Koratala Siva

Koratala Siva (born 15 June 1975) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. Siva has directed films such as Mirchi, Srimanthudu (2015), Janatha Garage (2016), Bharat Ane Nenu (2018), and Devara: Part 1 (2024). He has received two Nandi Awards and an IIFA Utsavam Award for his directional works.

Early life and start-up career Born into a family of social activists with communist ideologies, he began his early career working in the information technology industry as a software engineer. He then worked as a screenwriting assistant for films under his uncle, Posani Krishna Murali. Subsequently, he ventured into Telugu film industry as a dialogue writer for films such as Okkadunnadu, Bhadra, Munna, Brindavanam, and Oosaravelli.

Directorial career In 2013, he made his film directorial debut with Mirchi starring Prabhas which was a box-office success. In 2015, he directed action-drama film Srimanthudu, which was a commercial success, and has received three Filmfare Awards South, six IIFA Awards, and six SIIMA Awards.

His 2016 film Janatha Garage starred Mohanlal and N. T. Rama Rao Jr. The story follows Sathyam (Mohanlal) a mechanic operating a large automobile service center named "Janatha Garage" and undertaking vigilantism through their group of automobile mechanics, because the legal agencies were thought to be inadequate. The film grossed estimated 140 crore and earned a distributor's share amount of 70 crore in its first week of release. Koratala scored his third consecutive success as a director with the film. He returned to direct actor Mahesh Babu in the political action drama film Bharat Ane Nenu and continued his success streak at the box-office, with the film grossing 164 crore at the box-office.

In early 2020, Koratala started filming his next directional, Acharya with Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan in the lead. The film, released in April 2022, received negative reviews and ended up as the poorest performing film at the box office in Koratala's career.

In 2024, Koratala has directed a film with NTR Jr titled Devara, which marked their second collaboration after Janatha Garage. It was produced by Nandamuri Kalyan Ram and Mikkilineni Sudhakar under N. T. R. Arts and Yuvasudha Arts, respectively. Devara received mixed reviews from critics but was a major box office success, grossing over ₹450 crore worldwide. Following this, he is slated to work with Allu Arjun and Nandamuri Balakrishna.

Filmography

As director and screenwriter Year Title Notes 2013 Mirchi 2015 Srimanthudu2016 Janatha Garage 2018 Bharat Ane Nenu 2022 Acharya 2024 Devara: Part 1

As writer only Year Title CreditsNotes 2002 Girl Friend Co-written with B. V. S. Ravi 2005 Bhadra 2007 Okkadunnadu Munna Co-written with B. V. S. Ravi 2010 Brindavanam 2011 Oosaravelli

As presenter Year Title Notes 2024 Krishnamma

Frequent collaborators Collaborator Mirchi(2013) Srimanthudu(2015) Janatha Garage(2016) Bharat Ane Nenu(2018) Acharya(2022) Devara: Part 1(2024)Ramajogayya Sastry Devi Sri Prasad Ajay Mahesh Babu Vennela Kishore Banerjee Raghu Babu Ravi Prakash Rajitha Surya Appaji Ambarisha Darbha Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao Tirru Anal Arasu N. T. Rama Rao Jr. R. Madhi

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