Srinivas Raju is an Indian film director who works in
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
and
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
-language cinema. He made his directorial debut with the 2010 Kannada film, ''
Nannavanu''. He then followed it up with the ''Dandupalya'' franchise, consisting of: ''
Dandupalya
Dandupalya is a village in the taluk of Hoskote in Karnataka, India. It lies near the Old Madras Road, National Highway 4, about 5 kilometers from the town of Hoskote and an hour's drive from Bangalore. It has become notorious for the acti ...
'' (2012), ''
Dandupalya 2
''Dandupalya 2'' is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language crime thriller directed by Srinivas Raju and produced by Venkat. Based on the infamous dacoit gang from Dandupalya, the film is a sequel to the 2012 film ''Dandupalya''. The film stars Pooja ...
'' (2017), and ''
Dandupalya 3
''Dandupalya 3'' or ''3'' is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language crime thriller film directed by Srinivasa Raju and produced by Ram Talluri. Based on the infamous dacoit gang from Dandupalya, the film is a sequel to the 2017 critically acclaimed film ...
'' (2018). The franchise was written and directed by him.
He also directed Kannada actor,
Upendra, in ''
Shivam'' (2015).
As a director
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raju, Srinivas
Living people
Kannada film directors
Film directors from Bangalore
Screenwriters from Bangalore
21st-century Indian film directors
Kannada screenwriters
1971 births