Siddhu Jonnalagadda

Siddhu Jonnalagadda
Siddhu Jonnalagadda
Born	Siddharth Jonnalagadda; Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Occupations	Actor; screenwriter;
Years active	2009–present

Siddharth "Siddhu" Jonnalagadda is an Indian actor and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He debuted in a lead role with the film Life Before Wedding (2011). Jonnalagadda went onto to co-write and star in films such as Guntur Talkies (2016), Krishna and His Leela (2020), Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma (2020) and DJ Tillu (2022).

Early life

Siddhu Jonnalagadda was born and brought up in Hyderabad. He pursued MBA before venturing into a career in films.^[2]

Career

Jonnalagadda made his lead debut with Praveen Sattaru's LBW: Life Before Wedding and then in between he did a Tamil film Vallinam (2014), and Ice Cream 2 (2014) before playing the lead role in Sattaru's Guntur Talkies (2016).^[3] Siddu plays the lead role in Krishna and His Leela, a romantic drama film starring Shraddha Srinath, Shalini Vadnikatti and Seerat Kapoor.^[4] In a review of the film by The Times of India, the reviewer wrote that "Siddhu is an absolute delight and a revelation in this one. ... The key to his character lies in being effortless and he plays it well".^[5] He will reprise the role of Rajkummar Rao in That Is Mahalakshmi, the Telugu remake of Queen.^[6]

Filmography

Films

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Josh	College student		^[2]
2010	Orange	Santhosh		^[2]
2010	Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu	Dhinesh		^[2]
2011	LBW: Life Before Wedding	Rishi	Debut in a lead role	^[3]
2013	Jagamemaaya			^[7]
2014	Vallinam	Vamsi	Tamil film	^[3]
2014	Ice Cream 2	Filmmaker		^[3]
2016	Guntur Talkies	Hari	Also story, dialogues and singer	^[3]
2019	Kalki	Sekhar Babu		^[8]
2020	Krishna and His Leela	Krishna	Also writer and editor	^[5]
2020	Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma	Siddhu	Also writer, creative producer and editor	^[9]
2022	DJ Tillu	DJ Tillu	Also writer	^[10]
TBA	That Is Mahalakshmi †	TBA		^[6]

Television

Year	Work	Role	Network
2018	Gangstars	Ajay	Amazon Prime Video

Discography

Year	Film	Song	Music director
2016	Guntur Talkies	"Guntur Talkies" Title Track	Sricharan Pakala
2016	Naruda Donoruda	"Kaasu Paisa" and "Pelli Beatu" (rap portions)^[11]
2022	DJ Tillu	"Nuvvala"

References

^ Siddhu Jonnalagadda and Bithiri Sathi (8 February 2022). DJ Tillu fame Siddhu Hilarious Interview with Garam Sathi - Garam Muchatlu. Sakshi TV. Event occurs at 1:11.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Siddhu Jonnalagadda chitchat". Idlebrain.com. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (26 May 2015). "Striving for a break". The Hindu.
^ "Siddu Jonnalagadda and Shraddha Srinath-starrer Krishna and His Leela to get an OTT release". The Times of India. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Krishna And His Leela Movie Review: A rom-com that dares to go a little beyond". The Hindu.
^ ^a ^b "Guntur Talkies boy in Telugu remake of Queen - Times of India". The Times of India.
^ ""Jagame Maya "is a new movie based on Illusion". 123telugu.com. 1 September 2013.
^ "Kalki Movie Review: A mediocre cop drama". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (14 November 2020). "'Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma' review: For a few bright moments". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
^ "As SS Rajamouli's RRR gets postponed, 6 Telugu films line up to cash in on Sankranthi festivities". Indian Express. 3 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Naruda Donoruda releases its first song on Radio Mirchi - Times of India". The Times of India.

External links

Siddhu Jonnalagadda at IMDb

[1] Siddhu Jonnalagadda and Bithiri Sathi (8 February 2022). DJ Tillu fame Siddhu Hilarious Interview with Garam Sathi - Garam Muchatlu. Sakshi TV. Event occurs at 1:11.

[:3-2] "Siddhu Jonnalagadda chitchat". Idlebrain.com. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[:0-3] Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (26 May 2015). "Striving for a break". The Hindu.

[4] "Siddu Jonnalagadda and Shraddha Srinath-starrer Krishna and His Leela to get an OTT release". The Times of India. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

[:1-5] "Krishna And His Leela Movie Review: A rom-com that dares to go a little beyond". The Hindu.

[:2-6] "Guntur Talkies boy in Telugu remake of Queen - Times of India". The Times of India.

[7] ""Jagame Maya "is a new movie based on Illusion". 123telugu.com. 1 September 2013.

[8] "Kalki Movie Review: A mediocre cop drama". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

[9] Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (14 November 2020). "'Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma' review: For a few bright moments". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

[10] "As SS Rajamouli's RRR gets postponed, 6 Telugu films line up to cash in on Sankranthi festivities". Indian Express. 3 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[11] "Naruda Donoruda releases its first song on Radio Mirchi - Times of India". The Times of India.

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