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Vasu Varma | |
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 Varma at Josh Audio Release Event | |
| Born | Mantena Srinivas Varma |
| Occupation(s) | Film Director, Screen-play writer, Story writer and Dialogue writer |
Vasu Varma is an Indian film director who works in Telugu cinema. [1] [2]
Vasu started his career as an apprentice in direction for the movie Sakutumba Saparivaara Sametam directed by S.V.Krishna Reddy. Later, he started assisting V. V. Vinayak from his first film Aadhi as an Associate Director and later became a co-director. Right from the first movie of Dil Raju Productions Dil , Varma has given his support and acted as a backbone to Dil Raju's direction department and has continued to do so. In 2009, Dil Raju gave the first direction opportunity to Varma, to launch a Naga Chaitanya (son of Nagarjuna) in Josh . He also launched another Karthika Nair (daughter of yesteryears star actress Radha) in the same movie. With Josh, he became one of the rare directors who launched two star kids in one movie.
After Josh, Varma got another chance from Raju for his second movie, Krishnashtami. [3]
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Aadhi | Associate director |
| 2003 | Dil | Chief Associate Director |
| 2004 | Samba | Co-director |
| 2005 | Bunny | Co-director |
| 2006 | Bommarillu | Script Consultant |
| 2008 | Parugu | Script Consultant |
| 2009 | Josh | Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, Direction |
| 2010 | Brindavanam | Script Consultant |
| 2016 | Krishnashtami | Screenplay, Dialogues, Direction |
| 2017 | Katamarayudu | Screenplay |
| 2024 | Family Star | Creative producer |
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