History
Background Raju and his brothers started Film distributor, film distribution in the early 1990s and partnered with ''Venkata Lakshmi Films''. In 1996, they opened a new office with the name ''Sri Harshita Films''. Most of the films that they distributed were unsuccessful at the box-office and they incurred heavy losses leading them to shut the company. After few more years studying the market, they established ''Sri Venkateswara Film Distributors'' in 1999. They chose to distribute films in the Nizam area which refers to the esrstwhile Hyderabad State and present-day Telangana. The first three films distributed were ''Mudhalvan, Oke Okkadu'' (1999), ''Nuvvu Vastavani'' (2000), and ''Alai Payuthey, Sakhi'' (2000). They went on to distribute more films like ''Nuvvu Naaku Nachav'' (2001), ''Murari (film), Murari'' (2001), ''Kushi (2001 film), Kushi'' (2001), ''Aadi (2002 film), Aadi'' (2002), ''Athadu'' (2005), ''Chatrapathi (2005 film), Chatrapati'' (2005), and ''Pokiri'' (2006). Founding of Production company and success After distributing films for four years, Raju, along with Giri, Sirish, and Lakshman, established ''Sri Venkateswara Creations'' production house in 2003. The first film that was made under the banner was ''Dil (2003 film), Dil'' (2003), directed by V. V. Vinayak. After ''Dil'', Giri has separated himself from the banner, while the rest continued. In 2004, they made ''Arya (2004 film), Arya'' (2004) under the direction of Sukumar. In 2005, they made another successful film ''Bhadra (2005 film), Bhadra'', under the direction of Boyapati Srinu. In 2006, they produced ''Bommarillu (2006 film), Bommarillu'' under the direction of Bommarillu Bhaskar, Bhaskar. By the end of the year 2018, 40 films associated with the banner were released: out of which 30 films were produced by them, 6 were dubbed films, and 4 were collaborations. In an interview with Anil Ravipudi for ''GreatAndhra'' website, Dil Raju claimed that 22 of his 30 films (2003-2018) were either hits, super-hits, or classics; 4 were average grossers; and 4 films were flops. In 2019, Sri Venkateswara Creations produced ''F2: Fun and Frustration'' which was released on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, Sankranthi. The film became the highest grossing film for the banner and is one of the highest grossers of all time in Telugu cinema.Film production
Solo Production
Collaborations with other producers
Involved in the production
Not involved in the production (but credited as a presenter)
Dil Raju Productions
Film distribution
This list is not complete and needs updating. This company and its predecessors have been distributing films in Nizam region, and occasionally Vizag region since 1999.References
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* {{IMDb name, 2346035, Dil Raju Film production companies based in Hyderabad, India Mass media companies established in 2003 Film distributors of India Indian companies established in 2003 2003 establishments in Andhra Pradesh Indian film studios