filmfare Awards
- The movie “Masaan” won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Directory Debut at the 63rd National Film Awards 2015
- The movie “Wrong Side Raju” won the Best Feature Film Award in Gujarati at the 64th National Film Awards 2016
Facts/Trivia
- After announcing his marriage to Ira Trivedi in April 2023, he revealed that they had known each other for more than a decade. He had also proposed to her earlier; however, she rejected him due to caste, age and cultural differences. He then married Masaba Gupta and later divorced. They met again and eventually got married.
Madhu Mantena and wife Ira Trivedi
- In April 2023, his company Big Bang Media Private Limited became the official media partner of the Indian Hockey League.
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