Srinu Vaitla

Srinu Vaitla
Native name	Vaitla Srinivas
Born	24 September 1972 Kandulapalem, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Residence	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Occupation	Film Director
Years active	1999–present
Spouse(s)	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. 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. 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. One of the biggest blockbusters in his career was Dookudu starring Mahesh Babu and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Since Venky, Gopimohan and Kona Venkat have been script writers for his movies.

He worked with top actors in Tollywood like, with Ram, Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, Ravi Teja, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., and Ramcharan.

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Screenplay	Other	Music By
1999	Nee Kosam	Yes	Yes	Yes		R.P. Patnaik
2001	Anandam	Yes	Yes	Yes		Devi Sri Prasad
2002	Sontham	Yes	Yes	Yes		Devi Sri Prasad
2004	Anandamanandamaye	Yes	Yes	Yes		Koti
2004	Venky	Yes	Yes	Yes		Devi Sri Prasad
2005	Andarivaadu	Yes	Yes	Yes		Devi Sri Prasad
2007	Dhee	Yes		Yes		Chakri
2007	Dubai Seenu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Actor (special appearance)	Mani Sharma
2008	Ready	Yes		Yes		Devi Sri Prasad
2008	King	Yes		Yes		Devi Sri Prasad
2008	Rainbow				Actor
2010	Namo Venkatesa	Yes		Yes		Devi Sri Prasad
2011	Parama Veera Chakra				Actor	Mani Sharma
2011	Dookudu	Yes	Yes	Yes		S. Thaman
2013	Baadshah	Yes	Yes	Yes		S. Thaman
2014	Aagadu	Yes	Yes	Yes		S. Thaman
2015	Bruce Lee	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	Total
Ravi Teja	Y				Y			Y								3
Mahesh Babu												Y		Y		2
Genelia D'Souza							Y		Y							2
Jaya Prakash Reddy	Y	Y	Y				Y		Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	9
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
Master Bharat				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	9
Aakash		Y		Y			Y				Y					4
Shiva Reddy		Y									Y	Y				3
Krishna Bhagavan					Y	Y		Y		Y						4
Telangana Shakuntala		Y	Y					Y			Y					3
Delhi Rajeswari		Y			Y		Y				Y					4
Bramhaji	Y						Y					Y	Y	Y		5
Sayaji Shinde								Y		Y		Y	Y			4
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		4
Chithram Srinu		Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y		Y			Y			8

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, Dubai Seenu, 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 the Internet Movie Database