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Puri Jagannadh

About Puri Jagannadh

Wednesday, September 28, 1966, Pithapuram , East Godavari , Andhra Pradesh
5 ft 6 in 65 Kgs Indian

  • Puri Jagannadh was born in Pithapuram, Andhra Pradesh, India on 28th September 1966.

    He is an Indian film producer, film director, screenwriter, dialogue Writer and performer well recognized for his film activities in Telugu and in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil and Bengali.

    Personal Life:

    His brother is Actor Sairam Shankar and he has another brother called Ganesh.  He got married to Puri Lavanya and the couple together has a son, Puri Akash, and Puri Pavitra, a daughter.

    Career:

    Puri Jagannadh is one of Telugu's most known film director and producer. He has been given Nandi Awards twice for his direction.  He started his career as assistant for Ram Gopal Verma, veteran director. In the year 2000 he made his directing debut with the Telugu film, Badri.

    He also wrote the dialogues, the screenplay and the film storey in addition to direction. This movie was a huge success and he never looked back. The film was re-created in Hindi in 2004 with the title Shart: The Challenge.

    In 2002 he quickly started his own production house called Vaishno Academy. With the film named Idiot, he made his production debut. Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi was his next produced film, which earned him first ever Nandi Award in Best Dialog Writer category.

    His Neninthe movie earned him a second Nandi award in the same category. He has also managed Kannada and Hindi language movies, in addition to Telugu. In his produced Hindi film Bbuddah...Hoga terra baap, he guided super star Amitabh Bachchan.

    He wrote the tale of the hit Hindi film Wanted, which was a replica of his telugu movie Pokiri.

    Awards & Honours:

    He has won Nandi Awards twice for his direction. He has won Nandi Award in Best Dialog Writer category for Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi.

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