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Koratala Siva

Indian film director and screenwriter (born )

In this Telugu name, the surname is Koratala.

Koratala Siva (born 15 June ) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema.

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    • Siva has directed films such as Mirchi (), Srimanthudu (), Janatha Garage (), Bharat Ane Nenu (), and Devara: Part 1 (). He has received two Nandi Awards and an IIFA Utsavam Award for his directional works.

    Early life and start-up career

    Born into a family of social activists with communist ideologies, he began his early career working in the information technology industry as a software engineer.

    He then worked as a screenwriting assistant for films under his uncle, Posani Krishna Murali.[3][4] Subsequently, he ventured into Telugu film industry as a dialogue writer for films such as Okkadunnadu, Bhadra, Munna, Brindavanam, and Oosaravelli.[5]

    Directorial career

    In , he made his film directorial debut with Mirchi starring Prabhas which was a box-office success.

    Acharya (Chiranjeevi) Boys was directed by Shankar. Posani Krishna Murali. Rakul Preet Singh. Posani Krishna Murali.

    In , he directed action-drama film Srimanthudu, which was a commercial success,[6] and has received three Filmfare Awards South, six IIFA Awards, and six SIIMA Awards.

    His film Janatha Garage starred Mohanlal and N. T. Rama Rao Jr. The story follows operating a large automobile service center named "Janatha Garage" and undertaking vigilantism through their group of automobile mechanics, because the legal agencies were thought to be inadequate.

    The film grossed estimated ₹ crore and earned a distributor's share amount of ₹70 crore in its first week of release.[7][8] Koratala scored his third consecutive success as a director with the film.[9] He returned to direct actor Mahesh Babu in the political action drama film Bharat Ane Nenu and continued his success streak at the box-office, with the film grossing ₹ crore at the box-office.[10]

    In early , Koratala started filming his next directional, Acharya with Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan in the lead.[11] The film, released in April , received negative reviews and ended up as the poorest performing film at the box office in Koratala's career.[12]

    Koratala is next directing a film with NTR Jr titled as Devara, marking their second collaboration after Janatha Garage.

    It is being produced by Nandamuri Kalyan Ram and Mikkilineni Sudhakar under N. T. R. Arts and Yuvasudha Arts, respectively.[13] Following this, he is slated to work with Allu Arjun.[14][15]

    Filmography

    † Denotes films that have not yet been released

    As film director

    As writer and producer

    Frequent collaborators

    Awards

    References

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    2. ^"ఎందరో మహానుభావులు అందరూ కృష్ణా, గుంటూరు వారే". Andhra Jyothi (in Telugu). 26 July Archived from the original on 14 June Retrieved 1 January
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    11. ^"Content triumphed over star power in southern filmdom ( in Retrospect) &#; Business Standard News".

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    12. ^Hooli, Shekhar H (6 September ). "'Janatha Garage' 5 days box office collection: NTR-Mohanlal starrer heads towards Rs crore". International Business Times. Retrieved 13 September
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      (14 September ). "Koratala Siva hiked remuneration for Mahesh Babu's film after 'Janatha Garage' success?". International Business Times, India Edition.

    14. ^Hooli, Shekhar H. (3 October ). "Janatha Garage 5th weekend box office collection: Jr NTR's film surpasses Rs crore mark in 32 days".

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    15. ^Hooli, Shekhar H. (8 June ). "Bharat Ane Nenu total box office collection: Mahesh Babu starrer completes 50 days in 26 centrers".

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    16. ^"Ram Charan fully involved in production: Makers of Chiru's 'Acharya' clarify". The News Minute. 23 March
    17. ^"Bumped up ticket prices or negative reviews? Why Acharya failed at the box-office". The News Minute. 6 May
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    19. ^"Allu Arjun's film with director Koratala Siva pushed to ".

      Allu Arjun 21 - Koratala Siva Film In this Telugu name , the surname is Koratala. Okkadunnadu Brindavanam Following this, he is slated to work with Allu Arjun. Rajkumar Kasireddy - Actor.

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      Koratala siva director biography Gopala Krishna. The Times of India. Ravoyi Chandamama. Sukumar - Director.

      The Times of India. 13 July Archived from the original on 25 January Retrieved 22 January

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