There was a time when Mani Sharma used to be the most sought after music director in Telugu. 'Melody Brahma', as he is fondly called, Mani worked with every top hero in Tollywood few years back.

But after giving some disaster albums and with the arrival of many young music directors, filmmakers and star heroes started ignoring Mani Sharma. He even worked for small films.

But Balakrishna, who worked with Mani Sharma for blockbusters like 'Samarasimha Reddy', 'Narasimha Naidu', 'Lakshmi Narasimha' etc, has given him a chance to prove with 'Lion'.

Buzz is that Mani Sharma has given very beautiful songs for 'Lion' and it will be his comeback film. The audio of 'Lion' will be launched at Shilpa Kala Vedika in Hyderabad on 9th of this month. Stay tuned for the album.