Sukumar On Twitter : Hi, Films are my passion, I was a lecturer in college but always a student in film making.
Film director
Born: Razole
Spouse: Hamsini
Awards: Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu, Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer
Sukumar Bandreddi better known by his first name, is a Tollywood film director and screenwriter. He worked as script associate and assistant director for the films Manasichi Choodu, Kshemanga Velli Labhanga Randi, Hanuman Junction and Dil, and made his directorial debut with Arya.Currently Sukumar is all set to direct South Superstar Mahesh Babu in his next film which will feature Kriti Sanon as female lead.
Sukumar was Born in Razole(East Godavari District). He had his schooling in ZP high school, Razole and Graduated from Government College, Razole.Sukumar worked as a mathematics lecturer at Aditya Educational Institutions in Kakinada before entering the film industry. He used to work in Aditya Tutorials, Kakinada. Russian Novels influenced him a lot. He later worked as an assistant director for the film Dil with V.V. Vinayak and directed his first film Arya in 2004, which earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu. His next film was Jagadam with Ram in the lead. His third film Arya 2 amid huge expectations was criticized by critics as an underrated movie despite of much hype of the audio, but was appreciated by Allu Arjun's fans. His latest movie, titled 100% Love and starring Naga Chaitanya and Tamanna, was produced by Bunny Vasu under Geetha Arts studio. It was released on May 6, 2011 and turned out to be successful. Sukumar is directing a film with Mahesh Babu named "1(Nenokkadine" which will feature Kriti Sanon as female lead.it is presently going in ramoji film city........ This film completed its first schedule and heads for the second schedule from May 31
Career in Telugu cinema
Reports of Sukumar directing Mahesh Babu were afloat since 2009 but the project was delayed due to later's other commitments. In May 2010, it was reported that Mahesh signed two films with 14 Reels Entertainment, one with Srinu Vytla and the other with Sukumar. Due to the delay during filming of Dookudu and the producers being same for both projects, it was evident that the project with Sukumar would not take off until Dookudu was released. This led Sukumar to begin working on 100% Love which was released in May 2011. 14 Reels Entertainment's Dookudu with Mahesh was released in September 2011. In July 2011, it was reported that Sukumar began working on the film with Mahesh and this would be his next project. On November 12, 2011 Sukumar attended the 50 days public function of Dookudu and along with Mahesh, Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta and Anil Sunkara, he officially announced the project and revealed that the project would start in early 2012. On February 12, 2012 the film`s muhurtham and pooja ceremony were held in Hyderabad. It was announced that Devi Sri Prasad would score the soundtrack. Rathnavelu will handle the camera. The film's title was officially announced as 1 on May 31, 2013 to coincide with actor Krishna's birthday. On the same day, first look posters and teaser of the film were released.
Before the completion of Arya 2, Sukumar had discussed making the film with Geetha Arts with Varun Sandesh and Tamannaah Bhatia in the lead roles, but the film failed to materialize. February 2010, the project was announced with a statement reporting the collaboration of Geetha Arts, Sukumar and Naga Chaitanya for the film mentioned. The subsequent month saw Tamannaah announce that she had signed on to portray the lead female role in the project. The film was launched at Annapoorna Studios, Hyderabad on June 8, 2010 with several leading Telugu film personalities being involved with the event. Noted producer D. Ramanaidu rendered the launch, another producer Nagababu switched on the camera and Naga Chaitanya's father actor Nagarjuna clapped the first shot. The formal first shot direction was done by S. S. Rajamouli and Akkineni Nageswara Rao handed over the script to the director.The film continued its shoot untitled officially until March 20, 2011 when the title 100% Love was formally announced. During the production of the film, several titles were reported in the media for the project including Balu Weds Mahalakshmi, I Love You, I Love You Mahalakshmi, I Hate Mahalakshmi and I am Number One. Despite having an original planned release of December 2010, strikes in the industry pushed the release date to April 2011.
Filmography
Writer | Director
2014 1 - Nenokkadine (screenplay) / (story) (filming)
2011 100% Love (story)
2010 Kutty (written by)
2009 Arya 2 (story & screenplay)
2007 Jagadam (dialogue) / (screenplay) / (story)
2007 Pagal Premi (story)
2004 Arya (story & screenplay)
Director Sukumar Family Photo
Director Sukumar New House
The shooting of Mahesh Babu's 1-Nenokkadine is progressing at brisk pace in Hyderabad. Couple of days ago, Sukumar took a break from the shooting for the house warming function of his new house in Manikonda. He only invited a handful of close people from industry along with his family members to the event. As expected Bunny with whom Sukumar made more films is in the guest list. Bunny arrived at 2 AM in the morning and stayed till 7 AM.
But Sukumar had one more unexpected guest to the event and it is none other than Mahesh Babu. Even though the actor is not invited, he took the pain of finding Sukumar's address and surprised his director. Namratha is also present with him. They spent some quality time together. Needless to say Sukumar is super happy. This incident also show how impressed Mahesh is with Sukumar's work. All the fans out there, time to increase your expectations!
