Shanmukh Jaswanth

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Shannu
Personal information
Born
Shanmukh Jaswanth

(1994-09-16) 16 September 1994 (age 30) [1]
Education Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management
Occupations
YouTube information
Also known asShannu
Channels Shanmukh Jaswanth
LocationIndia
Years active2012–present
Genres
  • comedy
  • dance
  • series
Subscribers4.92 million
Total views637.90 million
Network Infinitum Media
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2017
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2020

Shanmukh Jaswanth Kandregula is an Indian YouTuber, television personality and actor. He is best known for his role as "Shannu" in the YouTube series The Software DevLOVEper and as "Surya" in Surya. [2] As of April 2023, he has over 4.3 million subscribers on his YouTube channel. His other popular videos include The Viva and TheSoftware Engineer 2.0.

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Early and personal life

Shanmukh Jaswanth was born on 16 September 1994 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. He completed bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, Visakhapatnam.Vinay Shanmukh is his brother who directed Viva along with Sabarish Kandregula, a YouTube web series director and is one of the people behind the YouTube channel 'Viva. Shanmukh played many comedic roles in short films. He was the runner up in BigBoss Season 5. [3] [4] [5] He was apprehended by the police in [6]

Career

YouTube

Shanmukh began his career by appearing in a dual role in the viral video The Viva, released in 2013. [7] One of the role he played in the short video is "Shannu". Since then he is popularly referred to as Shannu. He started his own YouTube channel in 2012. In the initial days, he uploaded few dance covers, short films and comedy videos.

Shanmukh then featured in various other productions of Infinitum Media which include short films, dance covers and series. He kept consistently acting in videos for the channel 'Viva', especially as one of the two news readers on Viva News. His major breakthrough was the YouTube series The Software DevLOVEper directed by K. Subbu, in which he played the role "Shannu". [8] The series made its debut on 31 July 2020 was released through his YouTube channel. Upon release, it got wide response from both critics and audience. [9] Owing to success of the series, he then featured in few television shows. He then featured in another popular series Surya which made its debut on his channel on 16 February 2021. In September 2021, Sakshi Post called him as the "first Telugu YouTuber" to have four million subscribers. [10] His recent Student web series also became good success in YouTube and currently getting very good views.He got more You Tube followers due to Big Hit of the Student Web Series.

Television

Shanmukh first appeared in the game show Cash 2.0. He then participated in the reality television show Bigg Boss 5 and was runner-up of the season. [11]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 Nannu Dochukunduvate RohanDebut Film

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
2020Cash 2.0Contestant ETV
2021 Dancee Plus Guest dancer Star Maa [12]
100% LoveHimselfTelefilm [13]
Start MusicContestant
Bigg Boss 5 Runner-Up [14]
2022 Agent Anand Santhosh Agent Anand Santhosh Aha [15]

Music Videos

YearSongSingerComposerCo-Artist
2021"Rukmini"Saketh Komanduri, Geetha Madhuri R R DhruvanTina
"Malupu"Manish Kumar, Vyshu MayaManish KumarDeepthi Sunaina
"Shanmukh Anthem"HymathRakendu Mouli
2023"Jaanu"Sandeep Kurapati, Sahithi ChagantiSandeep KurapatiSushmita Shetty
"Ayyayo"The fantasia menThe fantasia menPhanipoojitha

Web Series

YearTitle
2020 The Software Devloveper
2021Surya
2023Student

Awards and recognition

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