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Srikanth Addala: Net Worth, Family, Girlfriend, And More!

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July 5, 2023

Srikanth Addala Net Worth, Family, Girlfriend, And More!

Srikanth Addala is an Indian film director and scriptwriter who works in Telugu movies. He started his career as an assistant director and later became an independent director with the film ‘Kotha Bangaru Lokam’.

Some of the notable films written and directed by Srikanth include Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu, Brahmotsavam, and Narappa.

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Physical Stats

Full Name	Srikanth Addala
Birth Place	Relangi village, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh
Date Of Birth	N/A
Age	N/A
Height	N/A
Eye color	Black
Hair Color	Black
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Qualifications	MSc Physics
Father	Addala Mentarao
Mother	N/A
Wife	Raaga Sudha
Profession	Indian Film Director And Scriptwriter
Net worth	N/A

Srikanth Addala Family

Srikanth Addala’s father Addala Mentarao used to work in the Endowments department. The director’s mother’s name is not available in public sources. Srikanth also has an elder brother and a younger sister.

Relationships

Srikanth met Raaga Sudha for the first time at a wedding function. Raaga is Srikanth’s distant relative and at first sight itself, the director fell in love with her.

After the release of his debut directorial film ‘Kotha Bangaru Lokam’, Srikanth tied the knot with Raaga in a low-key ceremony held in his village.

Education

After completing his post-graduation in physics, Srikanth joined IIT Delhi for Ph.D. However, his calling for cinema was so strong that he discontinued his Ph.D. and went to Hyderabad.

Controversies

‘Brahmotsavam’, the 2016 movie written and directed by Srikanth bombed at the box office. The lead actors in the film were Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu, Kajal Aggarwal, and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Following the debacle of the movie, the fans of Mahesh Babu started posting several hashtags on social media against the film and its director.

Srikanth was also harshly criticized for delivering such a terrible movie and letting down Mahesh. However, Mahesh quickly intervened and said not to blame the director for the failure of the film.

The actor went on to say that he want to take responsibility and that it was his choice to pick director Srikanth for the film.

Srikanth Addala Profession

After discontinuing his Ph.D. at IIT Delhi, Srikanth went to Hyderabad to pursue his passion for cinema. Though he struggled a lot, Srikanth finally got an opportunity to work as Assistant director with director VV Vinayak for the film ‘Tagore’ released in 2003.

The turning point in Srikanth’s life was meeting producer Dil Raju through one of his common friends. It paved the way for Srikanth to assist in ‘Arya’ and ‘Bommarillu’, both films produced by Dil Raju.

With the turn of events, Dil Raju was quite impressed by the youngster’s work and he asked Srikanth to come up with a story of his own. Thus, ‘Kotha Bangaru Lokam’, the debut film written and directed by Srikanth happened in 2008. The film had Varun Sandesh and Shweta Basu Prasad in the lead roles and it turned out to be a superhit.

It was followed by ‘Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu’, a 2013 film starring actors such as Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, and Samantha. The movie written and directed by Srikanth also became a blockbuster at the box office.

In 2014, Srikanth directed ‘Mukunda’ and the film was later dubbed into Hindi under the title ‘Dushman No. 1’. It was also dubbed in Malayalam and Tamil with the same title. After ‘Brahmotsavam’ s miserable failure at the box office, Srikanth later came up with ‘Narappa’ in 2021. It was the remake of the Vetrimaaran-directed Tamil film Asuran which had Venkatesh, Priyamani, and Karthik Rathnam in the lead roles.

‘Pedda Kapu 1′ is the upcoming movie from Srikanth which has newcomer Virat Karna in the lead role. The film is all set to release on 18th August 2023.

Apart from being a director and writer, Srikanth also appeared as an actor in the 2004 film Arya. He also turned lyricist in movies such as Kotha Bangaru Lokam and Brahmotsavam.