Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni

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Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni
Born
Shobu Yarlagadda
Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Prasad Devineni
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
OccupationFilm producers
Years active2010–present
Relatives Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao (Shobu's Father-in-law)

Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni are an Indian film producer duo. They founded Arka Media Works, a film production company known for its works in Telugu cinema and Telugu Television Programs and Shows. Their notable productions include Vedam (2010), Maryada Ramanna (2010), the Baahubali film series (2015–2017) and Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya (2020). Yarlagadda and Devineni have together garnered two National Film Awards, two state Nandi Awards, three Filmfare South Awards, two SIIMA awards, one Zee Cine Awards Telugu and a Saturn Award.

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Early life

Yarlagadda was born in Gudivada in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. [1] He graduated in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Andhra University in 1992. He graduated in Agricultural Engineering from Texas A&M in 1995. For over a year and a half, he worked as an Air Resources Engineer in Greater Los Angeles Area for California Air Resources Board. In 2001 he established Arka Mediaworks with Prasad Devineni. [1]

Yarlagadda is the son-in-law of veteran director K. Raghavendra Rao. [2] [3]

Career

In 2001, Yarlagadda established Arka Mediaworks; Arka means sun rays in Sanskrit. It produces television content in six languages (Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Oriya, Bangla and Marathi). [1] He has worked as line producer for films such as Morning Raaga , and Anaganaga O Dheerudu . He was Executive Producer for films such as Bobby and Pandurangadu. [4] Prasad Devineni produced Pallakilo Pellikoothuru . [5]

Yarlagadda and Devineni serve as the board members of Arka Media Works. They produced the two part Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) which premiered at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) which premiered at the British Film Institute, [6] [7] while becoming the highest grossing Indian multilingual film franchise of all time globally with a cumulative box office earnings of approximately ₹1,900 crore (US$240 million). [8] [9] [10] [11] The first part of the Telugu film has received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, and got nominated for Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film by the American Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. [12] The second part has garnered the Telstra People's Choice Award at the 2017 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. [13] The second part, The Conclusion (2017) received the American Saturn Award for Best International Film, and the Australian Telstra People's Choice Award. [14] [15]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
Film productions
YearTitleDirectorActorsLanguageNotes
2010 Vedam Krish Jagarlamudi Allu Arjun, Manoj Manchu, Anushka Shetty, Lekha Washington, Deeksha Seth Telugu
Maryada Ramanna S. S. Rajamouli Sunil, Saloni Aswani
2011 Anaganaga O Dheerudu Prakash Kovelamudi Siddharth, Sruthi Hassan, Manchu Lakshmi
Panjaa Vishnuvardhan Pawan Kalyan, Jackie Shroff, Sarah-Jane Dias, Ali, Adivi Sesh
2015 Baahubali: The Beginning S. S. Rajamouli Prabhas, Rana, Anushka, Tamannaah
2017 Baahubali: The Conclusion
2020 Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya Venkatesh Maha Satyadev, Naresh, Suhas Remake of Maheshinte Prathikaaram
2021 Pelli SandaD Gowri Ronanki,
K. Raghavendra Rao 		Roshan, Sree Leela

Awards

Indian Film Festival of Melbourne
National Film Awards
Nandi Awards
Filmfare Awards South
CineMAA Awards
South Indian International Movie Awards
Zee Cine Awards Telugu
Santosham Film Awards

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