Maruthi

Maruthi
Born	(1973-10-08) 8 October 1973 Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Director Screenwriter Film producer
Years active	2005 - present
Spouse(s)	Veenaraga Spandana (2003)
Children	2

Maruthi Dasari, known mononymously as Maruthi, is an Indian director, screenwriter, producer who works primarily in Telugu cinema. He is well-known for directing low budget films like Ee Rojullo and Bus Stop. Maruthi is associated with Maruthi Talkies, a film production house in Telugu Film Industry.

Personal life

Maruthi was born in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh. 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. 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 Aravind. 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 other promotional ads for the party. He has also gave a logo for Athadu. 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 its release, Ee Rojullo mostly gained positive response from the critics. Made on a budget of 50lakhs, it had collected more than 10crores. 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. 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 You Bangaram, Green Signal. 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. He did as a writer, screenplay for Bhadram Be Careful Brotheru which was critical success, His next Telugu project with Nani named Bhale Bhale Magadivoy was released and declared a super hit with Nani's brilliant acting. 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.

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
2012	Ee Rojullo	Yes	Yes	Yes
2012	Bus Stop	Yes	Yes	No
2013	Prema Katha Chitram	No	Yes	Yes
2013	Romance	No	No	Yes
2014	Love You Bangaram	No	No	Yes
2014	Green Signal	No	No	Yes
2014	Lovers	No	Screenplay	Yes
2014	Kotha Janta	Yes	Yes	No
2015	Bhale Bhale Magadivoy	Yes	Yes	No
2016	Bhadram Be Careful Brotheru	No	Yes	No
2016	Babu Bangaram	Yes	Yes	No
2016	Rojulu Marayi	No	Yes	No
2017	London Babulu	No	No	Yes
2017	Mahanubhavudu	Yes	Yes	No
2018	Brand Babu	No	Yes	No
2018	Shailaja Reddy Alludu	Yes	Yes	No
2019	Prati Roju Pandage	Yes	Yes	No
2021	Manchi Rojulu Vachayi	Yes	Yes	No	Completed
2022	Pakka Commercial	Yes	Yes	No	Filming

Cameo appearances

• Legend (2014)

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Film	Result
2013	2nd South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Debut Director (Telugu)	Ee Rojullo	Won
2016	5th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Director (Telugu)	Bhale Bhale Magadivoy	Nominated