Actor

Puri Jagannadh

Directing

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4.1

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Movies: 56Series: 1Crew credits: 51

TMDB ID: 119891

IMDb ID: nm0700872

Known for: Directing

Born: September 28, 1966

Age: 59

Place of birth: Narsipatnam Mandal, Andhra Pradesh, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1990 - 2024

Years active: 35

Average TMDB rating: 6.01

Wikidata: Q7261235

Also known as

పూరీ జగన్నాథ్ • पुरी जगन्नाध • Puri Jagannath • Puri Jagan

Other jobs

Director (28)Original Story (12)Writer (5)Story (3)Producer (2)Lyricist (1)

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Biography

Puri Jagannadh is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, who works primarily in Telugu cinema. He began his film career assisting Ram Gopal Varma on Shiva (1990), gaining insights into raw, urban storytelling before directing his debut Badri (2000). From there, he built a reputation for high voltage commercial cinema. Notable films include Idiot (2002), Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi (2003), Pokiri (2006), Desamuduru (2007), Bujjigadu (2008), Businessman (2012), Temper (2015) and iSmart Shankar (2019). Puri's films emphasize mass heroism, punchy dialogues, stylish action and recurring themes of the mafia and underworld exploring gang empires, antiheroes, extortion rackets and moral ambiguity. Puri has won several prestigious awards throughout his career which includes the Filmfare Award and the Nandi Award.

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Movie credits linked with Puri Jagannadh.