Srinu Vaitla

Srinu Vaitla is an Indian film director associated with Telugu cinema. He is from the village of Kandulapalem, East Godavari District.^[1] His first mainstream movie as a director was Nee Kosam (1999) starring Ravi Teja and Maheswari. Though the movie was an average flick at the box office, it was critically acclaimed. He shot to fame with his second movie Anandam (2001), released in the year 2001. He made his own impression on the Telugu Cinema comedy. Most importantly, he is known for implementing parabolic narrative for the first time in Indian cinema. This can be observed in his movies Venky, Dhee, Dubai Seenu and Ready. He played cameo in Rainbow and Parama Veera Chakra movies. For most of his films music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. Since Venky, Gopimohan and Kona Venkat have been script writers for his movies.

Filmography

List of Frequent Cast in Vaitla's films

• Note this list includes actors who were cast at least in three of Vaitla's films.

Individual	Nee Kosam	Anandam	Sontham	Anandamanandamaye	Venky	Andarivaadu	Dhee	Dubai Seenu	Ready	King	Namo Venkatesa	Dookudu	Baadshah	Aagadu
Ravi Teja	Y				Y			Y
Mahesh Babu												Y		Y
Genelia D'Souza							Y		Y
Jaya Prakash Reddy	Y	Y	Y				Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Bramhanandam		Y			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Kota Srinivasa Rao									Y		Y	Y
M. S. Narayana		Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Master Bharat				Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Supreeth							Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y
Chandra Mohan		Y					Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Tanikella Bharani		Y	Y		Y		Y		Y			Y	Y
Aakash		Y		Y			Y				Y
Shiva Reddy		Y									Y	Y
Krishna Bhagavan					Y	Y		Y		Y
'Telengana' Shakuntala		Y						Y			Y
Delhi Rajeswari		Y			Y		Y				Y
Bramhaaji	Y						Y					Y	Y
Shayaji Shinde								Y		Y		Y	Y
Surekha Vani								Y	Y		Y		Y
Nassar									Y			Y	Y
Sudha		Y							Y	Y		Y	Y
Srinivasa Reddy							Y	Y		Y	Y	Y
Shafi							Y		Y			Y	Y
Raghu (Ravi Teja's Brother)								Y	Y			Y	Y
Ajay							Y			Y		Y	Y
Srihari							Y			Y
Trisha Krishnan										Y

Awards

• Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Nee Kosam)
• Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director (Nee Kosam)
• Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer (Nee Kosam, Dhee, Dookudu)
• Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu (Dookudu)
• CinemAA Awards – Best Director (Dookudu)
• South Indian International Movie Awards – Best Director (Dookudu)
• The Hyderabad Times Film Awards – Best Director (Dookudu)

References

External links

• Srinu Vaitla at the Internet Movie Database