Venky Atluri

Venky Atluri is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Telugu and a few Tamil films. He is known for directing Tholi Prema, Sir / Vaathi (2023) and Lucky Baskhar (2024). The lattermost is his highest grosser and has won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay – Dialogue Writer.

Early life and career Venky Atluri was named Atluri Venkateswara Rao after his grandfather and graduated in B. Tech from DVRCET in kandi, Sangareddy. This resulted in him having a long stage name for his acting debut Gnapakam (2007) directed by Uppalapati Narayana Rao co-starring Vishakha Singh. The film was a box office failure.

Venky Atluri married Pooja Chowdary in February 2023.

Filmography

As a film director +YearTitleLanguageNotes 2018 Tholi PremaTelugu 2019 Mr. Majnu 2021 Rang De 2023 VaathiTamilTelugu Simultaneously shot in Telugu as Sir 2024 Lucky Baskhar Telugu 2026 Vishwanath & SonsTamil D60Tamil

As a writer Note: all films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted. +YearTitleNotes 2010 Sneha Geetham Dialogues only; uncredited 2011 It's My Love Story 2010 Sneha Geetham Ravi

Awards and nominations