Tollywood is definitely growing bigger day-by-day. With content-driven movies, Telugu filmmakers are making their own mark in the national forum too. Also, the fraternity between the cine celebrities is growing.
Tollywood Directors
We see the top stars get together regularly and their pictures together are giving a great message to the fans too. Here comes a very rare photo of the top directors of Telugu enjoying their time together. Star directors Rajamouli, Sukumar, Koratala Siva, Krish, Sandeep Reddy Vanga, Nag Ashwin, Anil Ravipudi, Harish Shakar etc are seen hanging out together. Isn’t it exciting to see the bunch of intelligent filmmakers together??
Telugu film industry is sometimes director drive industry. The people here won’t really recognize the true importance of the writers. One such writer has now come forward to reveal his inner feelings. Writer Diamond Ratnam who is known for his works on dialogues in films like Seema Sastry, Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham, Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam and upcoming Intlo Deyyam Nakenti Bhayyam, has opened up about people giving over hype and showing over craze to the film directors. He has spoken his mind out regarding the ‘director blasting.’
Writer Diamond Ratnam
“Everyone knows who directed the super hit film Baahubali, but none know who wrote the dialogues of the film. If the director is captain of the ship, then the writer is a compass. The writer should also deserve to be honored equally with the director.” said Diamond Ratnam in a recent interview. Already there is a talk in the industry that writers are not given due recognition, and it is the reason for writers turning directors.
Akkineni Akhil made her grand debut in Tollywood with Akhil movie, and the movie turned into a flop at the box-office, but the actor gets the good appreciation for his performance. The movie failed to score a commercial hit, and now Akhil is getting ready for his second movie. Now the question is who is the director for Akhil’s second film.
Akhil in Confusion on Second Movie
Akhil is also in confusion over choosing the director for his second movie. He planned to work with Trivikram or Sukumar but both the directors are busy now, and it didn’t work out, later planned to work with class director Gautham Menon that also not worked out.
Another buzz in the Tollywood is that Akhil will act in the direction of Srinu Vaitla but his last film Bruce Lee also turned flop at the box-office. So, now Akhil in confusion to choose the director for his second movie.
Another buzz is that Deva Katta of Vennela, Autonagar Surya, Dynamite will be the director for Akhil’s next project. Is Akhil dares to act in his direction!! Let’s wait and see.
Guess who will be the perfect director for Akhil’s second movie!!
Tollywood directors always prefer to make films upon the genre that they have their grip on. They always opt for the safe game, whatever may be the result. Let us take a look at the top directors of our Tollywood directors and their style of making.
Tollywood Director’s And Their Strength’s
If you rank the current directors of Tollywood, S.S.Rajamouli will surely top the list. From the beginning, this director has been branded for huge films. The heroes and characters in his films have a larger than life image and will mesmerize the audience. His films always have the commercial element in them. Till “Magadheera,” Rajamouli was a common director, but post “Magadheera” he was seen completely different. Expectations over his films grew day by day. To remove the tag of a big director he made “Marayadaramanna” and “Eega” and got good appreciation for his work. This year with “Baahubali,” Rajamouli once again opted for his revenge drama story and became successful. He is currently shooting “Baahubali- The conclusion” and will release it next year.
V.V.Vinayak, Srinu Vaitla, Trivikram, Boyapati Srinu and Puri Jagannadh stand next to Rajamouli. Among these directors V.V.Vinayak and Boyapati Srinu share a common genre of family action entertainers. These directors films have a common point of emotions and huge action sequences. Currently, Vinayak completed the film “Akhil” with which Akkineni Akhil will be launched, whereas Boyapati is filming Allu Arjun for “Sarainodu.”
Then comes Srinu Vaitla. This director is very much known for his comedy entertainers. Though the story line may be the usual revenge one, comedy will be highlighted in his movies. Vaitla’s strengths- Comedy has now become his week point. Post “Dookudu” he didn’t receive much success at the box-office. After “Aagadu” he made “Bruce Lee” and announced that this shouldn’t be compared with any of other films as he changed his style and made this film, the result was the same. Srinu Vaitla’s films always have good space for comedy.
Word Smith’s Puri Jagannadh and Trivikram direct films in their genre. Though Puri and Trivikram have different styles of filmmaking, one common point about these directors is their dialogues. The audience who watch their films doesn’t bother with the hero, heroine or story. They simply watch their movies listen to the dialogues Puri and Tri Vikram wrote, these directors made such huge impact. Puri Jagannadh is currently directing Varun Tej for an untitled film, whereas Trivikram is making “A..Aa” starring Nithin and Samantha are lead pair. With these films releasing with less span audience are sure having a dialogue treat.
Sukumar and Koratala Siva. Sukumar films have a separate interest in the audience. His films won’t have huge commercial elements or punch dialogues or beauty shows. The hero in his film has a negative look but is a positive character. “Arya,” “Jagadam,” “1 Nenookadine” are good examples of his directorial vision. Koratala Siva though made only two films “Mirchi” and “Srimanthudu” gained a good impression of the audience. Sukumar is currently shooting for “Nannaku Prematho,” while Siva agreed to do a film with Jr.NTR.
That leaves with Krrish and Srikanth Addala. Krrish, from the begging, has opted for stories that are near to life. He focuses his stories mostly on the issues that are prevailing in the society. “Vedam,” “Gamyam” are films that judge his directorial vision. His recent film “Kanche” too earned a good review and once again proved this director’s strength is to focus on social issues. Srikanth Addala is another director who is known for his movies that are related closely to the Telugu nativity. “Kotha Bangaru Lokam” and “Seethama Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu” are close to the Telugu nativity and were received well. His upcoming film “Brahmotsawam” is also in the very same genre, and he is hoping that this too will turn out to become a hit show.
Apart from new directors, top directors are opting to make movies in the genre that they have a good grip over. It would be interesting if Rajamouli attempts a full-length comedy film, Srinu Vaitla doing a serious movie and Srikanth Addala doing a mass masala film.
Most of the audience knows about the comments made by a Telugu NRI girl Annapurna Sunkara on Telugu film industry, that raised the heat in the industry. Some supported her and some of the people against her. Watch this video for full details about her comments and what the people say.
Hope everyone watched the SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus Baahubali and it is getting good applause from all the corners and also creating new records in the film industry but a Telugu girl blasted on Rajamouli for a scene in the movie.
Annapurna Sunkara, a Telugu NRI who had earlier also created social media storm by posting a video explaining her views on Delhi rape, etc., has struck once again and this time she has targeted Tollywood filmmakers. She seems to be very much disturbed by the way women are getting portrayed in Telugu films.
She started with the romantic track between Prabhas and Tamannaah in Rajamouli’s epic film ‘Baahubali’ and called it very obscene. She also pointed out actors like Mahesh Babu, Pawan Kalyan etc, hitting 60-year old comedians like MS Narayana, Brahmanandam in the name of generating fun, etc. as very immature. She also requested the filmmakers to show some responsibility when dealing with issues like rape, s*x, caste, etc.
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Even though she has raised few valid points, she seems to have over analysed the whole thing.
Megastar Chiranjeevi’s 150th film is still a suspense aspect in Tollywood. “Who is the director for this flick?” is the question in everybody’s mind. Majority of the audience felt V V Vinayak as the director for this venture, but this director got shifted to Akhil’s debut movie.
Trivikram, Rajamouli and all top directors are busy with their own projects. Chiru, who heard several stories from top directors, kept majority of them aside, as he didn’t like them. Now a new buzz came on to the media. As per this buzz, Chiru lost his hope on Tollywood directors and decided to direct his film himself.
It is a pressure embedded aspect for directors to take up the 150th venture of Chiru. Adding to this, he is acting after almost 5 years and hence it is tough to analyze how the audience will react to his flicks. Analysts are saying that majority of the directors backed up in this aspect due to this issue. We have to wait for some more time to know the secrets behind the screen.
