 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Hurumende yeIndia yakapa Mani mubayiro wePadma Shri muna 2002. Akakunda National Film Awards, Filmfare Awards, Filmfare Awards South uye mibairo yenyika. Kunze kwemibairo iyi, mafirimu ake mazhinji akaratidzwa pamitambo yemafirimu yakasiyana siyana uye akahwina mibairo yakawanda. Geethanjali, yakatungamirirwa naye yakawana mubairo weGolden Lotus weBest Popular Film pa 37th National Film Awards. Mamwe mafirimu akaita seMouna Ragam, Anjali, uye Kannathil Muthamittal akakunda mubayiro weBest Regional Film paNational Film Awards. Mafirimu ake maviri, Roja uye Bombay akahwina Nargis Dutt Award yeBest Feature Film paNational Integration. Iyo yekutanga yakasarudzwawo muchikamu cheBest Film pa18th Moscow International Film Festival. Muna 2010, Mani akaremekedzwa naJaeger-Lecoultre Kubwinya kuMugadziri weFirimupamutambo wechi67 weVenice International Film Festival. Muna Chikunguru 2015, akaremekedzwa neSun Mark Lifetime Achievement Award paBagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival nekuda kwekubatsira kwake kwakakurumbira kumafirimu epasi rese. Panenge panguva imwe cheteyo, Museum of the Moving Image, New York City, yakapa rukudzo chairwo kuna Mani. Mafirimu ake Roja, Bombay, uye Dil Se akaratidzwa mumuziyamu sechinhu chinodzokororwa. 