Madhura Sreedhar Reddy
| Madhura Sreedhar Reddy | |
|---|---|
| Born | Warangal, Telangana, India |
| Residence | Hyderabad, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | MS (Research) |
| Alma mater | NIT Warangal, IIT Madras |
| Occupation | Film Director, Producer, Writer |
| Years active | 2010 - Present |
| Era | TCS, Infosys & Wipro |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Awards | Best Debut Director (Sneha Geetham) |
Madhura Sreedhar Reddy (మధుర శ్రీధర్ రెడ్డ) is a software engineer turned Director and Producer. He started his film career by establishing music label 'Madhura Audio which eventually turned as second largest in Telugu Film Industry. He also owned one of the popular Telugu film magazines named Cinestar. He turned as a director with youthful film Sneha Geetham in 2010 and gained critical acclaim. He also received Best Debut Director for Sneha Geetham. His second directional venture It's My Love Story did well at the box office. He continued his success by directing Backbench Student, which introduced Tamil actor Mahat Raghavendra as main lead hero.
Background
Madhura Sreedhar Reddy was born and raised in Warangal. He is a B.Tech graduate from Regional Engineering College (REC, currently called as NIT Warangal). He completed his MS (Research) from IIT Madras and received Gold Medal for his excellency by Vice President of India. He worked in many multinational companies like TCS, Infosys and Wipro.
Career
After gaining critical and commercial acclaim with Sneha Geetham, Madhura Sreedhar directed It’s My Love Story and Backbench Student. In an effort to encourage novel concepts in Telugu, Sreedhar turned as producer for Maaya which is directed by National Award winner Neelakanta. Maaya is based on the concept of Extrasensory Perception, which is new to Telugu movie audience. Everyone praised Maaya stating it as ‘Out of the box’ movie. Maaya is going to be remade as Murder 4 by ace Bollywood producer and director Mahesh Bhatt.
Madhura Sreedhar introduced his associate PB. Manjunath as director with critically and commercially acclaimed movie Ladies & Gentlemen, which is based on the effects of cyber-crimes on netizens. It turned out as a first best small concept based movie in the year 2015 and critics highly praised Ladies & Gentlemen. Times of India rated it with 3 and mentioned Spectacular in its approach. Hindu and Deccan Chronicle also gave 3 rating. Major Telugu film websites like Idlebrain and Greatandhra gave 3+ ratings. Ace Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt appreciated it by saying "Bold and hard hitting."
Madhura Sreedhar Reddy currently producing Oka Manasu movie under Madhura Entertainment banner with the collaboration of TV 9, number one news channel of Telugu states and it is being directed by G. Rama Raju, who debuted with critically acclaimed Mallela Theeram movie. Naga Shourya and mega princess Niharika Konidela, who is the daughter of mega brother Nagababu are playing the lead roles. Madhura Sreedhar's next project is with legendary Telugu director Vamsy, which is titled as Fashion Designer s/o Ladies Tailor, and it is currently in pre-production stage. It is a sequel to 1985 comedy movie Ladies Tailor starring Rajendra Prasad in the lead role and it is also directed by Vamsy. After this project, Madhura Sreedhar is going to offer his protege Sanjeev Reddy direction chance with the film tentatively titled as Santhana Prapthirasthu. Sanjeev Reddy has given the story for Sreedhar's previous film Ladies & Gentlemen.
Madhura Sreedhar Reddy is well known for introducing many talented actors like Sandeep Kishan, Chaitanya Krishna, Venky Atluri, (now he is debuting as director with a movie, Varun Tej is playing the lead role) Aravind Krishna, Nikitha Narayan, Mahat Raghavendra, Avantika Mishra, Sushma Raaj… etc. for Telugu Film Industry. He is also considered as Marketing Guru for his innovative film marketing strategies and movie promotions. Fascinated by controversies in IPL Cricket, Match Fixing and after parties, Madhura Sreedhar Reddy commissioned a script work for tentatively titled I'm Not Sachin. Apart from these films, Madhura Sreedhar Reddy is planning to produce Love, Sex & Murder in 2017.
Influences
From the very early age Madhura Sreedhar is fascinated by iconic Indian director Ram Gopal Varma. His movie Shiva has deep impact on him and he considers Ram Gopal Varma as his guru. Following his guru’s path, he too never worked as an assistant under anyone.
Awards
Madhura Sreedhar Reddy has won Best Debutante Director for Sneha Geetham.
Filmography
| Film | Role | Year | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sneha Geetham | Director | 2010 | Best Debutant Director |
| It's My Love Story | Director | 2011 | |
| Backbench Student | Director | 2011 | |
| Prema Ishq Kaadhal | Co-producer | 2013 | |
| Maya | Co-producer | 2014 | |
| Ladies & Gentlemen | Producer | 2015 | |
| Oka Manasu | Producer (Post-Production) | 2016 | |
| Fashion Designer s/o Ladies Tailor | Producer (Pre-Production) | 2016 | |
| Santhana Prapthirasthu | Producer (Pre-Production) | 2017 | |
| I am Not Sachin | Director (Pre-Production) | 2017 | |
| Love Sex & Murder | Producer (Pre-Production) | 2017 | |