| Trivikram Srinivas | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 7, 1972 Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Trivikram |
| Occupation | Dialogue writer Screenwriter Film director |
Trivikram Srinivas Sarma (born November 7, 1973 in Andhra Pradesh) is a dialogue writer turned screenwriter and film director in Telugu Cinema.[1][2]
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After completing his schooling, Trivikram graduated with a Bachelor of Science from DNR College in Bhimavaram. He then received a Master of Science degree and gold medal in Nuclear Physics from Andhra University.[3] He is married to Soujanya, niece of Sirivennala Seetha Rama Sastry.[1]
Trivikram never had plans to write film dialogue, but instead had an interest in directing.[1][2] Sunil, a friend and former roommate from college, introduced Trivikram to T.D.V. Prasad, who asked Trivikram to write the dialogue for the climax scene of the movie he was working on. Prasad, impressed with the result, then asked Trivikram to work as an assistant to director K. Vijaya Bhaskar. It was during this project the Trivikram received an offer to write dialogue for the movie Swayamvaram.[1][2]
Although Swayamvaram was the first movie for which Trivikram wrote dialogue, but Nuvve Kavali, was released first.[4] Trivikram went on to write dialogue for Chiru Navvutho, Nuvvu Naaku Nachav, Malliswari and Manmadhudu.[1]
And though known as a dialog writer, Trivikram also penned lyrics for the Oka Raju Oka Rani movie, and sang the song Computersu Artsu Scienceu in the film Nuvve Nuvve.[1][2]
Trivikram received critical acclaim for his directorial debut with the film Nuvve Nuvve,[4] a movie dealing in depth with family sentiments along with high doses of comedy. This was followed by the critically acclaimed film Athadu, rated highly for its technical standards.[5] Athadu collected a distributors' share of Rs.220 million in its total run, thus becoming the 2005 box office hit in Tollywood.[1] Its satellite rights were sold for Rs.18 million. Following upon its initial recognition, the film was dubbed into Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi, as well as being dubbed into Polish for a release in Poland as a Poszukiwany, becoming the first Telugu film released in Poland.[1]
Trivikram's film Jalsa became the most anticipated film of the year 2008, with a release of 320 prints in 1000 theaters. The film's audio rights were sold to Aditya Music for 90 lakhs, the highest for a Telugu film ever in the recent times. Jalsa beacme a major hit at box office by grossing 35 Crores in its whole run.[1] Jalsa was followed by Khaleja released on October 7, 2010, for which Trivikram directed Mahesh Babu in two Thumbs Up soft drink commercials to assist in promoting the film.[6]
Trivikram recently completed the screenplay for the film, Theenmaar, to star Pawan Kalyan and Trisha Krishnan[7] in a remake of Love Aaj Kal released in March 2011.[8]
Of Trivikram's work on Nuvvu Naaku Nachav, Fullhyd.com wrote "The highlights of the film are all the original humor and the subtlety in approach so alien to Tollywood. The dialogue writer, Trivikram Srinivas, is perhaps the real hero in this one."[9]
The Hindu compared Trivikram favorably with Shankar, noting that while Trivikram "started his career as a filmmaker with a light-hearted film Nuvve Nuvve", and has been known for "his light-hearted scripts and dialogues}, his work on the action film Athadu is "said to be on par with such Hollywood flicks."[10]