Muppalaneni Shiva

Childhood and early years Muppalaneni Shiva was born at Bapatla, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh on 25 November 1968. He studied in Pamidi Ankamma High School at his native place Narasaya Palem. He completed his graduation at Arts & Science College of Bapatla. During his college days, he was good at painting and achieved state level awards in modern art.

Career At the start of his career he worked with A. Kodandarami Reddy, Muthyala Subbaiah and Paruchuri Brothers. He worked for more than 20 films under A. Kodanda Rami Reddy direction. At that time he worked with top stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna, Sobhan Babu, Krishnam Raju, Srikanth, Chiranjeevi, Kamal Haasan and Sridevi. In 1994 he got a chance to direct a film with Superstar Krishna and the film name is Gharana Alludu. Finally he got a major break with Srikanth under Suresh Productions' Taj Mahal film in 1995.

Filmography Year Film Notes 1994 Gharana Alludu 1995 Taj Mahal 1997 Korukunna Priyudu Priya O PriyaRemake of Hindi film Yeh Dillagi 1998 Gilli Kajjalu Subhalekhalu 1999 Speed Dancer RajaRemake of Tamil film Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen 2000 Maa Pelliki RandiRemake of Tamil film Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga Postman 2001 Ammayi KosamRemake of Tamil film Thulli Thirindha Kaalam 2002 Nee Premakai 2002 Sandade SandadiRemake of Kannada film Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu 2004 DostRemake of Malayalam film Nammal 2005 SankrantiRemake of Tamil film Aanandham 2006 RajababuRemake of Malayalam film Balettan 2007 Allare Allari 2009 Life Style Remake of Tamil film Five Star 2016 Sri Sri

Awards Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer – Nee Premakai