A. Kodandarami Reddy (born 1 July 1950) is an Indian

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

best known for his works in

Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of Film, motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Based in Film N ...

. His association with

Chiranjeevi Konidela Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, philanthropist and former politician known for his work in Telugu cinema. Known as the "Mega Star", he is widely regarded as one of the most succe ...

created blockbusters in multiple genres such as ''

Nyayam Kavali ''Nyayam Kaavali'' () is a 1981 Indian Telugu-language film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. The film is based on D. Rameswari's novel ''Kotta Malupu''. It stars Sarada, Chiranjeevi, Radhika, and Jaggayya. The film was remade in Hindi as ''Muj ...

'' (1981), '' Khaidi'' (1983), '' Abhilasha'' (1983), ''

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'' (1984), '' Challenge'' (1984), '' Donga'' (1985), ''

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'' (1986), ''

Pasivadi Pranam ''Pasivadi Pranam'' is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language thriller film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy, starring Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, Raghuvaran. The film was produced by Allu Aravind under Geetha Arts banner. It was a remake of the Mala ...

'' (1987), ''

Donga Mogudu ''Donga Mogudu'' () is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language film starring Chiranjeevi, Bhanupriya, Madhavi and Radhika. This film was directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. Chiranjeevi portrayed a dual role in this film. The film is based on Yandamuri Veer ...

'' (1987), ''

Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu ''Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu'' () is a 1989 Indian Telugu-language masala film co-written and directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. Produced by Allu Aravind, the film stars Chiranjeevi, Vanisri, and Vijayashanti. The film marks Vanisri's comeba ...

'' (1989), ''

Kondaveeti Donga ''Kondaveeti Donga'' () is a 1990 Indian Telugu-language vigilante action drama film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Vijayashanti, and Radha in lead roles. It was released on 9 April 1990 and became notable for b ...

'' (1990), and '' Muta Mestri'' (1993). In 2013 he received the

B. N. Reddy Bommireddi Narasimha Reddi (16 November 1908 – 8 November 1977), professionally known as B. N. Reddi, was an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was an early figure in the Telugu cinema. Many of his earlier films like Vande ...

National Film Award for Life Time Achievement.

Personal life

Reddy was born near Nellore, in a small beach town

Mypadu Mypadu is a village in Indukurupeta Mandal of Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. This is located at 25 Kilometers from Nellore City. The beach A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of lo ...

, into an agricultural family. Reddy is married to Bharathi. Their elder son,

Sunil Reddy Sunil Reddy (born on 30 November 1974) is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. He is known for his role as Mahaali in ''Doctor'' (2021) and has become a regular in Nelson's films. Career Sunil worked as a presenter for his younger brother ...

, is a businessman-turned-actor in

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. He made his film debut, in '' Seethakaathi'' (2018), in which he played a negative role. He directed the 2007 film, ''

Godava ''Godava'' () is a 2007 Telugu-language film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy and stars his son Vaibhav and Shraddha Arya in the lead roles alongside Sayaji Shinde who plays a supporting role. This film marks the film debut of Reddy and the ...

'', under his home production, to launch his second son,

Vaibhav Reddy Sumanth Reddy (born 21 April 1978), better known as Vaibhav, is an Indian actor who works primarily in Tamil and Telugu films. He made his debut with the Telugu film '' Godava'' (2007) under his father, A. Kodandarami Reddy's direction. He is ...

. Reddy made around 94 movies and almost 90% of them were successful. He was also one of the foremost directors, who introduced

Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...

to give music for big budget films, in

. His films: '' Abhilasha'', '' Challenge'', '' Kirathakudu'', ''

'', and ''

'' were big musical hits of the Chiranjeevi-Reddy-Ilaiyaraaja-

Yandamuri Veerendranath Yandamuri Veerendranath is an Indian novelist and screenwriter known for his works in the Telugu language. He influences younger generations with his socially relevant writings and YouTube videos. In his writings he addresses many of social prob ...

combination. He was primarily responsible for Chiranjeevi's ''Supreme Hero'' and ''Mega Star'' monikers, which started with '' Khaidi'', that released just a few months after ''Abhilasha'', in 1983. Afterwards, he went on to make several blockbusters with Chiranjeevi. The pair earned great reputation with action and thriller films in

Filmography

As director

As producer

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, A. Kodandarami Living people 20th-century Indian people Telugu film directors Tamil film directors Kannada film directors Nandi Award winners Hindi-language film directors 1950 births People from Nellore Film directors from Andhra Pradesh 21st-century Indian people