Satish Vegesna

Satish Vegesna
Satish Vegesna
Born	Tanuku, Andhra Pradesh, India
Education	B.A
Occupation(s)	Director, screenwriter

Satish Vegesna is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema.^[1] His film Shatamanam Bhavati received the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and the state Nandi Awards for Best Direction, and Best Home Viewing Feature Film.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Early life

Vegesna was born in Tanuku of West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. He completed his BA and worked as a composer in the news daily Eenadu for 7 years.^[5] He quit his job to become a writer.

Filmography

Vegesna initially worked as a writer and became a director. In 1999, he started working with director Muppalaneni Shiva for a few films like Speed Dancer and Priya O Priya. He worked with E. V. V. Satyanarayana for the film Thotti Gang.^[3] This along with Kabaddi Kabaddi gave him a break as a writer. Later he worked with Allari Naresh for several films.

Dongala Bandi was his first film as a director starring Allari Naresh. But this film did not do well at the box office. He worked for director Harish Shankar for the films Gabbar Singh, Ramayya Vastavayya, and Subrahmanyam for Sale. After that he approached producer Dil Raju with the story of Shatamanam Bhavati which became a hit at the box office also garnering a National award and state Nandi award. The film received the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for "in appreciation of providing a feeling of jubilation by respecting family values in an unexplored manner".^[6]

As a director

Dongala Bandi (2008)
Raamadandu (2012)
Kulumanali (2012)
Shatamanam Bhavati (2017)
Srinivasa Kalyanam (2018)
Entha Manchivaadavuraa (2020)
Kothi Kommachhi (2021)
Sri Sri Sri Rajaavaaru (2022)

As a writer

Year	Film	Credits	Awards	Ref.
1998	Subhalekhalu	Dialogue	-	-
2000	Maa Pelliki Randi	Dialogue
2000	Hyderabad	Dialogue
2001	Prema Sakshiga	Dialogue
2002	Raghava	Dialogue
	Nee Premakai	Story
	Kanulu Moosina Nuvve	Dialogue
	Yuva Rathna	Story, dialogue
	Hai	Dialogue
	Thotti Gang	Dialogue
2003	Kabaddi Kabaddi	Dialogue
	Satyam	Dialogue
	Nenu Seetamahalakshmi	Dialogue
	Nenu Pelliki Ready	Dialogue
2004	Naa Autograph	Dialogue
2004	Leela Mahal Center	Dialogue
2005	Pandem	Story, dialogue
	Nuvvante Naakishtam	Dialogue
	Paandu	Dialogue
2006	Kithakithalu	Dialogue
2006	Rajababu	Dialogue
2007	Athili Sattibabu LKG	Dialogue, screenplay
2007	Pellaindi Kaani	Dialogue
2008	Blade Babji	Story, dialogues
	Dongala Bandi	Story, screenplay, dialogue
	Mangataayaru Tiffin Centre	Dialogue
2010	Burudi	Dialogues
2011	Madatha Kaja	Story, screenplay, dialogue
2012	Gabbar Singh	Screenplay
	Rama Dandu	Story, screenplay, dialogue
	Kulu Manali	Story, screenplay, dialogue
2013	Kevvu Keka	Story, dialogue
2013	Ramayya Vasthavayya	Screenplay
2015	Subramanyam for Sale	Screenplay
2015	Paisalo Paramatma	Dialogues
2017	Shatamanam Bhavati	Story, screenplay, dialogue	National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Nandi Award for Best Director
2018	Srinivasa Kalyanam	Story, screenplay, dialogue
2020	Entha Manchivaadavuraa	Story, screenplay, dialogue
2021	Kothi Komachi	Story, screenplay, dialogue
2022	Sri Sri Sri Rajaavaaru	Story, screenplay, dialogue
2024	Mr. Bachchan	Screenplay

References

^ Y., Sunita Chowdhary (20 January 2017). "Human emotions never get outdated". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
^ "Andhra Pradesh government announces Nandi awards for 2014-2016". The Times of India.
^ ^a ^b "I don't want to be preachy any more, says Satish Vegesna". The Hans India. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
^ "Satish Vegesna to direct Sai Dharam Tej". Deccan Chronicle. Deccan Chronicle. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
^ Nelluri, Maya. "Interview with Satish Vegesna about Shatamanam Bhavati by Maya Nelluri - Telugu cinema director". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
^ "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

[Y._Sunita_Chowdhary-1] Y., Sunita Chowdhary (20 January 2017). "Human emotions never get outdated". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

[2] "Andhra Pradesh government announces Nandi awards for 2014-2016". The Times of India.

[The_Hans_India-3] "I don't want to be preachy any more, says Satish Vegesna". The Hans India. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

[Satish_Vegesna_to_direct_Sai_Dharam_Tej-4] "Satish Vegesna to direct Sai Dharam Tej". Deccan Chronicle. Deccan Chronicle. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

[Idlebrain_interview-5] Nelluri, Maya. "Interview with Satish Vegesna about Shatamanam Bhavati by Maya Nelluri - Telugu cinema director". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 22 February 2018.

[64thaward-6] "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

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v t e Nandi Award for Best Director
1981–1990	Bharathiraja (1981) U. Visweswar Rao (1982) Jandhyala (1983) K. Raghavendra Rao (1984) Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (1985) K. Viswanath (1986) K. Viswanath (1987) Suresh Krissna (1988) Ram Gopal Varma (1989) Kranthi Kumar (1990)
1991–2000	Ram Gopal Varma (1991) C. Umamaheswara Rao (1992) K. Raghavendra Rao (1993) Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (1994) K. Raghavendra Rao (1995) Gangaraju Gunnam (1996) K. Raghavendra Rao (1997) Dasari Narayana Rao (1998) Ram Gopal Varma (1999) S. V. Krishna Reddy (2000)
2001–2010	Teja (2001) Krishna Vamsi (2002) Gunasekhar (2003) Sekhar Kammula (2004) Krishna Vamsi (2005) Sekhar Kammula (2006) Krishna Vamsi (2007) Krish (2008) S. S. Rajamouli (2009) Sunil Kumar Reddy (2010)
2011–present	N. Shankar (2011) S. S. Rajamouli (2012) Daya Kodavaganti (2013) Boyapati Srinu (2014) S. S. Rajamouli (2015) Satish Vegesna (2016)
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