About Manu
ORIGINALLY FROM THE GARDEN STATE, MANU BEGAN PERFORMING ON STAGE AT AN EARLY AGE. MANU BEGAN PERFORMING AT A YOUNG AGE WHEN HE BEGAN LEARNING DANCE IN HIS MOTHER'S INDIAN DANCE SCHOOL. AS AN ADULT, MANU HAS PERFORMED ON MANY STAGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
AFTER EARNING HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY, MANU TOOK HIS FIRST CRACK AT ACTING AT THE STELLA ADLER STUDIO OF ACTING. FROM THAT FIRST DAY OF CLASS, THERE WAS NO LOOKING BACK. ONCE THE KID WHO HAD TO BE DRAGGED OFF THE BASKETBALL COURT, HE NOW HAS TO BE DRAGGED OFF THE STAGE. FOLLOWING THE STELLA ADLER STUDIO OF ACTING, MANU STUDIED IMPROV AND SKETCH COMEDY AT THE UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE AND THE PIT.
MOST RECENTLY, MANU FINISHED A TWO-YEAR MEISNER TECHNIQUE PROGRAM AT PLAYHOUSE WEST BROOKLYN LAB. WHILE STUDYING AT PHW, HE WROTE HIS VERY FIRST SHORT FILM IN WHICH HE ACTED IN AS WELL. HIS INSPIRATION FOR THE SHORT FILM WAS TO CREATE A ROLE FOR A SOUTH ASIAN MALE THAT BROKE THE MOLD.
WHEN MANU ISN'T DIVING INTO A SCRIPT AS A WRITER OR ACTOR, HE IS A PERSONAL TRAINER IN BROOKLYN, NY.