Sunitha Tati

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Sunitha Tati
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Born
Vijayawada, India [1]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFilm Producer
Website www.gurugroup.co

Sunitha Tati is an Indian film producer who produces Telugu films under Guru Films. [2] Her notable productions include Oh! Baby , Courier Boy Kalyan and Sahasame Swasaga Sagipo. [3]

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Early life

Tati was born and brought up in Vijayawada. She completed her bachelor's degree in business management from George Mason University and went on to do her PG course in film-making from New York University. [4]

Career

Before starting out in the Telugu movie industry, Tati worked in TV9 (Telugu) as well as Radio Mirchi. [5] [6] She worked under D. Suresh Babu of Ramanaidu Studios and worked as an assistant director of various movies including Malliswari, Jayam Manadera and Nagesh Kukunoor’s Hyderabad Blues. [7] [8]

In 2016, she worked with Gautham Vasudev Menon as a producer for Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada and also its Telugu version Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo. [9] In 2019, she produced B. V. Nandini Reddy-directed Oh! Baby , starring Samantha Akkineni and Lakshmi, along with People’s Media Productions and Suresh Productions. [10] [11] [12]

Her upcoming film, Saakini Daakini is directed by Sudheer Varma. Starring Regina Cassandra and Nivetha Thomas, the film is a remake of the Korean film Midnight Runners . [13] [14] [15] [16] As of August 2021, she is also working on the comedy film Dongalunnaru Jaagratha in a collaboration with Suresh Productions, Written and directed by Satish Tripura, the film stars Sri Simha and Samuthirakani. [17]

Other work

Apart from movies, Tati is an active Rotarian. She also serves as a trustee and founder member of Support Cancer Awareness Foundation, a NGO based in Hyderabad. [18]

She is a strong believer in Ayurveda and has also put together a book series called Ayurveda Chronicles, along with a Author based out of California. [19]

Filmography

YearFilmCastCredited AsLanguageNotes
2011 Shor in the City Tusshar Kapoor, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Preeti Desai Executive Producer Hindi
2013 Kadhal 2 Kalyanam Sathya, Divya Spandana Producer Tamil Unreleased
2015 Bangaru Kodipetta Navdeep, Swati Reddy Producer Telugu
2015 Courier Boy Kalyan Nithiin, Yami Gautam ProducerTelugu
2014 Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum Jai, Yami Gautam ProducerTamilWas simultaneously shot in Telugu as Courier Boy Kalyan, but released only in August 2016
2016 Achcham Enbadhu Madamaiyada Silambarasan, Manjima Mohan ProducerTelugu
2016 Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo Naga Chaitanya, Manjima Mohan Co- ProducerTelugu
2019 Oh! Baby Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Lakshmi ProducerTeluguRemake of Miss Granny
2020 Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma Siddhu Jonnalagadda, Seerat Kapoor, Tanikella Bharani Vinitha's MotherTelugu
2022 Saakini Daakini Regina Cassandra, Nivetha Thomas ProducerTeluguRemake of Midnight Runners [20]
2022 Dongalunnaru Jaagratha Sri Simha ProducerTeluguRemake of 4x4, an Argentine-Spanish Movie [21]

Television

YearSerialChannelLanguageNotes
2015 – present America Ammayi (TV Serial) Zee Telugu TeluguProducer
2017 – presentOK Jaanu (TV Serial) MAA TV TeluguProducer

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyCategoryMovieResult
20154th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Debutant Producer Bangaru Kodipetta Nominated [22]

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