Top 10 Directors Who Have Delivered Excellence To Tollywood Industry

Every movie we watch has a lot of work despite the effortless look and flow; it is the directors that have to create the scene in their minds using imagination and a few logics. It sure is not an easy task to control and co-ordinate the cast and crew and get the desired scene from an angle. We present to you such directors who have delivered excellence and made our Telugu cinema proud.

1. S. S. Rajamouli A film director and a screenwriter S.S. Rajamouli >> Read More...

Rajamouli has done both Indian as well as Telugu cinema proud with his magnum hit ‘Baahubali’. His works have always been well praised with movies such as ‘ Vikramarkudu Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ Eega Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘Magadheeera’ and the list goes on. We hope he keeps going at this pace and increases the standard of Indian movies.

2. Puri Jagannadh Puri Jagannadh wears many feathers to his cap incl >> Read More...

The three-time Nandi Award winner had a line of blockbuster movies and made a mark in Telugu industry. Anyone who walks into one of his movies will be feeling empowered or with a social sense at the end of the movie. The director has also reached roots of Bollywood directing a flick with the Big-B ‘ Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap Click to look into! >> Read More... ’. His notable works include ‘Pokiri’, ‘Desamuduru’, and ‘Businessman’.

3. Krish Jagarlamudi

Radha Krishna Jagaramudi well known as Krish to the cinema industry made his mark with his debut movie ‘ Gamyam Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ itself. He has given us out of the box movies such as ‘ Vedam Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ and ‘ Kanche Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ which have high IMDb ratings as one can assume.

4. Sukumar

Sukumar Bandreddi is another director who has given us films which break the stereotypes; his debut movie ‘ Arya Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ itself was a huge success which later garnered a sequel. His notable works include ‘Kumari 21f’ which was controversial, ‘ 1 Nenokkadine Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ a thriller movie and ‘ Nannaku Prematho Click to look into! >> Read More... ’.

5. Trivikram Srinivas Trivikram Srinivas, a Telugu director and writer, >> Read More...

Trivikram is well known for his sarcastic and humorous dialogue writing skills, he has delivered a chain of successful films such as ‘ Athadu Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘Julai’, ‘ Jalsa Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ and ‘Attarintki Daredi’ which have worked its magic on the box office.

6. Sekhar Kammula Sekhar Kammula or Kumar Sekhar Kammula is a direct >> Read More...

Sekhar Kammula has worked on movies mostly which relate to our young generation. He has won in the category of directorial debut a National Award for his critical success ‘Dollar Dreams’. He has made simple, subtle movies such as ‘Godavari’, ‘ Anand Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ and ‘ Happy Days Happy Days is a Telugu-language show on ETV Telegu >> Read More... ’ which left us with a reminiscing feeling.

7. Gunasekhar Gunasekhar is a literature enthusiast, a theatre a >> Read More...

Gunasekhar has earned himself eight Nandi Awards, which are enough to make this director a part of this list. He has a keen interest in religious aspects and has directed classics such as ‘ Rudramadevi Rudramadevi (2021) is a Telugu language historical >> Read More... ’ and ‘ Ramayana Ramayana is a mythology based drama TV show which >> Read More... ’. Despite these movies, he also has won awards for best action feature films like ‘ Sainikudu Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ and ‘ Okkadu Click to look into! >> Read More... ’.

8. Srinu Vaitla Shrinu Vaitla is an Indian film director predomina >> Read More...

Srinu Vaitla is known to introduce a new kind of story-telling in his movies and is well applauded as such. His notable movies include ‘Dhee’, ‘ Ready Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘ King Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ and much more. He is noted for his witty depiction of the scripts.

9. Srinivas Avasarala Srinivas Avasarala is a Telugu film celebrity, who >> Read More...

Srinivas Avasarala is a new emerging talent in Telugu industry. The actor and director made his directorial debut with the movie ‘ Oohalu Gusagusalade Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ movie which was a huge success. The young talent holds a diploma from University of California for screenwriting and we hope to see him put it to good use.

10. Chandra Sekhar Yeleti Chandra Sekhar Yeleti was born in Tuni in Andhra P >> Read More...

Chandra Sekhar Yeleti catapulted to fame with his work ‘Aithe’ back in 2003 which earned him the Nandi and the National Award. His next movie ‘Anukokunda Okaroju’ has become one of the best suspense thrillers of the industry.