Koratala Siva

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Koratala Siva
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Koratala Siva in 2018
Born (1975-06-15) 15 June 1975 (age 49) [1]
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active2003–present
Relatives Posani Krishna Murali

Koratala Siva (born 15 June 1975) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. Koratala has directed action drama films such as Mirchi (2013), Srimanthudu (2015), Janatha Garage (2016), Bharat Ane Nenu (2018) and Acharya (2022). He has received two Nandi Awards and an IIFA Utsavam Award for his directional works.

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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 2013, he made his film directorial debut with Mirchi starring Prabhas which was a box-office success. In 2015, 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 2016 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 140 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 164 crore at the box-office. [10]

In early 2020, Koratala started filming his next directional, Acharya with Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan in the lead. [11] The film, released in April 2022, 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

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2002 Girl Friend NoStoryNoDirector: G. Nageswara Reddy
2005 Bhadra NoDialogueNoDirector: Boyapati Srinu
2007 Okkadunnadu NoDialogueNoDirector: Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
Munna NoDialogueNoDirector: Vamsi Paidipally
2008 Ninna Nedu Repu NoDialogueNoDirector: Lakshmikant Chenna
2010 Simha NoStory and dialogueNoDirector: Boyapati Srinu
Brindavanam NoDialogueNoDirector: Vamsi Paidipally
2011 Oosaravelli NoDialogueNoDirector: Surender Reddy
2013 Mirchi YesYesNo
2015 Srimanthudu YesYesNo
2016 Janatha Garage YesYesNo
2018 Bharat Ane Nenu YesYesNo
2022 Acharya YesYesNo
2024 Krishnamma NoNoPresenter
Devara: Part 1 YesYesNo

Frequent collaborators

Collaborator Mirchi
(2013)
Srimanthudu
(2015)
Janatha Garage
(2016)
Bharat Ane Nenu
(2018)
Acharya
(2022)
Devara: Part 1
(2024)
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Ajay Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Raghu Babu Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Ravi Prakash Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Banerjee Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Rajitha Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Surya Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Appaji Ambarisha DarbhaYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Devi Sri Prasad Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Ramajogayya Sastry Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg
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Awards

FilmAwardsCategoryResultRef.
Mirchi Nandi Awards of 2013 Best First Film of a Director Won [16]
61st Filmfare Awards South Best Director Nominated [17] [18]
3rd SIIMA Best Director (Telugu) Nominated [19]
Srimanthudu 63rd Filmfare Awards South Best Director – Telugu Nominated [20]
IIFA Utsavam 2015 Best DirectorNominated [21]
5th SIIMA Best Director (Telugu) Nominated [22]
14th Santosham Film Awards Best Director Won
Janatha Garage Nandi Awards of 2016 Best Story Writer Won [23]
64th Filmfare Awards South Best Director – Telugu Nominated [24]
6th SIIMA Best Director (Telugu) Nominated [25]
2nd IIFA Utsavam Best DirectorWon [26]
Bharat Ane Nenu Zee Cine Awards Telugu Best DialoguesWon [27]
66th Filmfare Awards South Best Director – Telugu Nominated [28]

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