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Srinivas Raju is an Indian film director who works in Kannada and Telugu-language cinema. [1] He made his directorial debut with the 2010 Kannada film, Nannavanu . He then followed it up with the Dandupalya franchise, consisting of: Dandupalya (2012), Dandupalya 2 (2017), and Dandupalya 3 (2018). The franchise was written and directed by him. [2] He also directed Kannada actor, Upendra, in Shivam (2015).
| Year | Title | Language | Notes |
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| 2010 | Nannavanu [3] | Kannada | |
| 2011 | Kote [4] | Kannada | |
| 2012 | Dandupalya | Kannada | |
| 2015 | Shivam [5] | Kannada | |
| 2016 | Kathe Chitrakathe Nirdeshana Puttanna [6] | Kannada | |
| Brahmana | Kannada | ||
| 2017 | Dandupalya 2 [7] | Kannada | |
| 2018 | Dandupalya 3 [8] | Kannada | |
| 2022 | Thaggedele [9] [10] | Telugu |
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