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Petla "Puri" Jagannadh (born 28 September 1966) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who works primarily in the Telugu film Industry.[4] He made his directorial debut with the Telugu film Badri starring Pawan Kalyan, Renu Desai and Ameesha Patel. In 2006, he directed the Telugu film Pokiri, premiered at the 7th IIFA Film Festival held in Dubai. The film was later re-made into several Indian languages, and brought Puri widespread Indian recognition.[5] He made his Hindi film debut in 2004, with the film Shart: The Challenge. In 2011, he directed the Hindi film Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap starring Amitabh Bachchan, which was archived in the Oscar library.[6]

Puri Jagannadh
Jagannadh in 2011
Born	Petla Jagannadh[1] (1966-09-28) 28 September 1966 (age 56) Pithapuram, Andhra Pradesh, India[2]
Other names	Jagan and Puri[3]
Occupation	Director producer screenwriter
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Lavanya ​ (m. 1996)​
Children	2, including Akash Puri
Relatives	Sairam Shankar (brother) Petla Uma Sankara Ganesh (brother)

He also produces films under his co-owned production companies, Puri Jagannadh Touring Talkies, Vaishno Academy and Puri Connects in partnership with actress Charmme Kaur.[7] He owns a music company called Puri Sangeet.[8] The box office hits that he directed, in addition to Badri,[9] including films Itlu Sravani Subramanyam, Appu, Idiot, Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi, Sivamani, Pokiri, Desamuduru, Golimaar, Businessman, Iddarammayilatho, Heart Attack, Temper and iSmart Shankar.

Early life

Puri Jagannadh was born on 28 September 1966 in Pithapuram, Andhra Pradesh.[10][11][2] His native place is Bapiraju Kothapalli village of Visakhapatnam District in Andhra Pradesh. He was schooled at St. Theresa High School, Pedda Boddapalli and graduated from A. M. A. L. College, Anakapalle in 1986.[11][12]

His first younger brother, Petla Uma Sankara Ganesh is an MLA from Narsipatnam, YSR Congress Party, while second younger brother Sairam Shankar is an actor.[13][14]

He married Lavanya in 1996.[15] The couple has a son, Akash and a daughter, Pavithra.[16] His son Akash made his film debut as a lead in Mehbooba (2018).[17]

Career

Puri started his film directional career as an assistant director to Ram Gopal Varma for several Telugu films mainly of action genre.[18] His Telugu film directorial debut, Badri starred Pawan Kalyan. Apart from Telugu films, he has also worked in the Kannada film industry and introduced Puneeth Rajkumar with the film Appu. In 2011 he worked with Amitabh Bachchan in the film Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap.[19]

In 2020, Jagannadh directed action film Liger, which is being produced by Dharma Productions and Charmme Kaur. It stars Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday in lead roles.[20][21]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Language	Director	Story	Screenplay	Dialogue	Producer	Notes	Ref.
2000	Badri	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Bachi	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
2001	Yuvaraja	Kannada	Yes	No	No	No	No	Remake of Thammudu
	Itlu Sravani Subramanyam	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Nandi Award for Best Story Writer	[22]
2002	Appu	Kannada	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Idiot	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Remake of Appu
2003	Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Nandi Award for Best Dialogue Writer
	Anaganaga O Kurraadu	Telugu	No	Yes	No	No	No		[23]
	Sivamani	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2004	Andhrawala	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Veera Kannadiga	Kannada	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Simultaneously shot alongside Andhrawala
	Shart: The Challenge	Hindi	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Remake of Badri
	143	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2005	Super	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2006	Pokiri	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu Santosham Best Director Award Nandi Award for Best Popular Feature Film
2007	Desamuduru	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Hello Premistara	Telugu	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Chirutha	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2008	Bujjigadu	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Neninthe	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Nandi Award for Best Dialogue Writer
2009	Bumper Offer	Telugu	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Ek Niranjan	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2010	Golimaar	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Ye Maaya Chesave	Telugu	No	No	No	No	No	Cameo appearance
2011	Nenu Naa Rakshasi	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap	Hindi	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
2012	Businessman	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Santosham Best Director Award Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu Cameo appearance
	Devudu Chesina Manushulu	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2013	Iddarammayilatho	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2014	Heart Attack	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Romeo	Telugu	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2015	Temper	Telugu	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Cameo appearance
	Jyothi Lakshmi	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Loafer	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2016	Ism	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Cameo appearance
2017	Rogue	Telugu Kannada	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	Paisa Vasool	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2018	Mehbooba	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2019	iSmart Shankar	Telugu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Cameo appearance
2021	Romantic	Telugu	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		[24]
2022	Liger	Telugu Hindi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Cameo appearance	[20][21]

Acting

• Siva (1989)
• Ye Maaya Chesave (2010) as himself
• Businessman (2012) as a taxi driver
• Temper (2015) as a biker
• ISmart Shankar (2019) as himself
• Romantic (2021) as himself in a song
• Liger (2022) as himself in the song "Coka 2.0"
• Godfather (2022) [25] as Govardhan
• Ori Devuda (2022) as himself

References

External links

• Official website
• Puri Jagannadh at IMDb 
• Puri Jagannadh at Bollywood Hungama

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