Krish Jagarlamudi

Radhakrishna "Krish" Jagarlamudi (born 10 November 1978) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Telugu cinema in addition to Hindi and Tamil films. He has earned numerous accolades throughout his career including a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards South.

Krish Jagarlamudi
Jagarlamudi in 2017
Born	Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi[1] (1978-11-10) 10 November 1978 (age 46) Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupations	Film director screenwriter
Years active	2008–present

Krish began his career in 2008 with the road film Gamyam and followed it up with the hyperlink film Vedam in 2010, both of which gained critical acclaim and big accolades. In 2015, he helmed the period war drama Kanche set in Nazi Germany, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu.^[2]

His other notable films include Vaanam (2011), Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (2012), Gabbar Is Back (2015), Gautamiputra Satakarni (2017) and Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019).^[3][4] In 2019, he also directed the back-to-back filmed biographical dramas NTR: Mahanayakudu and NTR: Kathanayakudu and in 2020 he started filming a historical fiction movie of an outlaw Hari Hara Veera Mallu with Pawan Kalyan. He is Collaborating with Anushka Shetty for her 50th Film "Ghaati", they previously worked in Vedam and Vaanam.

Early life

Krish Jagarlamudi was born on 10 November 1978 in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.^[5] He completed his higher education in the United States in pharmacy and computer science, and briefly worked there. He returned to India to pursue a full-time career in the film industry.^[6]

Career

In 2008, Krish Jagarlamudi made his debut with Gamyam, starring Allari Naresh, Sharwanand, and Kamalinee Mukherjee. The film was produced by his father, Saibabu Jagarlamudi, along with his brother-in-law, Bibo Srinivas, and his friend, Rajeev Reddy, who came forward after Krish tried to convince many notable film producers. The film went on to become a big hit at the box office, and won several awards, including the Best Picture and Best Director awards at the 2009 South Filmfare Awards. It gained a cult status and is considered by many to be one of the greatest films in Telugu ever made.^[7][8]

Krish's next film, Vedam (2010) is anthology starring Allu Arjun, Anushka Shetty and Manoj Manchu. It was well received by both critics and the audience, winning four major awards at the 58th Filmfare Awards South, with Krish receiving his second Filmfare Award for Best Director.^[9] Vedam was also the second film to win all the four major awards (Best Movie, Best Director for Krish, Best Actor for Allu Arjun and Best Actress for Anushka Shetty), after Jeevana Jyothi in 1975 and had a good run at the box office as well.

Following the success of Vedam, Krish was signed on to direct its Tamil remake, titled Vaanam, starring Silambarasan Rajendar, Bharath, and Anushka Shetty, reprising her role.^[10] Like its original version, Vaanam too released to critical acclaim.^[11] His next film is Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum (2012) starring Rana Daggubati and Nayantara. Krish made his Hindi debut film with Gabbar Is Back (2015). It stars Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor and Shruti Haasan.

His World war II war directorial starring Varun Tej named Kanche, released on 22 October, on the occasion of Dasara. It received positive reviews from critics and was successful at the box office.^[12] Kanche was selected for the Indiwood Panorama Competition section at the 2nd edition of Indiwood Carnival 2016 in Hyderabad.^[13] He next directed Nandamuri Balakrishna's 100th film, Gautamiputra Satakarni (2017), based on emperor Gautamiputra Satakarni. The film was commercially successful.^[14]

Krish, next started directing Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, then after with the personal request of Nandamuri Balakrishna, Krish collaborated with Balakrishna once again for the NTR duology, based on the life of N. T. Rama Rao. Both the parts, NTR: Kathanayakudu and NTR: Mahanayakudu, were critical and commercial failures.^[15]

Filmography

Film

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Language	Notes	Ref.
2008	Gamyam	Yes	Yes	Telugu		[16]
2010	Vedam	Yes	Yes	Telugu
2011	Vaanam	Yes	Yes	Tamil	Remake of Vedam
2012	Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum	Yes	Yes	Telugu
2015	Gabbar Is Back	Yes	No	Hindi
	Kanche	Yes	Yes	Telugu
2017	Gautamiputra Satakarni	Yes	Yes	Telugu		[17]
2019	NTR: Kathanayakudu	Yes	Yes	Telugu		[18]
	Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi	Yes	No	Hindi		[19]
	NTR: Mahanayakudu	Yes	Yes	Telugu		[20]
2021	Konda Polam	Yes	Screenplay	Telugu		[21]
2025	Ghaati †	Yes	Yes	Telugu	Filming
	Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1 – Sword vs Spirit †	Yes	Yes	Telugu	Filming; Also directed by A. M. Jyothi Krishna	[22]

Cameo appearances^[23]

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2008	Gamyam	naxalite	Telugu
2009	Kadhalna Summa Illai		Tamil	remake of Gamyam
2010	Vedam	sadhu	Telugu
2011	Vaanam		Tamil	remake of Vedam
2018	Mahanati	K. V. Reddy	Telugu
2019	NTR: Kathanayakudu

As presenter

• Dagudumootha Dandakor (2015)

Television

Year	Title	Creator	Director	Writer	Notes	Ref.
2020	Masti's	Yes	No	Yes		[24]
2022	9 Hours	Yes	No	Yes		[25]

Frequent collaborators

Artist	Gamyam	Vedam	Vaanam	Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum	Gabbar Is Back	Kanche	Gautamiputra Satakarni	NTR: Kathanayakudu	NTR: Mahanayakudu	Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi	Konda Polam	Masti's	9 Hours
Ravi Prakash	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes
Gnana Shekar V. S.		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sai Madhav Burra				Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
M. M. Keeravani		Yes						Yes	Yes		Yes

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations received by Krish.

CineMAA Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result	Ref.
2016	Kanche	CineMAA Award for Best Director	Nominated	[26]
		CineMAA Award for Best Story	Won
		CineMAA Award – Special Appreciation Award	Won

Filmfare Awards South

Year	Film	Category	Result	Ref.
2009	Gamyam	Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu	Won	[27]
2011	Vedam		Won	[28]
2013	Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum		Nominated	[29]
2016	Kanche		Nominated	[30]
2018	Gautamiputra Satakarni		Nominated	[31]

IIFA Utsavam

Year	Film	Category	Result	Ref.
2017	Kanche	IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Director – Telugu	Nominated	[32]
		IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Story – Telugu	Won	[33]

Nandi Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result	Ref.
2008	Gamyam	Nandi Award for Best Director	Won	[34]

National Film Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result	Ref.
2016	Kanche	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu	Won	[35]

Producers Guild Film Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result	Ref.
2016	Gabbar Is Back	Producers Guild Film Award for Best Debut Director	Nominated	[36]

South Indian International Movie Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result	Ref.
2016	Kanche	SIIMA Award for Best Film (Telugu)	Nominated	[37]
2018	Gautamiputra Satakarni		Nominated	[38]

TSR – TV9 National Film Awards

Year	Film	Category	Result	Ref.
2017	Kanche	Best Director – Special Jury Award	Won	[39]
2019	Gautamiputra Satakarni	Best Director	Won	[40]

Zee Cine Awards Telugu

Year	Film	Category	Result	Ref.
2017	Zee Cine Awards Telugu	Zee Telugu Golden Award for Favorite Director	Gautamiputra Satakarni	Won	[41]
2019		Dasari Award (Special Appreciation Award)	NTR: Kathanayakudu	Won	[42]