Vamsi Paidipally

Paidipally Vamshidhar Rao (born 27 July 1979), also known as Vamshi Paidipally, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Telugu and a few Tamil films. He is best known for directing mainstream film works such as Munna, Brindavanam (2010), Yevadu (2014), Oopiri (2016), Maharshi (2019) and Varisu (2023). Vamshi Paidipally has won a National Film Award for Maharshi.

Early life Vamshi Paidipally was born on 27 July 1979 in Khanapur of Adilabad district, Telangana. His parents, who hail from Bheemaram near Jagtial town own a cinema hall in Khanapur. He did his schooling in Hyderabad Public School and his intermediate from Little Flower Junior College. then, He completed his bachelor's degree in commerce and Master's in Computer Applications from Osmania University and he had worked as a software engineer in Hyderabad. While working for the movie Bhadra (2005) producer Dil Raju offered to produce him a film under his production house.

His 2016 Telugu-Tamil bilingual film Oopiri/Thozha, an adaptation of the French film The Intouchables (2011) starring Karthi and Nagarjuna was a critical and commercial success. The film won him his Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu. In 2019, he collaborated with actor Mahesh Babu for Maharshi. The film won National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.

Personal life Vamsi Paidipally married Malini in 2007 and the couple has a daughter.

Brindavanam

Yevadu

Oopiri TeluguTamil Tamil version titled ThozhaFilmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu

Maharshi Telugu National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome EntertainmentSIIMA Award for Best Director- Telugu

Hindi Bollywood Debut Recurring collaborations + List of Vamshi Paidpally recurring collaborations Film Prakash Raj Kota Srinivasa Rao Tanikella Bharani Jayasudha Brahmaji Raghu Karumanchi Prabhas Sreenu Marthand K. Venkatesh Praveen K. L.Munna (2007) Brindavanam (2010) Yevadu (2014) Oopiri / Thozha (2016) Maharshi (2019) Varisu (2023)