Srinu Vaitla

Srinu Vaitla is an Indian film director associated with Telugu cinema. He is from the village of Kandulapalem, East Godavari District. His first mainstream movie as a director was Nee Kosam (1999) starring Ravi Teja and Maheswari. Though the movie was an average flick at the box office, it was critically acclaimed. He shot to fame with his second movie Anandam (2001), released in 2001. He made his own impression on the Telugu Cinema comedy. Most importantly, he is known for implementing parabolic narrative for the first time in Indian cinema. This can be observed in his movies Venky, Dhee, Dubai Seenu and Ready. He played cameo in Rainbow and Parama Veera Chakra movies. One of the biggest blockbusters in his career was Dookudu starring Mahesh Babu and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Since Venky, Gopimohan and Kona Venkat have been script writers for his movies.
He worked with top actors in Tollywood like, with Ram Charan, Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, Ravi Teja, N. T. Rama Rao Jr.

List of frequent cast in Vaitla's films

• Note this list includes actors who were cast at least in three of Vaitla's films.

Individual	Nee Kosam	Anandam	Sontham	Anandam Anandamaye	Venky	Andarivaadu	Dhee	Dubai Seenu	Ready	King	Namo Venkatesa	Dookudu	Baadshah	Aagadu	Bruce Lee	Total
Ravi Teja	Y				Y			Y								3
Mahesh Babu												Y		Y		2
Genelia D'Souza							Y		Y	Y guest appearance in a song		Dialogue About Genelia by Mahesh Babu				3
Jaya Prakash Reddy	Y	Y	Y				Y		Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	9
Bramhanandam		Y			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	12
Kota Srinivasa Rao									Y		Y	Y				3
M. S. Narayana		Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		11
Master Bharat				Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y			9
Supreeth							Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y		7
Chandra Mohan		Y					Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y			7
Tanikella Bharani		Y	Y		Y		Y		Y			Y	Y	Y	Y	9
Aakash		Y		Y			Y				Y					4
Shiva Reddy		Y									Y	Y				3
Krishna Bhagavan					Y	Y		Y		Y						4
Telangana Shakuntala		Y	Y					Y			Y					3
Delhi Rajeswari		Y			Y		Y				Y					4
Bramhaji	Y						Y					Y	Y	Y		5
Sayaji Shinde								Y		Y		Y	Y		Y	4
Surekha Vani								Y	Y		Y	Y	Y			5
Nassar									Y			Y	Y	Y		4
Sudha		Y							Y	Y		Y	Y			5
Srinivasa Reddy					Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y				7
Shafi							Y		Y			Y	Y			4
Raghu (Ravi Teja's Brother)					Y			Y	Y			Y	Y	Y		6
Ajay							Y			Y		Y	Y	Y		5
Srihari							Y			Y						2
Trisha Krishnan										Y	Y					2
Giridhar							Y	Y	Y		Y	Y		Y		6
Anitha Krishna									Y			Y	Y	Y	Y	5
Chithram Srinu		Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y		Y			Y			8
Nagendra Babu												Y	Y		Y	3
Mukesh Rishi											Y		Y		Y	3
Vennela Kishore												Y	Y	Y	Y	4
Sunil		Y	Y			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y						7

• Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Nee Kosam)
• Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director (Nee Kosam)
• Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer (Nee Kosam, Dubai Seenu, Dookudu)
• Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu (Dookudu)
• CinemAA Awards – Best Director (Dookudu)
• South Indian International Movie Awards – Best Director (Dookudu)
• The Hyderabad Times Film Awards – Best Director (Dookudu)