Koratala Siva

Koratala Siva is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema.[1] In 2013, he made his directorial debut with Mirchi starring Prabhas. In 2015, he directed Srimanthudu, which was a commercial success, and has received three Filmfare Awards South, six IIFA Awards, and six SIIMA Awards. He then directed another film Janatha Garage which grossed an estimated ₹135 crore. It earned a distributor's share amount of ₹60 crore in its first week of release.[2][3]

This is a Telugu name, the family name is Koratala.

Koratala Siva
Siva in an interview with Film Companion South in April 2018
Born	Pedakakani, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nationality	India
Occupation	Film director screenwriter
Years active	2003-present
Relatives	Posani Krishna Murali

Early life and cinema

Starting his career working as a software engineer, Siva worked as a screenwriting assistant under his uncle Posani Krishna Murali.[4] Subsequently, he ventured into cinema as a Dialogue writer for films such as Okkadunnadu, Munna, Brindavanam, and Oosaravelli.[5]

Directorial career

He made his directorial debut with the Prabhas-starrer Mirchi which was a box-office success. He then directed Mahesh Babu in the action-drama film Srimanthudu, which was yet another major box-office success.[6] Consecutive box-office successes with his first two movies enabled him to make a multi-starrer next. With Mohanlal and Jr. NTR in the lead, Janatha Garage had its protagonists operating a large automobile service center named "Janatha Garage" and undertaking law enforcement through their group of automobile mechanics, because the legal agencies were thought to be inadequate. Siva scored his third consecutive success as a director with the film.[7] He returned to direct Mahesh Babu in the political drama film Bharat Ane Nenu and continued his success streak at the box-office, with the film grossing ₹225 crores at the box-office.[8] In early 2020, he started filming his next, Acharya with Chiranjeevi in the lead.[9]

Filmography

As writer & director

Year	Film	Cast	Music
2013	Mirchi	Prabhas, Anushka Shetty, Richa Gangopadhyay	Devi Sri Prasad
2015	Srimanthudu	Mahesh Babu, Shruti Hassan	Devi Sri Prasad
2016	Janatha Garage	Mohanlal, Jr. NTR, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Nithya Menen	Devi Sri Prasad
2018	Bharat Ane Nenu	Mahesh Babu, Kiara Advani	Devi Sri Prasad
2020	Acharya	Chiranjeevi, Kajal Aggarwal, Ram Charan[10]	Mani Sharma

As writer only

Year	Film	Notes
2002	Girl Friend	Co-writer B.V.S.Ravi
2005	Bhadra	Writer
2007	Munna	Co-writers BVS Ravi, Vamsi Paidipally
	Okkadunnadu	Dialogues
2010	Brindavanam	Co-writer Vamsi Paidipally
2010	Simha	Writer
2011	Oosaravelli	Co-writer Vakkantham Vamsi

Frequent collaborators

Collaborator	Mirchi (2013)	Srimanthudu (2015)	Janatha Garage (2016)	Bharat Ane Nenu (2018)
Mahesh Babu
Devi Sri Prasad
Ramajogayya Sastry
Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao
R. Madhi
Tirru
Sampath Raj

Awards

Film	Awards	Category	Result	Ref.
Mirchi	Nandi Awards	Best First Film of a Director	Won	[11]
	61st Filmfare Awards South	Best Director	Nominated	[12][13]
	3rd SIIMA	Best Director	Nominated	[14]
Srimanthudu	63rd Filmfare Awards South	Best Director	Nominated	[15]
	IIFA Utsavam 2015	Best Director	Nominated	[16]
	5th SIIMA	Best Director	Nominated	[17]
Janatha Garage	Nandi Awards	Best Story Writer	Won	[18]
	64th Filmfare Awards South	Best Director	Nominated	[19]
	6th SIIMA	Best Director	Nominated	[20]
	2nd IIFA Utsavam	Best Director	Won	[21]
Bharat Ane Nenu	Zee Cine Telugu Awards	Best Dialogues	Won	[22]
	Radio City Cine Awards Telugu	Best Dialogues	Won	[23][24]
		Best Director	Nominated
	66th Filmfare Awards South	Best Director	Nominated	[25]

References

1. "Koratala Siva interview". Times of India. 2013-03-12.
2. 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.
3. Hooli, Shekhar H. (14 September 2016). "Koratala Siva hiked remuneration for Mahesh Babu's film after 'Janatha Garage' success?". International Business Times, India Edition.
4. "123Telugu.com". Interview – Koratala Shiva. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
5. "entertainment.oneindia.in". Telugu Box Office: 3 super-hit films in first quarter of 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20151219095125/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/content-triumphed-over-star-power-in-southern-filmdom-2015-in-retrospect-115121900185_1.html
7. https://www.ibtimes.co.in/janatha-garage-5th-weekend-box-office-collection-jr-ntrs-film-crosses-rs-135-crore-mark-32-days-696348
8. https://www.ibtimes.co.in/bharat-ane-nenu-total-box-office-collection-mahesh-babu-starrer-completes-50-days-771352
9. https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ram-charan-fully-involved-production-makers-chiru-s-acharya-clarify-120936
10. Hooli, Shekhar H. (10 April 2020). "Chiranjeevi spills the beans on Acharya storyline and Ram Charan's role in it". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
11. "Nandi Awards 2012 and 2013: Rajamouli, Ilayaraja, Samantha and Prabhas emerge winners". 1 March 2017.
12. 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.
13. "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.
14. 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.
15. "Nominations for the 63rd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)". Filmfare. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. "Winners of the 64th Jio Filmfare Awards South". filmfare. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
20. "Nominations list for the SIIMA 2017 announced!". Sify.com.
21. ""Janatha Garage", "Kirik Party" bag top honours at IIFA Utsavam 2017". Business Standard. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
22. "Tollywood's first and biggest Awards event of the Year on Zee Telugu". Zee News. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
23. "Ram Charan, Keerthy Suresh, Sukumar, crowned as winners of City Cine Awards Telugu Season 2". Mid day. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
24. "Radio City Cine Awards Telugu". Radio City. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
25. "Nominations for the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

External links

• Koratala Siva on IMDb