Maanas Nagulapalli is an Indian actor who predominantly works in the Telugu film industry. He was invited to the Bigg Boss Telugu 5 as a contestant in 2021.He was born in Visakhapatnam but his family moved to Mumbai after his birth where he started taking interest in the cinema and entertainment industry. His mother is an educationalist, women and child rights activist. She was the former member of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Hyderabad. Later, his family moved to Hyderabad.In childhood, Maanas Nagulapalli was once personally congratulated by prominent south Indian actor Chiranjeevi Konidela for securing the highest marks in academics. Maanas shared his childhood picture with Chiranjeevi on his social media account. Chiranjeevi is his dance idol. Maanas was being congratulated by the famous south Indian actor Chiranjeevi for securing the highest marks in academics.In 2001, Maanas Nagulapalli began working in Telugu movies and his first debut movie as a child artist was Narasimha Naidu. He won the prestigious Nandi award for his extraordinary performance in the movie. In 2003, Maanas Nagulapalli worked in the film Veede. In 2004, he appeared in the film Arjun.In 2004, Maanas Nagulapalli was honoured with the Starmaa award for his best performance as a child artist. Maanas Nagulapalli was given this award by popular south Indian actors Allu Arjun and Vishnu. Child Maanas while receiving Starmaa award in 2004 from south Indian actor Allu Arjun and Vishnu.Maanas is a big fan of notable South Indian actor Pawan Kalyan.In 2021, Maanas Nagulapalli started working in television series titled Koilamma telecasted on the Star Maa channel.Later, Maanas Nagulapalli worked in the serials titled Pithrudevobhava and Bhale Chancele telecasted on Doordarshan. Thereafter, he was featured on the television shows Deeparadhana in which Prabhakar and Priyanka Naidu were in the lead roles.In September 2021, he released his film named Ksheera Sagara Madhanam as a lead hero.Maanas Nagulapalli often posts pictures on his social media accounts while smoking a cigar. Maanas while smoking a Cigar.