Maruthi Dasari

Maruthi Dasari
Born (1981-10-08) 8 October 1981
Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Residence Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Occupation Director, Writer & co-producer
Years active 2005 - present
Spouse(s) Veenaraga Spandana (2003 - present)
Children 1

Maruthi Dasari is a director, screenwriter, Film producer who works primarily in Telugu cinema. Well known for directing low budget film's like Ee Rojullo, Bus stop.Maruthi is associated with Maruthi Talkies, a film production house in Telugu Film Industry. Maruthi received the Best Debutant Director Award for Ee Rojullo at SIIMA Awards.[1]

Personal life

Maruthi was born in Machilipatnam, AndhraPradesh. He completed his education in Machilipatnam. Later Maruthi moved to Hyderabad after his graduation. He learnt animation and later joined DQ Entertainment International, where he was part of the first batch of animators in the city.[2] He used to paint sign boards and numbers plates of vehicles to earn some money for his fees.

Career

Maruthi started his career as a co-producer for the film Premisthe, A film by arvindh. Later he entered into field of distribution and distributed several films. Then he started designing Ads & designs. At the time Chiranjeevi heard about him and asked him to design a flag for the Praja Rajyam Party and also an other promotional ads for the party.He has also gave a logo for Athadu film.[3] In 2011 Ram Gopal Varma made Dongala Mutha with 5D camera in a cheaper budget which was attracted by maruthi. He then decided to start a low Budget film and worked on the script. In 2012 with in a short span Ee Rojullo was released marking the debut of Maruthi. Upon the release Ee rojullo mostly gained positive response from the critic's. Made on a budget of 50lakhs It had collected more than 10crores[4] the movie was one of the most successful Tollywood films in 2012.Later in November 2012 his second Directorial Venture Bus stop was released and declared as a Hit.[5] In 2013 maruthi wrote and produced Prema Katha Chitram under Maruthi Talkies introducing his camera man J.Prabhakar Reddy as director. Prema Katha Chitram was a sudden hit by collecting a gross of 20 crores. He produced several films like Prema Katha Chitram, Romance, Mahesh, villa-2, Love U Bangaram, Green signal.[6] His next film as Director is Kotha Janta starring Allu Sirish in lead role. His next venture with Venkatesh has been announced and titled as Babu Bangaram.Regular shoot of this project starts in February 2016.[7] His next Telugu project with Nani named Bhale Bhale Magadivoy has released and declared a super hit with Nani's brilliant acting.[8] In 2014, he announced a project titled Radha starring Venkatesh and Nayantara in the lead roles. Consequently, a writer alleged that Maruthi copied his story and filed a case at the writers' association. Though Maruthi denied copying the story, the film was later shelved.[9]

Filmography

YearFilmCreditsNotes Result
2004Premistheco-producer
2006A Film by Aravindco-producer
2012Ee RojulloDirector Super Hit
Bus StopDirector Hit
2013Prema Katha ChitramWriter & Producer & Director Super Hit
Maheshco-producer Average
Romanceco-producer
Pizza II: Villaco-producer
2014Love You Bangaramco-producer
2014Legendcameo
Kotha JantaDirector Hit
Green Signalco-producer
Loversco-producerScreenplay
2015Bhale Bhale MagadivoyDirector Blockbuster
2016Rojulu MarayiWriter
Babu BangaramDirector Average
2017Mahanubhavudu[10]Director Super Hit
2018Shailaja Reddy Alludu[11]Director
2018Brand BabuWriter

References

  1. ↑ "entertainment.oneindia.in". SIIMA Awards 2013: Telugu Winners List. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "timesofindia.indiatimes.com". I wanted to prove small directors are talented: Maruthi. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Athadu
  4. ↑ "timesofap.com".
  5. ↑ "youtube.com". Interview With Maruthi Director of 'E Rojullo'.
  6. ↑ "everydaypopcorn.com". A Director is One Who Could Cover The Minuses and Highlight The Pluses – Maruthi.
  7. ↑ "Idlebrain.com". Maruthi to direct Venkatesh's Radha. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
  8. ↑ which is released and garnered positive reviews world wide Digitalbytes,Retrieved 03.02.2015
  9. ↑ http://www.indiaglitz.com/big-movies-which-got-shelved-after-launch-telugu-news-117460.html-slide9
  10. ↑ "youtube.com". Director Maruthi Exclusive Interview Frankly With TNR.
  11. ↑ "Naga Chaitanya - Maruthi film gets a title!". Retrieved 30 October 2017.
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