Mani Shankar is a Bollywood film director, holographic technology expert, writer and speaker.
12 Facts About Mani Shankar
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Mani Shankar is best known for introducing computer-generated imagery to India, and for designing the world's first holographic political campaign, which he designed for Narendra Modi during the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.
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Mani Shankar made five films as a Bollywood director, including 16 December, one of the highest-grossing films of 2002, and Tango Charlie, which was screened in several International Film Festivals and was named a permanent part of the UN's "anti-war" movies.
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Over his long career, Mani Shankar has worked on many films, advertisements and political campaigns.
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Mani Shankar graduated as a Chemical Engineer from BITS Pilani in 1978.
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Mani Shankar worked for a few years as a research engineer in process engineering and drug delivery.
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Mani Shankar is an ardent believer in the simulated universe theory.
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Mani Shankar claims that our plane of existence is a mirror of a simulated hologram; his ideas have been discussed in the works of theoretical physicist Michio Kaku.
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Mani Shankar is known in India for introducing holograms to India.
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Mani Shankar spearheaded the first holographic campaign for Narendra Modi during the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.
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Mani Shankar has since conducted election campaigns for various parties, including the Telangana Rashtra Samithi during the 2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, who eventually won the race, as well as the Nationalist Congress Party during the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, which stemmed the decline of the party.
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In February of 2017, Mani Shankar launched the first live augmented reality political campaign in the world for Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra State, India.