Santosh Srinivas Rowthu is an Indian director,

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

, and

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

who works in Telugu cinema. He directed '' Kandireega'' which featured

Ram Pothineni Ram Pothineni (born 15 May 1988) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu films. He made his acting debut with the box office success ''Devadasu'' (2006), for which he won Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. He has two Filmfar ...

in lead role.

Early life and career

Santosh was born and brought up in Visakhapatnam. He completed his schooling and graduation in Visakhapatnam. He started his career as a cinematographer. He worked as cinematographer for films that include '' Khatarnak'', '' Takkari'', '' Rainbow''. he made his directorial debut in 2012 with '' Kandireega'' starring

and

Hansika Motwani Hansika Motwani (born 9 August 1991) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films. Hansika began her career as a child actor in Hindi films, and later went on to appear in lead roles in Telugu films, including ''Des ...

. Later he started '' Rabhasa'' featuring N. T. Rama Rao Jr and

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in lead roles.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Srinivas, Santosh Living people 21st-century Indian film directors Telugu film directors Film directors from Andhra Pradesh Artists from Visakhapatnam 1980 births