Neeraja Kona is an Indian stylist and costume designer who works in

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films.

Career

Neeraja began her career assisting in styling for

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for ''Baadshah'' (2013) directed by

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. She was

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's stylist for ''

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''. Nithiin then signed her on for his next two movies '' Courier Boy Kalyan'' and

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''. She later met

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, and became her personal stylist. Early on in her career Neeraja got to be part of

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Pawan Kalyan Konidela Pawan Kalyan (born Konidela Kalyan Kumar; 2 September 1971) is an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and martial artist serving as the List of deputy chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, 11th Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Prade ...

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Attarintiki Daredi () is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. Produced by Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra and Reliance Entertainment, the film stars Pawan Kalyan, Samantha and Pranitha Subhash. Nadhiya, Boma ...

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.'' She designed costumes for Samantha Ruth Prabhu in both films. She has worked with the directors Trivikram Srinivas, Harish Shankar,

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, and V. V. Vinayak. Her other projects include Hansika's Romeo and Juliet,

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's '' Pandaga Chesko'',

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's '' Govindudu Andarivadele'', Nithin and Karunakaran's Movie. She has also assisted in styling

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in ''

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'', Nithin and

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in '' Courier Boy Kalyan'',

and

Pranitha Subhash Pranitha Subhash (born 17 October 1992) is an Indian actress who appears in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam films. She debuted as an actress in the 2010 Kannada film, '' Porki''. In 2012, she starred in the critically acclaimed fi ...

- Santosh Srinivas's project and

Sudheer Babu Posani Naga Sudheer Babu (born 11 May 1980) is an Indian actor and former professional badminton player. He works primarily in Telugu language, Telugu films. Debuted as a lead actor in ''Shiva Manasulo Shruti'' (2012), Babu's successful films in ...

in two songs from '' Aadu Magaadra Bujji''. She was also a lyricist for few songs in the films '' Thikka,

Chal Mohan Ranga ''Chal Mohan Ranga'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Krishna Chaitanya (lyricist), Krishna Chaitanya and produced by Sudhakar Reddy along with Pawan Kalyan and Trivikram Srinivas. The film st ...

and Miss India'' which are composed by S.S.Thaman. Her debut directorial feature film, Telusu Kada featuring Siddhu Jonnalagadda, is scheduled for release in 2024.

Filmography

As a Costume Designer

As a Director

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kona, Neeraja 1983 births Living people Telugu people Film people from Guntur district Film people from Andhra Pradesh 21st-century Indian designers Women artists from Andhra Pradesh 21st-century Indian women artists Indian costume designers