
Puri Jagannadh
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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.
Known For

Unstoppable is an iconic show hosted by the legendary actor Nandamuri Balakrishna. In every episode, he interacts with different celebrities followed by interesting questions and unlimited entertainment.
Unstoppable with NBK

The journey of Liger, from Karimnagar to Mumbai, from a nobody to a competitor, in his search for recognition while navigating his weaknesses, relationships, and love life.
Liger

A corrupt police officer enjoys all the perks of being an immoral and unethical police officer until an event which transforms his life completely and forces him to choose the righteous path.
Simmba

Radhe is a hardcore gangster. A sharpshooter with a sharp brain, he works for Gani Bhai, the dreaded Mafioso, but on his own terms. Totally fearless, Radhe single handedly eliminates Gani Bhai's enemies one by one; making more enemies than he bargained for.
Wanted

Big Bull, a notorious assassin, wants to achieve immortality by transferring his memories to "iSmart" Shankar, who already has another's person's memories, leading to the intense confrontation between Shankar and Big Bull.
Double iSmart

The sudden demise of the celebrated leader PKR leaves the ruling party in a political crisis and shakes up the family. The party has to elect a leader, and more than one player is in contention. Everyone’s intentions are blurred, and loyalties are in question. Brahma is a game changer in this squabble. Who will succeed as the leader and become the CM?
GodFather
Karan's girlfriend challenges him to woo any woman and make her marry him. He chooses a woman named Saryu, only to find out that she has an overprotective brother.
Shart: The Challenge

Chandu is very passionate about kickboxing and his life revolves around his mother and his girlfriend. His life is shattered when his dying mother asks him to meet his estranged father Raghuveer.
Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi

Vasco De Gama Alberto and Monica are youngsters oh-so-in-love with each other. The only problem? Vasco is a wanted gangster.
Romantic

Amidst gang warfare and police crackdowns, mob hitman Tamizh falls for Shruthi, a nice girl unaware of his true identity. But she may not be the only one Tamizh is hiding secrets from...
Pokkiri

Daya is a corrupt cop who joins hands with the local don. When Daya's girlfriend gets kidnapped, it triggers Daya to go against Vasu and his empire, leading him to uncover a bigger motive behind the kidnapping.
Temper

Siddu (Sairam Shankar) is a carefree boy-next-door. Sanjana (Samiksha) is a doting sister of four elder brothers. Siddu is like a family member in Sanjana's household. One fine day, Sanjana elopes with Siddu. And fate separates them. Sanjana goes into the protective hands of naxalites. Siddu lands up in the house of a journalist (Flora Saini). Siddu thinks Sanjana is dead. Sanjana thinks Siddu is no more. The rest of the story is all about how fate unites them again.
143 (and I Miss You)

Just as the cops have declared the end of Mafia in Mumbai, a man named Surya arrives in the city with the intentions of conquering it.
Businessman

A Bengali romantic movie where Shubho, an undergraduate college student who often fell foul with antisocials lives an exceptionally indisciplined lifestyle. What happens when Shubho drops deeply in love with the sister of a police superintendent, who loathed him so much to contract a local goon to kill him. What happens when Subho flees with his love for good enraging her possessive brother?
Hero

Raja, who thinks his mother is dead, turns into a thief. However, his life changes when he falls for Mounika, a girl who is escaping a forced marriage, and eventually meets her aunt.
Loafer

Satya (Silambarasan) is the son of a police constable. He gets into fights and ends up in jail where his own father gets him out on bail. While he is returning home from a party drunk, a group of college students beat him up. That is when Suchitra (Rakshitha) comes and takes him to the hospital and gives blood. She is the daughter of a police commissioner. Later, Satya falls in love with Suchitra. That leads to several problems which are faced bravely by Satya in the later part of the film. Finally, all goes well, and Satya also receives the letter confirming his selection for IPS.
Dum

After Bala, who works for a TV channel, gets into trouble with a goon, he is sent away for an out-of-town assignment. There he meets and falls in love with a girl who gets kidnapped by a gangster.
Desamuduru

Shiva, a fresher at VAC College, is forced to stand up against the students' union president and a group of gangsters who have made the college environment increasingly violent.
Shiva

Bujji runs away from his home in his childhood because of a dispute with his girlfriend Chitti. He ends up in Chennai for 12 years, and the rest of the story is about how they meet now to make their love successful.
Bujjigaadu: Made in Chennai

Chanti, a young man, is rescued by Suchitra when he is beaten by thugs. He falls in love with her and tries to woo her, but she does not reciprocate his feelings.