Srinu Vaitla

Srinu Vaitla
Born	24 September 1972 Kandulapalem, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Film Director
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Rupa Vaitla
Children	3 daughters

Srinu Vaitla is an Indian film director associated with Telugu cinema. He is from the village of Kandulapalem, East Godavari District. He is well known for making movies in the Telugu Cinema, specially in the genre of comedy and commercial entertainment. 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 2001.

This can be observed in his movies Sontham,Venky,Andarivaadu,Dhee, Dubai Seenu,Ready,King (2008 film) and Namo Venkatesa and. He played a cameo in Rainbow and Parama Veera Chakra movies. Two of the biggest blockbusters in his career were Dookudu starring Super star Mahesh Babu and Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Baadshah (2013 film) starring Young tiger NTR Jr and Kajal Aggarwal. Since Venky, he has successfully collaborated with Kona Venkat and Gopi Mohan who guide him in writing and screenplay respectively. He worked with top actors in Tollywood like Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Ravi Teja, Mahesh Babu, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., and Ram Charan.

Filmography

#	Year	Film	Director	Writer	Screenplay	Music Director
1	1999	Nee Kosam	Yes	Yes	Yes	R.P. Patnaik, Devi Sri Prasad
2	2001	Anandam	Yes	Yes	Yes	Devi Sri Prasad
3	2002	Sontham	Yes	Yes	Yes	Devi Sri Prasad
4	2003	Anandamanandamaye	Yes	Yes	Yes	Koti
5	2004	Venky	Yes	Yes	Yes	Devi Sri Prasad
6	2005	Andarivaadu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Devi Sri Prasad
7	2007	Dhee	Yes		Yes	Chakri
8	2007	Dubai Seenu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mani Sharma
9	2008	Ready	Yes		Yes	Devi Sri Prasad
10	2008	King	Yes		Yes	Devi Sri Prasad
11	2010	Namo Venkatesa	Yes		Yes	Devi Sri Prasad
12	2011	Dookudu	Yes	Yes	Yes	S. Thaman
13	2013	Baadshah	Yes	Yes	Yes	S. Thaman
14	2014	Aagadu	Yes	Yes	Yes	S. Thaman
15	2015	Bruce Lee	Yes	Yes	Yes	S. Thaman
16	2017	Mister	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mickey J. Meyer
17	2018	Amar Akbar Anthony	Yes	Yes	Yes	S. Thaman

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	Anandam Anandamaye	Venky	Andarivaadu	Dhee	Dubai Seenu	Ready	King	Namo Venkatesa	Dookudu	Baadshah	Aagadu	Bruce Lee	Mister	Amar Akbar Anthony	Total
Ravi Teja	Y				Y			Y									Y	4
Mahesh Babu												Y	voice only	Y				2
Genelia D'Souza							Y		Y	Y guest appearance in a song		Dialogue About Genelia by Mahesh Babu						3
Jaya Prakash Reddy	Y	Y	Y	Y			Y		Y	Y	Y		Y		Y		Y	11
Bramhanandam		Y			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y			12
Kota Srinivasa Rao									Y		Y	Y						3
M. S. Narayana		Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y				11
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y			Y	Y	Y	Y						9
Venu Madhav			Y	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y								6
Master Bharath				Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y					9
Supreeth							Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y				7
Chandra Mohan		Y					Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y					7
Tanikella Bharani		Y	Y		Y		Y		Y			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	11
Aakash		Y		Y			Y				Y							4
Shiva Reddy		Y									Y	Y						3
Krishna Bhagavan					Y	Y		Y		Y								4
Telangana Shakuntala			Y					Y			Y							3
Delhi Rajeswari		Y			Y		Y				Y							4
Bramhaji	Y						Y					Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		7
Sayaji Shinde								Y		Y		Y	Y		Y		Y	6
Surekha Vani								Y	Y		Y	Y	Y					5
Nassar									Y			Y	Y	Y				4
Sudha		Y							Y	Y		Y	Y					5
Srinivasa Reddy					Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y						7
Shafi							Y		Y			Y	Y					4
Raghu (Ravi Teja's Brother)					Y			Y	Y			Y	Y	Y				6
Ajay							Y			Y		Y	Y	Y				5
Srihari							Y			Y								2
Trisha Krishnan										Y	Y							2
Giridhar							Y	Y	Y		Y	Y		Y				6
Anitha Krishna									Y			Y	Y	Y	Y			5
Chitram Seenu		Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y		Y								7
Nagendra Babu												Y	Y		Y			3
Mukesh Rishi											Y		Y		Y			3
Vennela Kishore												Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	5
Sunil			Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y							Y	9

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)

External links

• Srinu Vaitla at IMDb
• Srinu Vaitla on Facebook