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Top 10 Telugu Directors

When we speak about the latest generation of directors of Tollywood, none other than SS Rajamouli comes to mind for his excellent direction in films like Eega, Baahubali, and RRR. Trivikram Srinivas is popular for his latest hit, Ala Vaikuntapurramuloo, with Allu Arjun. The older generation directors like Koti Ramakrishna and K Viswanath have given a lot of performance-oriented classical hits. KS Ravindra, Sukumar, Puri Jagannadh, Nag Ashwin, Vikram Kumar, and Vamshi Paidipally are some of the directors who have given super hit films. Sandeep Vanga, who directed Arjun Reddy, entered Bollywood by directing Kabir Singh has become famous for Animal with Ranbir Singh.

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1. S. S. Rajamouli

A film director and a screenwriter S.S. Rajamouli was born as Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli in Film Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana. He is well known for his hit films like Magadheera, Eega and Baahubali: The Beginning. He started off directing daily soaps in Telegu for Eenadu Television working under K. Raghavendra Rao. His debut as Film director was Student no.1 in 2001 which turned out to be a blockbuster. His next venture was after a long gap of two years, Simhadri, which also received rave reviews. His third flick Sye was based on a game of rugby and for this, he joined hands with K.K. Senthil Kumar. This film received appreciation from all over and was a hit. His next movie was Chatrapathi, which again touc...

Date of Birth: 10-10-1973

Age: 51

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Director, Scriptwriter

S. S. Rajamouli Biography

Date of Birth: 10-10-1973

Age: 51

Star Sign: Libra

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Director, Scriptwriter

2. Sukumar

Sukumar Bandreddi is an Indian film producer, director, and screenwriter. Most of his work is in Telugu cinema. He is known for the films like Jagadan, Arya 2, 1: Nenokkadine, 100% Love and NannakuPrematho. He was born on 11 January 1970 to Tirupati Naidu and VeeraVeni in Mattaparru, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh. His father was a rice trader and mother was a homemaker. He did his schooling from ZilaParishad High School, Razole. He took graduation and Master’s degree in Mathematics. He worked as a Physics and Mathematics lecturer for six years at Aditya Junior College, Kakinada. He and his colleague,PrakashToleti, at the college decided to do something different and hence they chose to leave t...

Date of Birth: 11-01-1970

Age: 55

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Screenplay Writer, Director, Producer

Sukumar Biography

Date of Birth: 11-01-1970

Age: 55

Star Sign: Capricorn

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Screenplay Writer, Director, Producer

3. Gunasekhar

Gunasekhar is a literature enthusiast, a theatre artist and now an Indian film Director and Screenwriter. He was born on 2nd June 1964 in Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam. Since he was a child he had an interest in literature and he also wrote short stories. As he developed an interest for theatre, he started taking part in different plays and writing plays. Keeping in mind his movie buff, he moved to Chennai to pursue a career in the same. He worked under various writers and directors. He was an Assistant writer under Kasi Viswanadh and then as an Assistant Director under D.V. Narsaraju and Director Kranthi Kumar. He gave his Directorial Debut, Lathi in 1992 and won Andhra Prad...

Date of Birth: 02-06-1978

Age: 47

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Writer, Director, Producer

Gunasekhar Biography

Date of Birth: 02-06-1978

Age: 47

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Writer, Director, Producer

4. Trivikram Srinivas

Trivikram Srinivas, a Telugu director and writer, who brought out a need for new marketing strategy for Telugu film makers. He had always presented and structured to carve out the original marketing plan that was required in Tollywood then. His clever promotion strategies than he had planned, for example, for a film like’’ Athadu’’, he made the film in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam languages. Later, the same film was dubbed into Polish language for Poland people. The film’s satellite in Telugu circuit was sold to a whooping sum of $45 million then, and it became the top grosser in 2005. His next flick in 2008 was Jalsa which had released in 1000 theatres and the film grossed $220 million in just 50 days. Later ...

Date of Birth: 07-11-1971

Age: 53

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Director

Trivikram Srinivas Biography

Date of Birth: 07-11-1971

Age: 53

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Director

5. Sekhar Kammula

Sekhar Kammula or Kumar Sekhar Kammula is a director by profession in the Indian film industry. He works as a screenwriter and producer as well. He works predominantly in the Telugu film industry. He is married to Sri Vidya Kammula and has two children named Vandana Kammula and VibhavKammula. He completed his graduation in the field of Mechanical Engineering from the Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT) and M.S. degree in the line of Computer Science from the U.S. After that; he worked for about three years in the IT sector. he pursued his degree of Master of Fine Arts from the university named Howard University situated in Washington D.C. While his study period in the field of films, he worked in ma...

Date of Birth: 04-02-1972

Age: 53

Star Sign: Aquarius

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Director

Sekhar Kammula Biography

Date of Birth: 04-02-1972

Age: 53

Star Sign: Aquarius

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Director

6. Chandra Sekhar Yeleti

Chandra Sekhar Yeleti was born in Tuni in Andhra Pradesh. He is an Indian Film director working for the Telugu Film Industry. He is currently living in Hyderabad, Telangana. He is famous for his authentic and inspiring concepts in his movies. He started his career by shooting ‘Janmabhoomi’ ads for Government of Andhra Pradesh. He made this in collaboration with K. Raghavendra Rao, a screenwriter. Gangaraju Gunnam is Chandra Sekhar’s Cousin. He is National Award Winning Film producer cum director. He worked as an Assistant director under his cousin in the film ‘Little Soldiers’. Chandra Sekhar Yeleti was married on May 19. Then he moved to Telugu Television industry. He directed 10 ep...

Date of Birth: 04-03-1973

Age: 52

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Screenplay Writer, Director

Chandra Sekhar Yeleti Biography

Date of Birth: 04-03-1973

Age: 52

Star Sign: Pisces

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Screenplay Writer, Director

7. Koratala Siva

Koratala Siva is a screenwriter and film director from India. He works mainly in Tollywood. Koratala Siva has penned many scripts for films like Munna, Brindavanam, Oosaravelli, Okkadunadu and Bhadra. Apart from writing skills, Siva is also popular for his directorial skills. In 2013, he directed the action drama movie Mirchi in Telugu, and later in 2015, he directed the movie, Srimanthudu. Both fared well at the box office. For his movie Mirchi, the acclaimed singer, Kailash Kher won the Telugu Filmfare Award for the best playback Singer. Before his directorial debut in Mirchi, Koratala Siva pursued his graduation in engineering and often worked as an assistant to one of his relative, Posani Krishna Murali, ...

Date of Birth: 15-06-1975

Age: 50

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Director, Screenplay

Koratala Siva Biography

Date of Birth: 15-06-1975

Age: 50

Star Sign: Gemini

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Director, Screenplay

8. Krish Jagarlamudi

Krish a.k.a. Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi is a famous director in the Telugu film industry. Recently, he directed the movie “Gabbar Is Back”, which had Akshay Kumar and Shruti Haasan in the lead roles. The movie was loved by the audience and the critics as well. It also did good business at the Box-Office. Krish’s directorial debut came in the year 2008 with the movie Gamyam, which had Allari Naresh, Sharwanand and Kamalinee Mukherjee in the lead role. His father Jagarlamudi Saibaba, brother-in-law Bibo Srinivas and close friend Rajeev Reddy were the producers of this movie. To his luck, Gamyam was a super hit and dis a good business at the Telugu Box Office. Gamyam roped in many awards li...

Date of Birth: 10-11-1978

Age: 46

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu

Skills: Screenplay Writer, Director, Co-Producer

Krish Jagarlamudi Biography

Date of Birth: 10-11-1978

Age: 46

Star Sign: Scorpio

Gender: Male

Language: Telugu