Manoj Sharma (born 4 March 1996) is an Indian voice-over artist and playback singer who works predominantly in the Kannada cinema industry. He has lent voice to over 5000 voiceovers and 150 playbacks singing in Indian serials and movies. He is known to be the voice behind the Colors Kannada Cinema and Colors Kannada Super. . He was given the Indian Excellence Award presented by the Abhigyan Foundation at the Constitution Club of India in New Delhi and the Outstanding Voiceover Artists of The Year award from the Indian Icon Awards.
Early life
Manoj Sharma was born on 4 March 1996 to Lakshmi C S and Srinivas S R, in Bhadravathi, Karnataka belonging to a family of musicians. and also happens to be a distant relative of veteran actress Pandari Bai. He began learning music at the age of 3. He completed high school from Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Bangalore He has been trained in classical music by Vidwan K R Venkatesh and Savithri Manjunath.
Career
Manoj began his career by auditioning for a song by music composer Chandru Obaiah, which led to him singing the title track of the film Manoratha. He then worked as a playback singer in 'Kirik Party, The Villain. and "Jai Sriram" song in the film Roberrt, working alongside Shankar Mahadevan. This led him to work in over 150 Kannada films as a playback singer such as KGF – Chapter 1 and Dabangg 3. While working as a playback singer he started working as a voice artist as well starting his career at the age of 21. Manoj has worked on over 5000 projects, including brand work for global companies. He is currently involved in dubbing for popular TV reality shows.
He was the launch voice of Colors Kannada Cinema in 2018 and became the first choice for Colors Kannada Supers which led him to voiceover the TV Channels for both Colors Kannada Cinema and Colors Kannada Super. His portfolio focused on the recording of Interactive Voice Response Systems (IVRS) in 28 Indian languages.. Additionally, he has lent his voice to the 'Emission Impossible' project on Kannada Discovery Channel, a well-received program aired in August of 2020.