S. S. Rajamouli
== SS Rajamouli ==
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| Born | October 10, 1973 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director and producer |
| Spouse | Rama Rajamouli.[2] |
S.S. Rajamouli is a film director in Tollywood. He was introduced as a director by K. Raghavendra Rao. Starting from his first venture as a director, Student No. 1, all his movies have had great success at the box office. Simhadri was a success. His movies, Yamadonga and Magadheera have a mythological background, and show the director's versatility apart from his handling of predominantly contemporary subjects, such as Sye. Rajamouli's movies often boast a good story, superior technical values and are overall, proven powerful packages.
Previously, Rajamouli directed teleserials under the guidance of his guru K. Raghavendra Rao. His first gig was Student No. 1, which he directed under K. Raghavendra Rao's supervision. He often collaborates with Vijayendra Prasad (Writer),who is also Rajamouli's father, M. M. Keeravani (Music director), R Ravinder (Art Director) and Kalyani Malik (Music director).
Early Life
Rajamouli born in Raichur of Karnataka. However, his native place is Kovvur. He studied up to Class IV at Kovvur and continued his education till Intermediate at Eluru. Moreover his father and brother are in the film industry. So, he joined as an assistant with Editor Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao for some time.
Later, he worked for some days in AVM recording theatre. After that, he joined his father as an assistant with his father S Vijayendra Prasad for about six years. During that time, Rajamouli used to narrate his stories to several directors.
After his home production Ardhangi turned out be a disaster, his family returned from Chennai to Hyderabad.
Career
Rajamouli joined as an assistant with director K. Raghavendra Rao and worked for Santi Nivasam, a teleserial. However, his seniors Vara Mullapudi and Yeleti Chandrasekhar used to get more importance than he did. Consequently, worked harder, which earned him the 'working devil' (Pani Rakshasudu) title from K. Raghavendra Rao.
Rajamouli finally got an opportunity to direct a film under the supervision of K. Raghavendra Rao as Student No. 1 with Jr. NTR, which turned out to be a a super hit.
Later on, he got another chance to direct Jr. NTR again for Vijaya Maruthi Combines. That is Simhadriwhich was a Blockbuster hit that broke box office records at that time of its release. His third film Sye with Nitin Kumar Reddy was a musical hit. After the completion of a hat-trick of hits, Rajamouili directed Prabhas for Chatrapathi, which was a blockbuster hit.
Then he chose Raviteja as hero for 'Vikramarkudu' which was also a super hit film. During the shooting of the film Rajamouli was injured. After completing five successive hits, Rajamouli brought out a socio-fantasy film with Jr. NTR again- Yamadonga which launched Jr.NTR into number one sought actor in tollywood. Rajamouli brought out the film on his own banner 'Viswamitra Creations'. With this, he had completed a double hat-trick personally. His next venture was Magadheera which upon its release turned out to be a mega blockbuster hit that broke telugu box office records. He is currently working with comedian sunil as a hero for the movie titled Maryada ramanna. he is planning to do a mythological film with prabhas for the second time, for which further details are awaited. Recently Mahesh Babu as wrote in his twitter that he is about to work with Rajamouli and mvie name may be Samrat.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Cast | Boxoffice | Notes |
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| 2002 | Student No. 1 | Jr. NTR, Gajala | Super Hit | First film as Director |
| 2003 | Simhadri | Jr. NTR, Bhumika Chawla, Ankita | Mega Hit | |
| 2004 | Sye | Nitin, Genelia D'Souza | Hit | Also Screenplay Writer |
| 2005 | Chatrapati | Prabhas, Shreya Saran, | Super Hit | Also Screenplay Writer |
| 2006 | Vikramarkudu | Ravi Teja, Anushka Shetty | Super Hit | |
| 2007 | Yamadonga | Jr. NTR, Priyamani | Super Hit | First film as Producer and made under his own banner Viswamithra Creations Also Screenplay Writer |
| 2009 | Magadheera | Ram Charan Teja, Kajal Agarwal | Super Hit(block buster) | Also Screenplay Writer(biggest block buster of the year)highest collection movie till now |
| 2010 | Maryada Ramanna | Sunil, Saloni | Awaiting Release |
External links
- S.S. Rajamouli at IMDb
- Rajamouli's adventures at Vikramarkudu shoot
- Maryada Ramanna film launch
- Happy Birthday to SS Rajamouli
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