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Sandeep Reddy Vanga is an Indian director and screenwriter who is known for making Telugu and Hindi films.[2]

Sandeep Reddy Vanga
Vanga at Kabir Singh success party
Born	Warangal, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana), India[1]
Occupation	Film director producer
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Manisha ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	2

Vanga debuted with Vijay Deverakonda starrer 2017 big Telugu hit Arjun Reddy and rose to further success with its remake, the Shahid Kapoor starrer all time blockbuster 2019 Hindi film Kabir Singh, that ranks among the highest grossing Hindi films of all time.[3][4][5]

Early life

Sandeep Reddy Vanga was born in Warangal, Telangana to Prabhakar Reddy and Sujatha. He has an elder brother, Pranay Reddy Vanga, who has produced the film Arjun Reddy. He did his schooling from Platinum Jubilee High School, Warangal till 8th standard and then moved to Hyderabad to continue from 9th standard to 12th standard. He received his bachelor's degree from SDM College of Physiotherapy, Dharwad.

After joining as an apprentice in Vizag, Vanga went to pursue at International Film School, Sydney (now known as AFTT – Academy of Film, Theatre & Television), Australia.[6][7]

Career

2005–2012: Early career

Vanga worked as an apprentice for the film Manasu Maata Vinadhu in 2005 for 25 days at Rushikonda Beach, Vizag. He worked for a few Tollywood films, including Kedi (2010) as an assistant director with Kiran Kumar and Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju (2015) as associate director with Kranthi Madhav. He started writing the script for Sugar Factory for his directorial debut, but shelved it and started working for Arjun Reddy.

2013–2017: Directorial debut

Vanga started writing the script for Arjun Reddy in 2013 and finished it in few years. Producer Swapna Dutt and actor Sharwanand showed interest to work in the film, however it didn't pan out, as Sharwaand had multiple projects in the queue at that time. He was introduced to Vijay Deverakonda by a common friend. He cast him as the lead for his directorial debut Arjun Reddy. The film was released on 25 August 2017 and became a blockbuster hit with rave reviews. The film, produced on a budget of ₹4-5 crores,[8][9] went on to gross more than ₹50 crores (US$8 million) at the box office.[10] The film ran into trouble with the censor board for its depiction of smoking and narcotic drug use. It also created a furor for its kissing scenes and also for a movie poster which was approved by Telangana Film Chamber. Senior Congressman and Telangana Political Leader, V. Hanumantha Rao raged over the positioning of this Matured film to the audience. He went on to roads peeling off posters and stickers of the film promoting audience not to encourage such violent films.

2018–present: Recent work

The next year, Vanga made a cameo appearance as Vedantam Raghaviah in the biographical film Mahanati. The same year, it was confirmed that Vanga himself will be directing the Hindi version of Arjun Reddy titled as Kabir Singh.[11] He signed up Shahid Kapoor as lead. Kiara Advani was roped for playing the female lead. The film was produced by Murad Khetani and Ashwin Warde and the rights to the original film were purchased for ₹15 million. The filming began in July 2018 and the movie was released on 21 June 2019 and became a commercial success at the box office.

In January 2021, Vanga's next directorial, Animal, a gangster drama starring Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna, and Bobby Deol was announced. It is produced by T-Series, Bhadrakhali Pictures, and Cine1Studios.[12] His next directorial, Spirit, was announced in 2021 October. It will be starring Prabhas, in his 25th film, and produced jointly by T-Series and Bhadrakali Pictures.[13]

Personal life

Vanga married Manisha in 2014. The couple has a son, who was named after the film, Arjun Reddy and a daughter.[14]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Role	Language	Notes
2017	Arjun Reddy	Yes	Yes		Telugu
2018	Mahanati	No	No	Vedantam Raghavaiah	Telugu	[15]
2019	Kabir Singh	Yes	Yes		Hindi	Remake of Arjun Reddy
2023	Animal	Yes	Yes		Hindi	Filming[16]

Accolades

Year	Ceremony	Category	Film	Result
2018	7th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Debut Director (Telugu)	Arjun Reddy	Won
		Best Director (Telugu)		Nominated
	65th Filmfare Awards South	Best Director – Telugu		Nominated
	49th Cinegoers Awards	Best Debut Director		Won
2019	26th Screen Awards	Best Director	Kabir Singh	Nominated
	21st IIFA Awards	Best Director		Pending

References

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