Koratala Siva (born 15 June 1975) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in

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. Koratala has directed films such as ''Mirchi'' (2013), ''

Srimanthudu ''Srimanthudu'' () is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Koratala Siva. The film is produced by Mythri Movie Makers and G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment. The film stars Mahesh Babu, Shruti Haasan, Jagapati ...

'' (2015), '' Janatha Garage'' (2016), ''

Bharat Ane Nenu ''Bharat Ane Nenu'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language political drama film written and directed by Koratala Siva. The film stars Mahesh Babu and Kiara Advani (in her Telugu debut), alongside a supporting cast including Prakash Raj, R. Sara ...

'' (2018) and ''Acharya'' (2022). For his directional works, he has received two Nandi Awards, and an

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Award.

Early life and start-up career

Born into a family of social activists with communist ideologies, he began his early career working in the

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industry as a

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. He then worked as a screenwriting assistant for films under his uncle,

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. Subsequently, he ventured into Telugu film industry as a

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writer for films such as '' Okkadunnadu, Munna, Brindavanam,'' and ''

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.''

Film directorial career

In 2013, he made his film directorial debut with '' Mirchi'' starring Prabhas which was a box-office success. In 2015, he directed action-drama film ''

'', which was a commercial success, and has received three

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, six

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, and six

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. His 2016 film '' Janatha Garage'' starred

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and N. T. Rama Rao Jr. The story follows operating a large automobile service center named "Janatha Garage" and undertaking

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through their group of automobile mechanics, because the legal agencies were thought to be inadequate. The film grossed estimated 135

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and earned a distributor's share amount of 60 crore in its first week of release. Koratala scored his third consecutive success as a director with the film. He returned to direct actor

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in the political action drama film ''

'' and continued his success streak at the box-office, with the film grossing 225 crore at the box-office. In early 2020, Koratala started filming his next directional, ''Acharya'' with

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and

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in the lead. The film, released in April 2022, received negative reviews and ended up as the poorest performing film at the box office in Koratala's career. Koratala is also signed to direct a film with

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and its second time collaboration among with them. The film was produce under the banner N. T. R. Arts and Yuvasudha Arts; it's a first film for this production. On the occasion of Jr NTR's birthday, the makers released a motion poster titled ''NTR 30.'' The shoot is expected to begin in July 2022, following which he would team up with actor

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for their next project.

Filmography

Frequent collaborators

Awards

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Siva, Koratala Living people 21st-century Indian film directors Telugu film directors 1975 births Telugu screenwriters Indian male screenwriters Film directors from Andhra Pradesh Screenwriters from Andhra Pradesh 21st-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Indian male writers 21st-century Indian screenwriters People from Andhra Pradesh People from Guntur district Indian film directors Filmfare Awards South winners South Indian International Movie Awards winners International Indian Film Academy Awards winners Santosham Film Awards winners Zee Cine Awards Telugu winners