Srinu Vaitla

Srinu Vaitla
Born	(1972-09-24) 24 September 1972 Kandulapalem, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Rupa Vaitla
Children	3

Srinu Vaitla (born 24 September 1972) is an Indian film director who works in Telugu cinema. Known for the best film works in the action comedy genre, Vaitla made his directional debut with Nee Kosam (1999) starring Ravi Teja and Maheswari. His second directorial venture Anandam (2001) gave him recognition as a director. He went on to direct many Telugu films such as Sontham, Venky, Dhee, Dubai Seenu, Ready, King, Dookudu, and Baadshah. Since his film Venky, he has successfully collaborated with Kona Venkat and Gopi Mohan who guide him in writing screenplay in further of his films.

Filmography

Films as director

Year	Title	Director	Story	Screenplay	Dialogues
1999	Nee Kosam	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2001	Anandam	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2002	Sontham	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2004	Anandamanandamaye	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Venky	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2005	Andarivaadu	Yes	No	Yes	No
2007	Dhee	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Dubai Seenu	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2008	Ready	Yes	No	Yes	No
	King	Yes	No	Yes	No
2010	Namo Venkatesa	Yes	No	Yes	No
2011	Dookudu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2013	Baadshah	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
2014	Aagadu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2015	Bruce Lee - The Fighter	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2017	Mister	Yes	No	Yes	No
2018	Amar Akbar Anthony	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2024	Viswam	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

As actor

• Rainbow (2008)

Awards

• Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Nee Kosam)
• Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director (Nee Kosam)
• Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer (Nee Kosam)
• Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer (Dhee)
• Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer (Dookudu)
• Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu (Dookudu)
• CinemAA Awards – Best Director (Dookudu)
• South Indian International Movie Awards – Best Director (Dookudu)
• Times of India Film Awards – Best Director (Dookudu)

External links

• Srinu Vaitla at IMDb
• Srinu Vaitla on Facebook