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Paidipally Vamshidhar Rao (born 27 July 1979), better known as Vamshi Paidipally, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works primarily in Telugu cinema. He is best known for directing mainstream film works such as Munna (2007), Brindavanam (2010), Yevadu (2014), Oopiri (2016), and Maharshi (2019). Paidipally has won a National Film Award for Maharshi and a Filmfare Award for Oopiri.

Vamshi Paidipally
Paidipally at the success meet of Mahanati in 2018
Born	Paidipally Vamshidhar Rao[1] (1979-07-27) 27 July 1979 (age 43) Khanapur, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana), India
Occupation	Film director screenwriter
Years active	2007–present
Spouse	Malini ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	1

Early life

Vamshi Paidipally was born on 27 July 1979 in Khanapur of Adilabad district, Telangana.[2][3] His parents, who hail from Bhimaram near Jagtial town, own a cinema hall in Khanapur.[4] He did his schooling in Hyderabad Public School, and his intermediate from Little Flower Junior College.[5] He then, completed his bachelor's degree in commerce and Master's in Computer Applications from Osmania University, and had worked as a software engineer in Hyderabad.[5]

Career

Paidipally began his film career by working as an assistant film director in film Eeswar (2002). While working for the movie Bhadra (2005), producer Dil Raju offered to produce him a film under his production house.[4] He subsequently made his directorial debut with Prabhas-starrer Munna (2009). It was an average venture at the box office. He later directed Brindavanam, starring NTR Jr which was a commercial success. It is followed by Yevadu (2014), featuring Ram Charan and Allu Arjun.[6]

His 2016 Telugu-Tamil bilingual film Oopiri/Thozha, an adaptation of the French film The Intouchables (2011) starring Nagarjuna and Karthi was a critical and commercial success. The film won him his Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu.[7] In 2019, he collaborated with actor Mahesh Babu for Maharshi.[8] The film won National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.[1]

In September 2021, he was signed to direct Vijay's 66th film produced by Dil Raju titled Varisu in Tamil and Varasudu in Telugu and Vaaris in Hindi in which Allu Arjun will have special cameo song appearance.[9]

Personal life

Paidipally married Malini in 2007, and the couple has a daughter.[2] They live in Hyderabad.[4]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

• All films are in Telugu unless otherwise noted.

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes	Ref.
2007	Munna	Yes	Yes		[10]
2010	Brindavanam	Yes	Yes
2014	Yevadu	Yes	Screenplay
2016	Oopiri	Yes	Screenplay	Simultaneously shot in Tamil as Thozha Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu	[11]
2019	Maharshi	Yes	Yes	National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment SIIMA Award for Best Director- Telugu	[1]
2023	Varisu	Yes	Yes	Filming; Tamil film[12]	[13]

As actor

• Varsham (2004)

References

External links

• Vamsi Paidipally at IMDb
• Vamshi Paidipally on Twitter

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