Nagoor Babu is an Indian playback singer, voice-over artist, actor, producer, television anchor, and composer who goes by the stage name Mano. He has received numerous prizes, including the Nandi Awards from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Kalaimamani Award from the Tamil Nadu Government.
Mano has recorded over 50,000 songs for Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, and Hindi films, both commercial and private. In addition, he has played in over 3000 live concerts on six continents. He has recorded around 2,000 songs for Ilayaraja, the music director. Mano is also known for being Rajinikanth's Telugu dubbing artist (for all films from Muthu).