Dil Raju

"Dil" Raju
Born V. Venkata Ramana Reddy[1]
Narsingpally, Nizamabad Telangana, India[2]
Residence Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Occupation Producer, distributor
Spouse(s) Anitha (late)

Dil Raju (born V. Venkata Ramana Reddy) is a National Award-winning Indian film producer and distributor, known for his works exclusively in Telugu cinema, He owns the production house Sri Venkateswara Creations. He has produced successful drama films such as Dil, Arya, Bhadra, Bommarillu, Parugu, Kotha Bangaru Lokam, Brindavanam, Mr. Perfect, Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu, Yevadu, Sathamanam Bhavati, which won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, Nenu Local, and Fidaa.[3] In 2016, he received the Andhra Pradesh state Nagi Reddy-Chakrapani National Award for his contributions to popular cinema.[4]

National Award for Shatamanam Bhavathi

Shatamanam Bhavathi film produced by Dil Raju of Sri Venkateswara Creations has bagged the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment-Golden Lotus Award at the 64th National Film Awards.[5] Shatamanam Bhavathi deals with the problems faced by old age parents whose kids are mostly settled abroad, visiting them once in few years. Through these problems and others this film brings in the importance of family values in South Indian Culture. Most of the current generation South Indian families are into technology and engineering fields, and they are scattered & settled all over the world. This film was well identified and connected with the audience, especially it garnered positive response from people who are settled in other countries.

Filmography

As producer

YearTitleCastDirectorNotes
2003DilNitin, Neha Bamb, Prakash RajV. V. VinayakDebut production
2004AryaAllu Arjun, Anuradha Mehta, Siva BalajiSukumarDirector's Debut film
2005BhadraRavi Teja, Meera Jasmine, Arjan Bajwa, Prakash RajBoyapati SrinuDirector's Debut film
2006BommarilluSiddharth, Genelia D'Souza, Prakash RajBhaskarDirector's Debut film
2007MunnaPrabhas, Ileana D'Cruz, Prakash RajVamsi PaidipallyDirector's Debut film
2008ParuguAllu Arjun, Sheela, Prakash RajBhaskar
2008Kotha Bangaru LokamVarun Sandesh, Shweta Prasad, Prakash RajSrikanth AddalaDirector's Debut film
2009AkasamanthaPrakash Raj, Trisha Krishnan, Jagapati BabuRadha Mohan
2009JoshNaga Chaitanya, Karthika Nair, J. D. Chakravarthy, Prakash RajVasu VarmaDirector's Debut film
2010Maro CharitraVarun Sandesh, Anita GallerRavi YadavDirector's Debut film
2010Rama Rama Krishna KrishnaRam, Arjun Sarja, Bindu Madhavi, Priya AnandSriwass
2010BrindavanamN. T. Rama Rao Jr., Kajal Aggarwal, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Prakash RajVamsi Paidipally
2011Mr. PerfectPrabhas, Kajal Agarwal, Prakash RajDasaradh
2011Gaganam / PayanamNagarjuna Akkineni, Prakash Raj, Poonam KaurRadha MohanIn collaboration with Matinee Entertainments
2011Oh My FriendSiddharth, Shruti Haasan, Hansika MotwaniVenu Sri RamDirector's Debut film
2013Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle ChettuVenkatesh, Mahesh Babu, Prakash Raj, Jayasudha, Samantha, AnjaliSrikanth Addala
2013Ramayya VasthavayyaJr. NTR, Shruti Haasan, Samantha Ruth PrabhuHarish Shankar
2014YevaduRam Charan Teja, Shruti Haasan, Allu Arjun, Kajal Aggarwal, Amy JacksonVamsi Paidipally
2015KerinthaSumanth, Tejaswi Madivada, Sukrithi, ViswantSai Kiran Adivi
2015Subramanyam for SaleSai Dharam Tej, Regina Cassandra, Tejaswi Madivada, Brahmanandam Harish Shankar
2016KrishnashtamiSunil, Dimple Chopade, Nikki GalraniVasu Varma
2016SupremeSai Dharam Tej, Raashi KhannaAnil Ravipudi
2017Sathamanam BhavatiSharwanand, Anupama ParameswaranSatish Vegesna
2017Nenu LocalNani, Keerthy SureshTrinadha Rao Nakkina
2017Duvvada JagannadhamAllu Arjun, Pooja HegdeHarish ShankarRaju's 25th Film Production
2017FidaaVarun Tej, Sai PallaviSekhar Kammula
2017Raja The GreatRavi Teja, Mehreen PirzadaAnil Ravipudi
2017MCA (Middle Class Abbayi)Nani, Sai PallaviVenu Sree Raam[6]
2018Lover Raj Tarun, Riddhi KumarAnish Krishna
2018Srinivasa KalyanamNitin, Rashi KhannaSatish Vegesna
2018Hello Guru Prema KosameRam, Anupama ParameswaranTrinadha Rao Nakkina
2019MaharshiMahesh Babu, Pooja HegdeVamsi PaidipallyIn collaboration with Vyjayanthi Movies & PVP Cinema
2019F2 - Fun and FrustrationVenkatesh, Varun Tej, Tamannaah Bhatia, Mehreen PirzadaAnil Ravipudi

As presenter

YearTitleCastDirectorNotes
2012Tuneega TuneegaSumanth Ashwin, Rhea ChakrabortyM. S. Raju
2014Pilla Nuvvu Leni JeevitamSai Dharam Tej, Regina CassandraA.S. Ravi Kumar ChowdaryIn collaboration along with Geetha Arts
2017JawaanSai Dharam Tej, Mehreen PirzadaB. V. S. Ravi

Dubbed Films in Telugu

# Year Film (Original in the bracket) Director Notes
12002Amrutha (Kannathil Muthamittal)Mani RatnamTelugu dubbed version only
22012Snehithudu (Nanban)S. ShankarTelugu dubbed version only
32015Ok Bangaram (O Kadhal Kanmani)Mani RatnamTelugu dubbed version only
42016Police (Theri)AtleeTelugu dubbed version only
52016Remo (Remo)Bakkiyaraj KannanTelugu dubbed version
62017Cheliyaa (Kaatru Veliyidai)Mani RatnamTelugu dubbed version only

Awards

National Film Awards
Nandi Awards
Filmfare Awards South
Other Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Dil Raju Biography". dosthana.com. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Dil Raju Interview – 2008". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "64 th National Film Awards, 2016" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  4. 1 2 Correspondent, Special. "S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Hema Malini bag NTR awards".
  5. ↑ "Telugu films bag major honours at 64th National Film Awards". Telugu cinema.
  6. ↑ "Nani – Dil Raju upcoming movie titled "MCA". Indianexpress.com (25 February 2017). Retrieved on 2018-09-18.
  7. ↑ Mr. Perfect wins Nagireddy award. 123telugu.com (1 January 1998). Retrieved on 11 May 2012.
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