Sridhar Lagadapati

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Sridhar Lagadapati
OccupationProducer
Years active2005–present

Sridhar Lagadapati (born 14 June 1968) is an Indian producer who works in Telugu films. He is the founder and head of Sirisuns Entertainment (Earlier Larsco Entertainment), a company based in Hyderabad (Telangana, India). Sirisuns produces films (under the banner of Ramalakshmi Cine Creations) and content for Television. Sridhar’s wife, Sirisha Lagadapati is the co-founder and partner alongside Sridhar in all aspects of Sirisuns. [1]

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Biography

Sridhar Lagadapati was the co-founder of Lanco Infratech Ltd., along with his brothers Rajagopal Lagadapati and Madhusudhan Lagadapati. Lanco [2] is an integrated infrastructure developer with interests in Power, Infrastructure, Construction and Property Development. After Sridhar founded Sirisuns (then Larsco Entertainment) in 2003, he gradually shifted his focus from Lanco Infratech (where he was then the Vice Chairman of the group) to Sirisuns Entertainment. Today,[ when? ] he is still a key executive and promoter of Lanco Infratech [3] and continues in the capacity of Director in several of Lanco Infratech’s group companies.[ citation needed ]

After his return from the USA, Sridhar married Sirisha in 1995. Around this time Sridhar was also appointed Joint Managing Director of Lanco Infratech Limited (formerly Lanco Constructions). Subsequently, Sridhar took lead of the company as its Managing Director and then, as its Vice-Chairman. [4] By 2003, he set up Sirisuns Entertainment along with Sirisha. He lives in Jubilee Hills at Hyderabad with his wife Sirisha and their two sons including Sahidev Vikram. [5]

Sridhar is a trustee of Lanco Foundation [6] (Earlier called LIGHT - Lanco Institute of General & Humanitarian Trust), and is the Managing Trustee of Sri Prasahi Charities, a personal charity founded by Sridhar and Sirisha.

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
2005 Evadi Gola Vaadidhi [7]
2006 Style [8]
2007 Viyyalavari Kayyalu [9]
2010 Sneha Geetham [10] [11]
2013 Potugadu [12] [13]
2014SikandarDubbed in Telugu from Tamil movie Anjaan [14] [15]
Co-produced with Thirrupathi Brothers and UTV Motion Pictures [16]
2015 Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini [17] [18]
2018 Naa Peru Surya

Critical Reception and Awards

Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini (2015): Won Best Romantic Film Award at Jaipur International Film Festival, 2016 [19] [20]

References

  1. ↑ Business Standard (15 June 2005). "Sirisha Sridhar's Plans for Sirisuns in 2005". Business Standard India.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ↑ Economic Times, India Times. "Lanco".
  3. ↑ moneycontrol.com. "Sridhar L Vice Chairman Lanco Infratech".
  4. ↑ Moneycontrol.com. "Sridhar as Vice Chairman of Lanco Infratech".
  5. ↑ "Child actor Vikram Sahidev elated". Deccan Chronicle . Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Lanco LIGHT, Foundation. "Sridhar L on Board of Trustees, Lanco LIGHT".
  7. ↑ Damodaran, Harish (15 May 2008). India's new capitalists: caste, business, and industry in a modern nation. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN   9780230205079.
  8. ↑ CineSouth.com. "Lawrence Promotes Latchiyam, Tamil dubbed Telugu Film Style". Archived from the original on 4 January 2007.
  9. ↑ Sify.com. "Viyyala Vari Kayyalu Movie Review". Sify . Archived from the original on 28 June 2013.
  10. ↑ "A date with a singing sensation". The Hindu. 16 August 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Times of India. "Snehageetham Premiere Show". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.
  12. ↑ "The presentation of the story is new to Telugu audience". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013.
  13. ↑ "The return of Ramalakshmi Cine Creations after 2 long years is good with grand Production Values". AP Herald.
  14. ↑ "Suriya's Sikandar movie review". thehansindia.com. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Samantha's Anjaan is Sikander in Telugu". Times of India. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Anjaan' is being produced by UTV Pictures and Tirupati Brothers in Tamil and Lagadapati Sirisha-Sreedhar-Linguswamy in Telugu". ragalahari.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Best Romantic Film at Jiff 2016". JiffIndia.org. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Well intended film". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  19. ↑ "Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini won Best Romantic film at JIFF 2016". Deccan Chronicle Holdings. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  20. ↑ "Jiff India Home Page". www.jiffindia.org. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
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