Puri Jagannadh

Puri Jagannadh

Born	Puri Jagannadh (1966-09-28) 28 September 1966 Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India^[1]
Residence	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Other names	Jagan
Occupation	Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Actor, Story-Writer
Years active	1999–present
Spouse(s)	Lavanya
Children	Akash Puri Pavithra
Relatives	Sairam Shankar (brother), Ganesh (brother)
Website	http://www.purijagan.com/

Puri Jagannath^[2] (born 28 September 1966) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, who works primarily in the Telugu cinema. He is a three-time Nandi Award recipient. In 2006 he directed Pokiri, premiered at the 7th IIFA Film Festival held in Dubai. The path breaking blockbuster was later remade into several Indian Languages, and catapulted Jagannadh to national recognition.^[3] He made his Bollywood debut in 2004, with the film Shart: The Challenge. In 2011, he directed Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap, which was archived in the Oscar library.^[4] He produces films under his production companies, Puri Jagannadh Touring Talkies and Vaishno Academy. He also owns a music company called as Puri Sangeet.^[5] Other box office hits that he directed include, Badri, Itlu Sravani Subramanyam, Appu, Idiot, Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi, Sivamani, Pokiri, Desamuduru, Golimaar, Businessman, Iddarammayilatho, Heart Attack and Temper.

Bibilography

Jagannadh was born in a Telugu velama family in Pithapuram, East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh. His native village is Bapiraju Kothapalli,Narsipatnam, Visakhapatnam District in Andhra Pradesh. He studied at St. Theresa R.C.M. high school in Pedaboddepalli. He started his career as an assistant director to Ram Gopal Varma for several Telugu films.^[6] His Telugu directorial debut, Badri was a blockbuster, starring Pawan Kalyan in the lead role, along with Renu Desai, Prakash Raj, and Amisha Patel in supporting roles. He is a good friend to actor Ravi Teja who starred in his blockbuster films like Itlu Sravani Subramanyam, Idiot.He has also worked in Kannada industry and introduced Puneeth Rajkumar. In 2011 he worked with Amitabh bachchan. ^[7]

Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as						Language	Notes
Year	Film	Director	Producer	Story	Screenplay	Dialogues	Actor	Language	Notes
2000	Badri	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2000	Bachi	Yes		Yes	Yes			Telugu
2001	Yuvaraja	Yes						Kannada	Remake of Telugu film Thammudu with Shiva Rajkumar
2001	Itlu Sravani Subramanyam	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2002	Appu	Yes		Yes	Yes			Kannada	Introduced Puneeth Rajkumar in Rajkumar banner.
2002	Idiot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu	Remake of Appu
2003	Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Dialogue Writer
2003	Sivamani	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Telugu
2004	Andhrawala	Yes		Yes	Yes			Telugu
2004	Shart: The Challenge	Yes		Yes	Yes			Hindi	Remake of Badri
2004	143	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2005	Super	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2006	Pokiri	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu	Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu Santosham Best Director Award Nandi Award for Best Popular Feature Film
2007	Desamuduru	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2007	Hello Premistara		Yes					Telugu
2007	Chirutha	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2007	Pokkiri			Yes				Tamil	Remake of Pokiri
2008	Bujjigadu	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2008	Neninthe	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Dialogue Writer
2009	Ek Niranjan	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2009	Wanted			Yes				Hindi	Remake of Pokiri
2010	Golimaar	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2010	Pokiri			Yes				Kannada	Remake of Pokiri
2010	Ye Maaya Chesave						Yes	Telugu
2011	Nenu Naa Rakshasi	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2011	Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap	Yes	Yes	Yes				Hindi	Main lead Amitabh bachchan
2012	Businessman	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Telugu	Santosham Best Director Award Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Director
2012	Devudu Chesina Manushulu	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2012	Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2013	Iddarammayilatho	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2013	Boss: Born to Rule			Yes				Bengali
2014	Heart Attack	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2014	Romeo			Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2015	Temper	Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes	Telugu
2015	Jyothy Lakshmi	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2015	Loafer	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Telugu

Workings

With actors (on screeners)

Collaborator	Badri (2000)	Bachi (2000)	Itlu Sravani Subramanyam (2001)	Idiot (2002)	Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi (2003)	Shivamani (2003)	Andhrawala (2004)	143 (2004)	Shart: The Challenge (2004)	Super (2005)	Pokiri (2006)	Desamuduru (2007)	Chirutha (2007)	Bujjigadu (2008)	Neninthe (2008)	Ek Niranjan (2009)	Golimaar (2010)	Nenu Naa Rakshasi (2011)	Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap (2011)	Businessman (2012)	Devudu Chesina Manushulu (2012)	CGR (2012)	Iddarammayilatho (2013)	Romeo (2013)	Heart Attack (2014)	Temper (2015)	Jyothi Lakshmi (2015)	Total
Ravi Teja																												6
Pawan Kalyan																												2
Mahesh Babu																												2
Nagarjuna																												2
Allu Arjun																												2
Ram Charan																												1
Amitabh Bachchan																												1
Charmy Kaur																												2
Jr. NTR																												2
Prabhas																												2
Ileana D'Cruz																												3
Tusshar Kapoor																												1
Nithin																												1
Ali																												21
Prakash Raj																												15
Sairam Shankar																												4
Sonu Sood																												3
Brahmaji																												4
Mumaith Khan																												4
Brahmanandam																												10
Subbaraju																												13
Gopichand																												1

With crew (behind screen workers)

Collaborator	Idiot (2002)	Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi (2003)	Shivamani (2003)	Andhrawala (2004)	143 (2004)	Super (2005)	Pokiri (2006)	Desamuduru (2007)	Chirutha? (2007)	Bujjigada (2008)	Neninthe (2008)	Ek Niranjan (2009)	Golimaar (2010)	Nenu Naa Rakshasi (2011)	Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap (2011)	Businessman (2012)	Devudu Chesina Manushulu (2012)	Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu (2012)	Total
Shyam K. Naidu (Cinematographer)																			17
Amol Rathod (Cinematographer)																			4
Chakri (Music Director)																			9
Mani Sharma (Music Director)																			4
Sandeep Chowta (Music Director)																			2
Anup Ruben (Music Director)																			2
Marthand K. Venkatesh (Editor)																			13
S. R. Shekar (Editor)																			9
M. R. Varma (Editor)																			3
Chinna (Art Director)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	18

References

↑ Interview With Puri Jagannath (Part I). Cinegoer.com (23 January 2007). Retrieved on 15 February 2014.
↑ Yes, I was in depression: Puri Jagannath – Times Of India. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (23 April 2011). Retrieved on 15 February 2014.
↑ IIFA to showcase South films in Dubai
↑ Oscar Academy asks Big B for 'Bbuddah...' script – Yahoo! News India. In.news.yahoo.com (29 July 2011). Retrieved on 15 February 2014.
↑ Arts / Cinema : Fanboy Bachchanalia. The Hindu (2 July 2011). Retrieved on 15 February 2014.
↑ It’s Krishnavamsi versus Puri Jagannath this week. Entertainment.oneindia.in (9 October 2009). Retrieved on 15 February 2014.
↑ Raviteja – Interviews in Telugu Movies. Totaltollywood.com. Retrieved on 15 February 2014.

External links

Puri Jagannadh at the Internet Movie Database

Filmography of Puri Jagannadh

Badri (2000)
Bachi (2000)
Yuvaraja (2001) (Kannada)
Itlu Sravani Subramanyam (2001)
Appu (2001) (Kannada)
Idiot (2002)
Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi (2003)
Sivamani (2003)
Andhrawala (2004)
Shart: The Challenge (2004) (Hindi)
143 (2004)
Super (2005)
Pokiri (2006)
Desamuduru (2007)
Chirutha (2007)
Bujjigadu (2008)
Neninthe (2008)
Ek Niranjan (2009)
Golimaar (2010)
Nenu Naa Rakshasi (2011)
Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap (2011) (Hindi)
Businessman (2012)
Devudu Chesina Manushulu (2012)
Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu (2012)
Iddarammayilatho (2013)
Heart Attack (2014)
Temper (2015)
Jyothi Lakshmi (2015)
Loafer (2015)

Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu

1972–1980	Kadiri Venkata Reddy (1972) Tatineni Rama Rao (1973) Kasinathuni Viswanath (1974) Kasinathuni Viswanath (1975) Bapu (1976) Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao (1977) K. Balachander (1978) Dasari Narayana Rao (1979) Bapu (1980)

1981–1990	Dasari Narayana Rao (1981) Kasinathuni Viswanath (1982) Kasinathuni Viswanath (1983) Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry (1984) Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (1985) Kasinathuni Viswanath (1986) Kasinathuni Viswanath (1987) M. V. Raghu (1988) Mani Ratnam (1989) Kodi Ramakrishna (1990)

1991–2000	Kranthi Kumar (1991) Kasinathuni Viswanath (1992) Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao (1993) S. V. Krishna Reddy (1994) Kasinathuni Viswanath (1995) Krishna Vamsi (1996) Dasari Narayana Rao (1997) Krishna Vamsi (1998) B. Gopal (1999) K. Vijaya Bhaskar (2000)

2001–2010	Teja (2001) Krishna Vamsi (2002) Gunasekhar (2003) Sukumar (2004) Trivikram Srinivas (2005) Puri Jagannadh (2006) Sekhar Kammula (2007) Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi (2008) S. S. Rajamouli (2009) Krish (2010) Srinu Vaitla (2011) S. S. Rajamouli (2012) Trivikram Srinivas (2013) Vikram Kumar (2014)

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