Koratala Siva

In this Telugu name, the surname is Koratala.

Koratala Siva
Koratala Siva in 2018
Born	(1975-06-15) 15 June 1975 (age 49)[1] Pedakakani, Andhra Pradesh, India[2]
Occupations	Film director screenwriter
Years active	2003–present
Relatives	Posani Krishna Murali

Koratala Siva (born 15 June 1975) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. Siva has directed films such as Mirchi (2013), Srimanthudu (2015), Janatha Garage (2016), Bharat Ane Nenu (2018), and Devara: Part 1 (2024). He has received two Nandi Awards and an IIFA Utsavam Award for his directional works.

Early life and start-up career

Born into a family of social activists with communist ideologies, he began his early career working in the information technology industry as a software engineer. He then worked as a screenwriting assistant for films under his uncle, Posani Krishna Murali.[3][4] Subsequently, he ventured into Telugu film industry as a dialogue writer for films such as Okkadunnadu, Bhadra, Munna, Brindavanam, and Oosaravelli.[5]

Directorial career

In 2013, he made his film directorial debut with Mirchi starring Prabhas which was a box-office success. In 2015, he directed action-drama film Srimanthudu, which was a commercial success,[6] and has received three Filmfare Awards South, six IIFA Awards, and six SIIMA Awards.

His 2016 film Janatha Garage starred Mohanlal and N. T. Rama Rao Jr. The story follows operating a large automobile service center named "Janatha Garage" and undertaking vigilantism through their group of automobile mechanics, because the legal agencies were thought to be inadequate. The film grossed estimated ₹140 crore and earned a distributor's share amount of ₹70 crore in its first week of release.[7][8] Koratala scored his third consecutive success as a director with the film.[9] He returned to direct actor Mahesh Babu in the political action drama film Bharat Ane Nenu and continued his success streak at the box-office, with the film grossing ₹164 crore at the box-office.[10]

In early 2020, Koratala started filming his next directional, Acharya with Chiranjeevi and Ram Charan in the lead.[11] The film, released in April 2022, received negative reviews and ended up as the poorest performing film at the box office in Koratala's career.[12]

Koratala is next directing a film with NTR Jr titled as Devara, marking their second collaboration after Janatha Garage. It is being produced by Nandamuri Kalyan Ram and Mikkilineni Sudhakar under N. T. R. Arts and Yuvasudha Arts, respectively.[13] Following this, he is slated to work with Allu Arjun.[14][15]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

As film director

Year	Film	Notes
2013	Mirchi
2015	Srimanthudu
2016	Janatha Garage
2018	Bharat Ane Nenu
2022	Acharya
2024	Devara: Part 1

As writer and producer

Year	Film	Writer	Producer	Notes
2002	Girl Friend	Story	No	Director: G. Nageswara Reddy
2005	Bhadra	Dialogue	No	Director: Boyapati Srinu
2007	Okkadunnadu	Dialogue	No	Director: Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
	Munna	Dialogue	No	Director: Vamsi Paidipally
2024	Krishnamma	No	Presenter	Director: V. V. Gopala Krishna

Frequent collaborators

Collaborator	Mirchi (2013)	Srimanthudu (2015)	Janatha Garage (2016)	Bharat Ane Nenu (2018)	Acharya (2022)	Devara: Part 1 (2024)
Mahesh Babu					Narrator
N. T. Rama Rao Jr.
Vennela Kishore
Ajay
Raghu Babu
Ravi Prakash
Banerjee
Rajitha
Surya
Appaji Ambarisha Darbha
Devi Sri Prasad
Ramajogayya Sastry
Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao
Tirru
R. Madhi
Anal Arasu

Awards

Film	Awards	Category	Result	Ref.
Mirchi	Nandi Awards of 2013	Best First Film of a Director	Won	[16]
	61st Filmfare Awards South	Best Director	Nominated	[17][18]
	3rd SIIMA	Best Director – Telugu	Nominated	[19]
Srimanthudu	63rd Filmfare Awards South	Best Director – Telugu	Nominated	[20]
	IIFA Utsavam 2015	Best Director – Telugu	Nominated	[21]
	5th SIIMA	Best Director – Telugu	Nominated	[22]
	14th Santosham Film Awards	Best Director	Won
Janatha Garage	Nandi Awards of 2016	Best Story Writer	Won	[23]
	64th Filmfare Awards South	Best Director – Telugu	Nominated	[24]
	6th SIIMA	Best Director – Telugu	Nominated	[25]
	2nd IIFA Utsavam	Best Director – Telugu	Won	[26]
Bharat Ane Nenu	Zee Cine Awards Telugu	Best Dialogues	Won	[27]
	66th Filmfare Awards South	Best Director – Telugu	Nominated	[28]

References

1. "Mahesh Babu extends birthday wishes to director Koratala Siva". The Times of India. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
2. "ఎందరో మహానుభావులు... అందరూ కృష్ణా, గుంటూరు వారే". Andhra Jyothi (in Telugu). 26 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
3. "123Telugu.com". Interview – Koratala Shiva. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
4. "Koratala Siva interview". Times of India. 2013-03-12.
5. "entertainment.oneindia.in". Telugu Box Office: 3 super-hit films in first quarter of 2013. 15 April 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
6. "Content triumphed over star power in southern filmdom (2015 in Retrospect) | Business Standard News". 19 December 2015. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015.
7. Hooli, Shekhar H (6 September 2016). "'Janatha Garage' 5 days box office collection: NTR-Mohanlal starrer heads towards Rs 150 crore". International Business Times. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
8. Hooli, Shekhar H. (14 September 2016). "Koratala Siva hiked remuneration for Mahesh Babu's film after 'Janatha Garage' success?". International Business Times, India Edition.
9. Hooli, Shekhar H. (3 October 2016). "Janatha Garage 5th weekend box office collection: Jr NTR's film surpasses Rs 135 crore mark in 32 days". www.ibtimes.co.in.
10. Hooli, Shekhar H. (8 June 2018). "Bharat Ane Nenu total box office collection: Mahesh Babu starrer completes 50 days in 26 centrers". www.ibtimes.co.in.
11. "Ram Charan fully involved in production: Makers of Chiru's 'Acharya' clarify". The News Minute. 23 March 2020.
12. "Bumped up ticket prices or negative reviews? Why Acharya failed at the box-office". The News Minute. 6 May 2022.
13. "NTR 30: Jr NTR and Koratala Siva's film announced ahead of the actor's birthday. See motion poster". India Today. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
14. "Allu Arjun's film with director Koratala Siva pushed to 2022". India Today. 14 April 2021.
15. "Koratala Siva - Allu Arjun: బన్నీ అభిమానులకు సర్ ప్రైజ్ ఇచ్చిన కొరటాల". HMTV. 15 December 2021.
16. "Nandi Awards 2012 and 2013: Rajamouli, Ilayaraja, Samantha and Prabhas emerge winners". 1 March 2017.
17. Mehta, Ankita (2 July 2014). "61st Filmfare Awards (South) Nominations: 'Attarintiki Daredi' Leads; Complete List of Nominees". International Business Times India. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
18. "Winners list: 61st Idea Filmfare Awards (South)". The Times of India. 13 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
19. Seshagiri, Sangeetha (21 July 2014). "SIIMA 2014 Telugu Nominations: Pawan Kalyan's 'Attarintiki Daredi' Nominated in 12 categories [List]". International Business Times India. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
20. "Nominations for the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)". Filmfare. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
21. H. Hooli, Shekhar (22 November 2015). "Rajamouli's 'Baahubali', Mahesh's 'Srimanthudu' top IIFA Utsavam 2015 nomination list". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
22. H. Hooli, Shekhar (25 May 2016). "SIIMA 2016 Telugu movie nominations revealed; 'Baahubali,' 'Srimanthudu' lead the list". International Business Times India. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
23. Hooli, Shekhar H. (15 November 2017). "Nandi Awards 2014, 15 and 16 winners list: Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR, Balakrishna bag best actor awards". International Business Times. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
24. "Winners of the 64th Jio Filmfare Awards South". filmfare. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
25. "Nominations list for the SIIMA 2017 announced!". Sify.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017.
26. ""Janatha Garage", "Kirik Party" bag top honours at IIFA Utsavam 2017". Business Standard. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
27. "Tollywood's first and biggest Awards event of the Year on Zee Telugu". Zee News. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
28. "Nominations for the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

External links

• Koratala Siva at IMDb