Veeru Potla

Veeru Potla
Born Piduguralla, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh
Residence Hyderabad, Telanagana, India
Occupation Director & writer
Years active 2004 - present

Veeru Potla is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works primarily in Telugu cinema. Best known for directing Bindaas and Ragada and as screenwriter for Varsham & Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana.

Personal life

Veeru Potla was born in Piduguralla, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh into a farmer's family. He completed his secondary & higher education in Piduguralla. Potla's interest in film brought him to Hyderabad, India, where he started his career as a screenwriter. He married a girl from a family with no film experience in Rajahmundry.[1] Potla has said that he admires directors K.Viswamath & Woody Allen.[2]

Career

Veeru Potla made his debut in 2004 as a screenwriter with the film Varsham, which starred Prabhas and Trisha and in the 2005 Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, starring Siddharth and Trisha directed by Prabhu Deva. In 2010 he directed Bindaas, starring Manoj Manchu and Ragada, starring Akkineni Nagarjuna. Both of the films he directed received positive reviews.[3][4] His latest venture Doosukeltha starring Vishnu Manchu gained positive reviews and declared as a Hit at Boxoffice.[5]

Filmography

Year Film Credits Notes
2004 Varsham Writer Remade in Tamil as Mazhai
Remade in Oriya as Barsa My Darling
Dubbed into Hindi as Baarish
2005 Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana writer Remade in Hindi as Ramaiya Vastavaiya
Remade in Tamil as Something Something ... Unnakum Ennakum
Remade into Kannada as
Neenello Naanalle
Remade in Oriya as
Suna Chadhei Mo Rupa Chadhei
2010 Bindaas Director Dubbed into Malayalam as Happy 2 Happy
2010 Ragada Director Dubbed into Tamil as Vambhu
2013 Doosukeltha Director
2015 Untitled Director Venkatesh and Raviteja a multistarer movie

References

  1. "Veeru Potla marriage". Bharatstudent.com.
  2. "Veeru Potla Interview". youtube.com.
  3. "Bindass review". Idlebrain.com.
  4. "Ragada Review". Idlebrain.com.
  5. "Doosukeltha review". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 17 October 2013.