Boyapati Srinivas, commonly known as Boyapati Sreenu, is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing
over-the-top action films in
Telugu cinema
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and has garnered two
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Nandi Awards
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.
Early life
Boyapati Srinivas was born in
Pedakakani
Pedakakani is a village in the Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Pedakakani Mandal of Guntur revenue division. Hindu shrine of Shiva, Sri Bhramaramba Malleswara Swamy Temple is located in the village.
Ge ...
in
Guntur district
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,
Andhra Pradesh
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. He obtained his degree from
JKC College in Guntur and attended
Nagarjuna University for post-graduation. His family runs a photo studio. Boyapati was interested in photography and worked as a part-time reporter for the Eenadu newspaper.
To pursue a career in films, he moved to
Hyderabad
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and his cousin
Posani Krishna Murali
Posani Krishna Murali (born 22 January 1958) is an Indian screenwriter, actor, director and producer who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He worked as a writer for over 150 Telugu films and directed a number of films. In 2009, he also conte ...
recommended Boyapati to work in the direction department of
Muthyala Subbaiah
Muthyala Subbaiah (born: 15 September 1950) is an Indian film director. He has directed 50 Telugu language, Telugu films. Known for his films with heavy dose of human emotions, he is sometimes referred as ''Sentiment Subbaiah''.
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studio in 1997. Boyapati worked with Subbaiah for films like ''Oka Chinna Maata'', ''
Gokulamlo Seeta'', ''
Pelli Chesukundam'', ''
Pavitra Prema'', ''
Annayya'' and ''
Manasunna Maaraju''.
Boyapati is married to Vilekha, and the couple has three children.
Career
In 2005, Boyapati made his directorial debut with ''
Bhadra
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Male Figures King of Chedi
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'', which starred
Ravi Teja
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,
Meera Jasmine
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, and
Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English language, Engl ...
. ''
Tulasi'' was his second film. In 2010, Boyapati's third release was ''
Simha'', starring
Nandamuri Balakrishna
Nandamuri Balakrishna (born 10 June 1960), also known as Balayya or NBK, is an Indian actor, film producer, politician and philanthropist known for his works in Telugu cinema. Balakrishna is an elected member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative A ...
in a dual role alongside
Nayanthara
Nayanthara (born Diana Mariam Kurian; 18 November 1984) is an Indian actress and producer known for her work in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Telugu cinema, Telugu and Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. One of the highest-paid actresses in India, she ...
and
Sneha Ullal. In 2012, he made his fourth film ''
Dammu'', starring
Jr NTR,
Trisha and
Karthika Nair
Karthika Nair (born 27 June 1992) is a former Indian actress who primarily worked down South in all language films. She made her debut in the 2009 Telugu film ''Josh (2009 Telugu film), Josh'', opposite Naga Chaitanya. She rose to fame starrin ...
.
Later in 2014, Boyapati reunited with Balakrishna for ''
Legend
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'' which opened to positive reviews with critics opining that he has delivered a "mass, masala entertainer with some sentimental touch that will appeal to both the classes and the masses."
Filmography
Awards
Nandi Awards
*
Nandi Award for Best Director -
''Legend'' - (2014)
*
B. N. Reddy National Award - (2016)
Santosham Film Awards
*
Best Director - ''
Sarrainodu'' at
15th Santosham Film Awards in 2017
References
External links
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Santosham Film Awards winners
CineMAA Awards winners