Krishna Vamsi

Pasupuleti Venkata Bangarraju born July 28 1962 known professionally as Krishna Vamsi is an Indian film director screenwriter and producer who works predominantly in Telugu cinema After working as an assistant director on Siva 1989 he made his directorial debut with the crime film Gulabi 1995 His next release the romantic drama Ninne Pelladatha 1996 won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and the Filmfare Award for Best Director Telugu In 1997 Vamsi wrote and directed the political action drama Sindhooram which earned the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu During this period he directed Chandralekha 1998 Anthahpuram 1998 Samudram 1999 and the supernatural fantasy Murari 2001 He subsequently directed Khadgam 2002 for which he won his third Filmfare Award for Best Director Telugu and made his Hindi cinema debut that same year with Shakti The Power 2002 His directorial work through the 2000s and 2010s included Sri Anjaneyam 2004 Chakram 2005 Danger 2005 Rakhi 2006 Chandamama 2007 Sasirekha Parinayam 2009 Mahatma 2009 Mogudu 2011 Paisa 2013 Govindudu Andarivaadele 2014 and Nakshatram 2017 He later directed the drama Rangamarthanda 2023