Koratala Siva

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Koratala Siva
Koratala Siva.jpg
Koratala in an interview in 2018
Born (1975-06-15) 15 June 1975 (age 48)[1]
Occupation
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active2003-present
RelativesPosani Krishna Murali

Koratala Siva (born 15 June 1975) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. Koratala has directed films such as Mirchi (2013), Srimanthudu (2015), Janatha Garage (2016), Bharat Ane Nenu (2018) and Acharya (2022). For his directional works, he has received two Nandi Awards, and an IIFA Utsavam Award.

Early life and start-up career[edit]

Born into a family of social activists with communist ideologies, he began his early career working in the information technology industry as a software engineer. He then worked as a screenwriting assistant for films under his uncle, Posani Krishna Murali.[3][4] Subsequently, he ventured into Telugu film industry as a dialogue writer for films such as Okkadunnadu, Munna, Brindavanam, and Oosaravelli.[5]

Film directorial career[edit]

In 2013, he made his film directorial debut with Mirchi starring Prabhas which was a box-office success. In 2015, he directed action-drama film Srimanthudu, which was a commercial success,[6] and has received three Filmfare Awards South, six IIFA Awards, and six SIIMA Awards.

His 2016 film Janatha Garage starred Mohanlal and N. T. Rama Rao Jr. The story follows operating a large automobile service center named "Janatha Garage" and undertaking law enforcement through their group of automobile mechanics, because the legal agencies were thought to be inadequate. The film grossed estimated 135 crore and earned a distributor's share amount of 60 crore in its first week of release.[7][8] Koratala scored his third consecutive success as a director with the film.[9] He returned to direct actor Mahesh Babu in the political action drama film Bharat Ane Nenu and continued his success streak at the box-office, with the film grossing 225 crore at the box-office.[10]

In early 2020, Koratala started filming his next directional, Acharya with Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan in the lead.[11] The film, released in April 2022, received negative reviews and ended up as the poorest performing film at the box office in Koratala's career.[12]

Koratala is also signed to direct a film with NTR Jr and its second time collaboration among with them. The film was produce under the banner N. T. R. Arts and Yuvasudha Arts; it's a first film for this production. On the occasion of Jr NTR's birthday, the makers released a motion poster titled NTR 30.[13] The shoot is expected to begin in July 2022,[14] following which he would team up with actor Allu Arjun for their next project.[15][16]

Filmography[edit]

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Director Writer Notes
2002 Girl Friend No Story
2005 Bhadra No Dialogue
2007 Munna No Dialogue
2008 Ninna Nedu Repu No Dialogue
Okkadunnadu No Dialogue
2010 Simha No Story and dialogue Uncredited[17]
Brindavanam No Dialogue
2011 Oosaravelli No Dialogue
2013 Mirchi Yes Yes
2015 Srimanthudu Yes Yes
2016 Janatha Garage Yes Yes
2018 Bharat Ane Nenu Yes Yes
2022 Acharya Yes Yes

Frequent collaborators[edit]

Collaborator Mirchi
(2013)
Srimanthudu
(2015)
Janatha Garage
(2016)
Bharat Ane Nenu
(2018)
Acharya
(2022)
Mahesh Babu Yes Yes Narrator
Devi Sri Prasad Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ramajogayya Sastry Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao Yes Yes Yes
Tirru Yes Yes Yes

Awards[edit]

Film Awards Category Result Ref.
Mirchi Nandi Awards of 2013 Best First Film of a Director Won [18]
61st Filmfare Awards South Best Director Nominated [19][20]
3rd SIIMA Best Director (Telugu) Nominated [21]
Srimanthudu 63rd Filmfare Awards South Best Director – Telugu Nominated [22]
IIFA Utsavam 2015 Best Director Nominated [23]
5th SIIMA Best Director (Telugu) Nominated [24]
14th Santosham Film Awards Best Director Won
Janatha Garage Nandi Awards of 2016 Best Story Writer Won [25]
64th Filmfare Awards South Best Director – Telugu Nominated [26]
6th SIIMA Best Director (Telugu) Nominated [27]
2nd IIFA Utsavam Best Director Won [28]
Bharat Ane Nenu Zee Cine Awards Telugu Best Dialogues Won [29]
66th Filmfare Awards South Best Director – Telugu Nominated [30]

References[edit]

  1. "Mahesh Babu extends birthday wishes to director Koratala Siva - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. "ఎందరో మహానుభావులు... అందరూ కృష్ణా, గుంటూరు వారే". Andhra Jyothi (in తెలుగు). 26 July 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. "123Telugu.com". Interview – Koratala Shiva. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  4. "Koratala Siva interview". Times of India. 2013-03-12.
  5. "entertainment.oneindia.in". Telugu Box Office: 3 super-hit films in first quarter of 2013. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  6. "Content triumphed over star power in southern filmdom (2015 in Retrospect) | Business Standard News". 19 December 2015. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015.
  7. Hooli, Shekhar H (6 September 2016). "'Janatha Garage' 5 days box office collection: NTR-Mohanlal starrer heads towards Rs 150 crore". International Business Times. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  8. Hooli, Shekhar H. (14 September 2016). "Koratala Siva hiked remuneration for Mahesh Babu's film after 'Janatha Garage' success?". International Business Times, India Edition.
  9. Hooli, Shekhar H. (3 October 2016). "Janatha Garage 5th weekend box office collection: Jr NTR's film surpasses Rs 135 crore mark in 32 days". www.ibtimes.co.in.
  10. Hooli, Shekhar H. (8 June 2018). "Bharat Ane Nenu total box office collection: Mahesh Babu starrer completes 50 days in 26 centrers". www.ibtimes.co.in.
  11. "Ram Charan fully involved in production: Makers of Chiru's 'Acharya' clarify". The News Minute. 23 March 2020.
  12. "Bumped up ticket prices or negative reviews? Why Acharya failed at the box-office". The News Minute. 6 May 2022.
  13. "NTR 30: Jr NTR and Koratala Siva's film announced ahead of the actor's birthday. See motion poster". India Today. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  14. "NTR 30: Jr NTR's next with Koratala Siva to be launched on actor's birthday". Times Of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  15. "Allu Arjun's film with director Koratala Siva pushed to 2022". India Today. 14 April 2021.
  16. "Koratala Siva - Allu Arjun: బన్నీ అభిమానులకు సర్ ప్రైజ్ ఇచ్చిన కొరటాల". HMTV. 15 December 2021.
  17. "కొరటాల శివ v/s బోయపాటి శ్రీను". Samayam Telugu (in తెలుగు). 8 September 2016.
  18. "Nandi Awards 2012 and 2013: Rajamouli, Ilayaraja, Samantha and Prabhas emerge winners". 1 March 2017.
  19. Mehta, Ankita (2 July 2014). "61st Filmfare Awards (South) Nominations: 'Attarintiki Daredi' Leads; Complete List of Nominees". International Business Times India. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  20. "Winners list: 61st Idea Filmfare Awards (South)". The Times of India. 13 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  21. Seshagiri, Sangeetha (21 July 2014). "SIIMA 2014 Telugu Nominations: Pawan Kalyan's 'Attarintiki Daredi' Nominated in 12 categories [List]". International Business Times India. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  22. "Nominations for the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)". Filmfare. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  23. H. Hooli, Shekhar (22 November 2015). "Rajamouli's 'Baahubali', Mahesh's 'Srimanthudu' top IIFA Utsavam 2015 nomination list". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  24. H. Hooli, Shekhar (25 May 2016). "SIIMA 2016 Telugu movie nominations revealed; 'Baahubali,' 'Srimanthudu' lead the list". International Business Times India. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  25. Hooli, Shekhar H. (15 November 2017). "Nandi Awards 2014, 15 and 16 winners list: Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR, Balakrishna bag best actor awards". International Business Times. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  26. "Winners of the 64th Jio Filmfare Awards South". filmfare. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  27. "Nominations list for the SIIMA 2017 announced!". Sify.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017.
  28. ""Janatha Garage", "Kirik Party" bag top honours at IIFA Utsavam 2017". Business Standard. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  29. "Tollywood's first and biggest Awards event of the Year on Zee Telugu". Zee News. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  30. "Nominations for the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

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