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Posani Krishna Murali (born 22 January 1958) is an Indian screenwriter, actor, director and producer who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He worked as a writer for over 150 Telugu films and directed a number of films. In 2009, he also contested in Andhra Pradesh state legislative assembly elections from Chilakaluripet constituency but lost the elections.
Posani was born on 22 January 1958 in Pedakakani, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. His father Posani Subba Rao worked as a small-time employee in Pedakakani and his mother was a housewife. He has an elder sister Rajyalakshmi and a younger sister Prameela. He also has a younger brother Posani Amar Bhosale. He is the cousin of Boyapati Srinu. [2] Growing up, Posani's family struggled financially and his father was not educated and wanted Posani to study well so that he could have a better life. Posani did his schooling in a small village in Guntur district and went on to do his BComm. He joined Acharya Nagarjuna University in Guntur and graduated with an MA degree. During his time in Nagarjuna University, he was elected as the general secretary for the student body. After completing his master's degree, he worked in a small chit fund company in Hyderabad. He was offered a job in Margadarsi Chit Fund. After a year of working there, he resigned his job and went back to Guntur. Posani, saddened and distressed after his father's untimely death, went to Chennai to find work. With no friends in Chennai, Posani met Paruchuri Gopala Krishna at his home and asked him for work. Gopal Krishna gave him an opportunity to work as an assistant under him. Posani later joined Presidency College and graduated with a MPhil degree, which was his second master's degree. He wanted to obtain a PhD degree. Although he joined a college to do so, he later discontinued his studies because of his work.
He joined as an assistant writer under the writing duo Paruchuri Brothers. While he was still working under them and pursuing his MPhil degree in Madras, Ram Gopal Varma asked him to write dialogues for one of his films. Posani declined the offer and told Ram Gopal Varma that he still had a lot to learn from the Paruchuri Brothers and he wasn't ready to take up a film on his own. Posani worked for five years under the Paruchuri Brothers assisting them in over 100 films. In 1992, he finally quit as assistant writer to further his career. He played a small cameo role in the 1992 Telugu film Dharma Kshetram . He landed a job of writing story and dialogues for the film Police Brothers under the direction of Mohan Gandhi. Also Ram Gopal Varma gave him an opportunity to write dialogues for his 1993 film Gaayam . Varma also recommended Posani to Nagarjuna, which led him to write for the film Rakshana . He was also given a breakthrough opportunity to write for Chiranjeevi's Alluda Majaka directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. He wrote the story, dialogues and screenplay for the film. He continued working in successful films such as Pavithra Bandham, [3] Thaali, Preminchukundam Raa, Pellichesukundam, Gokulamlo Seetha, Sivayya , [4] Ravanna and Master .
In 1999, he worked as a writer for eight films, the highest by any Telugu writer in that year. [5] [6] In 2000, he worked as a writer for nine films. [7] In 2001, while still busy as a writer, he began his acting career with Srihari's Evadra Rowdy for which he also wrote the story and screenplay. [8] In 2002, his second film as an actor Gemini starring Venkatesh was released. [9] The same year also saw Posani in Mahesh Babu's Bobby which was directed by Sobhan. Although the film was a failure at the boxoffice, Posani's performance in the film was praised. [10] He continued to appear in films such as Good Boy and Bhadradi Ramudu . [11] [12] He also continued writing for films such as Orey Thammudu, Raghavendra , Simhachalam, Bhadradi Ramudu, Palanati Brahmanaidu , Seetayya, Tiger Harischandra Prasad and Gemeni .
After writing for about one hundred and fifty Telugu films, Posani Krishna Murali decided to direct a film. He established the production company called UP Cinema Lines. In 2005, he wrote, directed and produced Sravanamasam starring Krishna, Harikrishna, Suman, Vijaya Nirmala, Bhanupriya, Keerthi Chawla, Kalyani, and Gajala. Although the film had a big star cast and more than sixty character artists which included comedians and artists of Telugu cinema like Brahmanandam, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Krishna Bhagavaan, Tanikella Bharani, Giri Babu, Kondavalasa, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Sunil, Venu Madhav, L.B. Sriram, M. S. Narayana, Mallikarjuna Rao, AVS, Ali and Babu Mohan, the film was a failure at the box office and Posani's direction was heavily criticised. [13] Posani also incurred heavy losses financially due to the failure of this film. Post Sravaanamasam, he acted in films such as Athadu , Game and Munna . In 2006, he began working on his next directorial venture. He wrote the script and approached Telugu actor Srikanth to play a lead role in the film. Impressed by the script, Srikanth agreed to do the film and Posani secured a producer for the project. The film was a political satire and was titled Operation Duryodhana and was released in 2007. The film was successful at the box office earning nearly ten times its budget. Posani's direction was also praised by the critics. He continued to direct films such as Apadamokkulavadu, Mental Krishna, Rajavari Chepala Cheruvu, Posani Gentleman and Dushasana . He also began acting in lead roles in films such as Mental Krishna, Rajavari Chepala Cheruvu and Posani Gentleman. He has also been playing supporting roles in prominent Telugu films, with his latest being the 2018 film MLA . [14]
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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1993 | Gaayam | No | Dialogues | No | |
1993 | Rakshana | No | Dialogues | No | |
1994 | Police Brothers | No | Yes | No | |
1995 | Alluda Majaka | No | Yes | No | |
Khaidi Inspector | No | Story and dialogues | No | ||
Adavi Dora | No | Story and dialogues | No | ||
1996 | Pavitra Bandham | No | Dialogues | No | |
1997 | Nenu Premisthunnanu | No | Dialogues | No | |
Taali | No | Dialogues | No | ||
Preminchukundam Raa | No | Dialogues | No | ||
Gokulamlo Seetha | No | Dialogues | No | ||
Pelli Chesukundam | No | Dialogues | No | ||
Master | No | Dialogues | No | ||
1998 | Pelli Kanuka | No | Dialogues | No | |
Auto Driver | No | Dialogues | No | ||
Aahaa..! | No | Dialogues | No | ||
Pellaadi Choopista | No | Yes | No | ||
Snehithulu | No | Dialogues | No | ||
1999 | Seetharama Raju | No | Dialogues | No | |
Preyasi Rave | No | Dialogues | No | ||
Sambayya | |||||
Bharat Ratna | No | Dialogues | No | ||
2000 | Ravanna | No | Story and dialogues | No | |
Manoharam | No | Dialogues | No | ||
2001 | Orey Tammudu | No | Yes | No | |
Evadra Rowdy | No | Yes | No | ||
Bhadrachalam | No | Dialogues | No | ||
2002 | Gemini | No | Dialogues | No | |
2003 | Idi Maa Ashokgadi Love Story | No | Screenplay | No | |
Raghavendra | No | Yes | No | ||
Palnati Brahmanayudu | No | Yes | No | ||
Shambhu | No | Dialogues | No | ||
Simhachalam | No | Dialogues | No | ||
Seetayya | No | Story and dialogues | No | ||
Raja Narasimha | No | Story | No | Kannada film | |
Tiger Harischandra Prasad | No | Yes | No | ||
2004 | Seshadri Naidu | No | Yes | No | |
Bhadradri Ramudu | No | Yes | No | ||
Swamy | No | Story and dialogues | No | ||
Aaptudu | No | Dialogues | No | ||
2005 | 786 Khaidi Premakatha | No | Dialogues | No | |
Sravanamasam | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2007 | Operation Duryodhana | Yes | Yes | No | |
2008 | Apadamokkulavadu | Yes | Yes | No | |
2009 | Mental Krishna | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Rajavari Chepala Cheruvu | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Posani Gentleman | No | Yes | No | ||
2011 | Dushasana | Yes | Yes | No |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1992 | Dharma Kshetram | citizen | |
1996 | Pavitra Bandham | Radha's brother in law | |
1997 | Pelli Chesukundam | Sub-inspector Ramesh | |
1998 | Suprabhatam | ||
2001 | Ayodhya Ramaiah | ||
Evadra Rowdy | |||
2002 | Bobby | Koti | |
Gemini | Hand | ||
2003 | Seetayya | Anjanappa | |
2004 | Seshadri Naidu | Police officer | |
Bhadradri Ramudu | |||
2005 | Sravanamasam | ||
Athadu | Farooq | ||
Good Boy | |||
2006 | Valliddari Vayasu Padahare | Lawyer | Special appearance |
Game | Raghava's ex boss | ||
2007 | Munna | Kishan | |
2008 | Friends Colony | ||
2009 | Mental Krishna | ||
Rajavaari Chepala Cheruvu | |||
Ek Niranjan | Minister Narendra Kumar | ||
Posani Gentleman | |||
2010 | Dasanna | ||
Vedam | Police Inspector | ||
2011 | Nishshabda Viplavam | ||
Nitya Pellikoduku | |||
Vaikunthapali | Pharmaceuticals Rao | ||
O Manjula Katha | |||
Kireetam | |||
Varaprasad and Pottiprasad | |||
2012 | 420 | ||
Niyanta | |||
Jollygaa Enjoy Cheddaam | |||
Miss Chintamani M. A. (C/o Subbigaadu) | Subbigadu | ||
Gaali Sheenu | |||
Tingarodu | |||
Julai | Club Owner | ||
People's War | |||
Sudigadu | Himself | ||
Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum | Tippu Sultan | ||
Tikka | [15] | ||
2013 | Naayak | Shukla Bhai | |
Jagadguru Adi Shankara | Maha Mantri | ||
Potugadu | Venkata Rathnam | ||
Attarintiki Daredi | Raja Ratnam | ||
Doosukeltha | Avatar | ||
Chandee | Gabbar Singh | ||
Masala | Nagaraju | ||
Operation Duryodhana 2 | Krishna | ||
Second Hand | Love Doctor | ||
Bunny n Cherry | |||
2014 | 1: Nenokkadine | Gulaab Singh | |
Malligadu Marriage Bureau | ACP Nayak | ||
Bhimavaram Bullodu | Police Officer Posani | ||
Race Gurram | Home Minister Govardhan | ||
Prathinidhi | Commissioner | ||
Kotha Janta | |||
Manam | Inspector Dharma | ||
Jump Jilani | Ugra Narasimha Reddy | ||
Maine Pyar Kiya | |||
Aa Aiduguru | Krishna Murali | ||
Nee Jathaga Nenundali | Bar owner | ||
Boochamma Boochodu | |||
Kiraak | Tantrik | ||
Power | Raja | ||
Aagadu | Super Sampangi | ||
Loukyam | Guptaji | ||
Govindudu Andarivadele | Lawyer | ||
Oka Laila Kosam | Sub-Inspector | ||
Rowdy Fellow | Silk Babu | ||
2015 | Gopala Gopala | Siddheswar Maharaj | |
Intelligent Idiots | |||
Temper | Narayana Murthy | ||
Bandipotu | Bhale Babu | ||
Bham Bolenath | Sethji | ||
Jil | Narayana | ||
Dohchay | Manikyam | ||
Lion | Police Inspector | ||
Superstar Kidnap | |||
365 Days | |||
Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini | College Principal | ||
James Bond | |||
Cinema Choopistha Mava | Doctor | ||
Kick 2 | Police Commissioner | ||
Sher | Dadha's assistant | ||
Shivam | Shiva's father | ||
Kanche | Elamanda | ||
Bruce Lee – The Fighter | Jayaraj's PA | ||
Raju Gari Gadhi | Bommali Raja | ||
Size Zero | Nijam Niranjan | ||
Inji Iduppazhagi | |||
Bengal Tiger | "Celebrity" Shastri | ||
Loafer | Murali | ||
Soukhyam | Tirupathi Train Passenger | ||
Pataas | Home Minister | ||
Bhale Manchi Roju | Father Paul | ||
2016 | Dictator | Chandrasekhar Dharma's PA | |
Run | Posani Balakrishna | ||
Express Raja | Police | ||
Soggade Chinni Nayana | Suri | ||
Speedunnodu | Krishnappa | ||
Krishnashtami | |||
Veeri Veeri Gummadi Pandu | |||
Savitri | |||
Happy Life | |||
Sardaar Gabbar Singh | Appaji | ||
Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam | Inspector M. Koteswara Rao | ||
Supreme | Musician Shivayya | ||
Brahmotsavam | Village Head | ||
A Aa | Pallam Narayana | ||
Sri Sri | |||
Babu Bangaram | MLA Puchappa | ||
Aatadukundam Raa | Somaraju | ||
Chuttalabbai | Varada Raju | ||
Thikka | Inspector P. Hymanand | ||
Hyper | Bhanumathi's father | ||
Eedu Gold Ehe | |||
Ism | Minister Kotilingalu | ||
Jayammu Nischayammu Raa | Panthulu | ||
Dhruva | Chengalarayudu | ||
Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu | Tatha Rao | [16] | |
2017 | Khaidi No. 150 | Borabanda Bujji | |
Luckunnodu | Shaik Nayeem | ||
Nenu Local | Babu's father | ||
Lakshmi Bomb | Lakshmi's father | ||
Rarandoi Veduka Chudham | Rambabu | ||
Aakatayi | Politician | ||
Rogue | Seth | ||
Anando Brahma | Krishna Manohar | ||
Patel S. I. R. | Powder Pandu | ||
Hello! | Police Officer | ||
Middle Class Abbayi | Pallavi's father | ||
Nenu Kidnap Ayyanu | |||
Nene Raju Nene Mantri | Muniappa | ||
Jai Lava Kusa | Jai, Lava and Kusa's uncle | ||
PSV Garuda Vega | Pratap Reddy | ||
Okkadu Migiladu | Shiva | ||
Duvvada Jagannadham | Home Minister Pushpam | ||
Raja The Great | Lucky's uncle | ||
2018 | EGO | Police Inspector Satyanarayan | |
Achari America Yatra | Family Lawyer | ||
Inttelligent | Yadav | ||
Juvva | Pydiraju | ||
Bharat Ane Nenu | Minister | [17] | |
MLA | CEO | [14] | |
Nela Ticket | Posani | ||
Silly Fellows | Prasad | ||
Enduko Emo | Raju | [18] | |
Rangu | Ex-MLA | ||
Naa Peru Surya, Naa Illu India | Varsha's uncle | ||
Jamba Lakidi Pamba | previous lawyer | ||
Saakshyam | Defense Lawyer | ||
Hello Guru Prema Kosame | Sanju's uncle | ||
Kavacham | Chintakayala Aavesam | ||
2019 | Yatra | Yadlapati Venkatarao | |
Voter | M.L.A. | ||
Crazy Crazy Feeling | PK | ||
Chikati Gadilo Chithakotudu | Swami (Priest) | ||
Burra Katha | Neurosurgeon Prabhudas | ||
Chitralahari | Narayana | ||
Arjun Suravaram | Addala Subba Rao | ||
Majili | Rajendra | ||
Maharshi | Murali Krishna | ||
1st Rank Raju | Principal | ||
Tenali Ramakrishna BA. BL | Judge | ||
Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene | Police Officer | ||
90ML | Murali | ||
Software Sudheer | Chandu's uncle | ||
2020 | Sarileru Neekevvaru | C.I. Narayana | |
Aswathama | Police Chief | ||
Orey Bujjiga | Koteswara Rao | ||
2021 | Red | Lawyer Parthasarathy | |
Krack | SP | ||
Bangaru Bullodu | Boddu Nagaraju | ||
30 Rojullo Preminchadam Ela | Akshara's father | ||
Check | Lawyer | ||
A1 Express | Sundeep's uncle | ||
Ek Mini Katha | Dr. Surya Prakash | ||
Crazy Uncles | |||
Seetimaarr | Sitaram | ||
Gully Rowdy | Naidu | ||
Republic | School Principal | ||
Most Eligible Bachelor | Lawyer | ||
Pelli SandaD | Kanchukatla Anjaneyulu | ||
Anubhavinchu Raja | |||
2022 | Super Machi | ||
Acharya | |||
Bhala Thandanana | Dayamayam | ||
Sarkaru Vaari Paata | Colony President | ||
Shikaaru | C. I. Murali | ||
The Warriorr | Madhav | Tamil/Telugu bilingual film | |
Bujji Ila Raa | |||
Urvasivo Rakshasivo | Broker Murthy | ||
HIT: The Second Case | News Reporter | ||
18 Pages | Lawyer Padmanabham | ||
2023 | Valentine's Night | Velugu Krishnamurthy | |
Meter | Commissioner Krishna Murari | ||
Kabzaa | Kannada film | ||
Agent | |||
Unstoppable | |||
Bhari Taraganam | |||
Spy | Secretary Naidu | ||
2024 | Vey Dharuvey | Lawyer | |
14 | Chief minister |
Year | Title | Role | Network |
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2017 | Bathuku Jataka Bandi | Zee Telugu | |
2018 | Gangstars | Blockbuster Bala Subramanyam | Amazon Prime Video |
2021 | In the Name of God | Ayyappa | Aha |
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