Veerabhadram Chowdary

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Veerabhadram Chowdary
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Veerabhadram Chowdary in Cinivaram Programme (2021)
OccupationFilm director
Years active1997–present

Veerabhadram Chowdary is an Indian film director known for his works in Telugu cinema. He made his directorial debut in 2011 through Aha Naa Pellanta. [1]

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Personal life

Mullapudi Veerabhadram Chowdary was born in the village Kalavalapalli in West Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh. [1]

In 2011, he made his film directorial debut with Aha Naa Pellanta Telugu language action comedy film written and directed by Veerabhadram Chowdary. It stars Allari Naresh, the son of famous director E. V. V. Satyanarayana, and newcomer Ritu Barmecha. Srihari, Anita Hassanandani, Subbaraju, Samrat Reddy, and Brahmanandam play important roles. The music was composed by Raghu Kunche. The film was released on 2 March 2011.

In  2012 Poola Rangadu is an Indian Telugu language action comedy film written and directed by Veerabhadram Chowdary. The film stars Sunil and Isha Chawla. Atchi Reddy has produced the film under Max India.

In early 2013,  Indian Telugu language action comedy film, produced by Nagarjuna Akkineni under Annapurna Studios and directed by Veerabhadram Chowdary in association with Reliance Entertainment. It stars Nagarjuna Akkineni and Richa Gangopadhyay, with music composed by Devi Sri Prasad.

In 2016 Telugu language action comedy drama film. The film was directed and written by Veerabhadram Chowdary, and produced by S.R.T Entertainments.

The Next filming for Krishna From Brindavanam is set to commence in June. , who previously shared the screen with Aadi, will reunite with him for this project. Chota K Prasad is handling the editing, while Shyam is serving as the cinematographer. The screenplay is being crafted by , known for his excellent dialogue writing. Action sequences are being designed by Dragon Prakash and Shankar.

Filmography as director

YearFilmNotes
2011 Aha Naa Pellanta
2012 Poola Rangadu
2013 Bhai
2016 Chuttalabbai

Filmography as co-director

YearFilmDirectorWorked as
1997 Nenu Premisthunnanu E. V. V. Satyanarayana Co-director
1998 Maavidaakulu E. V. V. SatyanarayanaAssistant-Director
1998 Kanyadhanam E. V. V. SatyanarayanaCo-director
2000 Chala Bagundi E. V. V. SatyanarayanaCo-director
2001 Nuvvu Nenu Teja Co-director
2002 Jayam TejaCo-director
2003 Nijam TejaCo-director
2004 Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. Jayanth C. Paranjee 2nd unit Director
2005 Danger Krishna Vamsi Co-director
2006 Happy A. Karunakaran 2nd unit director

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