Venky Atluri

Atluri Venkateswara Rao born April 6 1984 known professionally as Venky Atluri is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil cinema He began his film career as an actor and dialogue writer with Gnapakam 2007 and Sneha Geetham 2010 before making his feature directorial debut with the romantic drama Tholi Prema 2018 which he also wrote Atluri subsequently wrote and directed the romantic dramas Mr Majnu 2019 and Rang De 2021 In 2023 he made his debut in Tamil cinema with the period action drama Vaathi shot simultaneously in Telugu as Sir He then wrote and directed the period financial thriller Lucky Baskhar 2024 followed by Vishwanath Sons 2026