Having acted as a child artist in the movies such as 'Major Chandrakanth', 'Punyabhoomi Nadesham' and 'Adavilo Anna', Manchu Manoj made his film debut as a hero with 'Donga Dongadi', which was released on 6 August, 2004. So, he will be completing 10 years of career as a hero by this August.
As of now, Manoj acted in 13 movies as a hero. Among these films, only 'Potugadu' and 'Bindass' got just success results while 'Donga Dongadi' scored an average. All the other 10 films were bombed at the box office. 'Potugadu' and 'Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda'( multi-starrer) stood as the highest grossers in his career and collected around the shares of Rs.10 crores each.
Comparing with his contemporary heroes, Manoj's career is running with a lean phase. However, given his natural performance and experience in doing stunts, Manoj is likely to score much needed blockbuster films in future.