Writer, director and actor · Telugu cinema
Venky Atluri
Venky Atluri movies: 6 Telugu films on file (5 as writer, 4 as director, 1 as actor), 2010–2024. Earliest on file: Sneha Geetham (2010). Latest release: Lucky Baskhar (31 October 2024).
- Films on file
- 6 (5 as writer, 4 as director, 1 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2010–2024
- Born
- 10 August 1988 · August birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Lucky Baskhar, Mr. Majnu, Rang De
- Record
- Q60690885 on Wikidata
Venky Atluri is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works mainly in Telugu and Tamil films. He is known for Tholi Prema (2018), Sir/Vaathi (2023) and Lucky Baskhar (2024), his highest-grossing film, which won him the National Film Award for Best Dialogue.
Early life
He was named Atluri Venkateswara Rao after his grandfather and earned a B.Tech from DVRCET. He married Pooja Chowdary in 2023.
Actor and writer
Venky Atluri began as an actor in Gnapakam (2007), which failed at the box office, and later starred in It’s My Love Story (2011). His first writing credit was Sneha Geetham (2010), and he then wrote Sai Kiran Adivi’s hit Kerintha. Confident in his writing, he decided to direct.
Director
His directorial debut, the romance Tholi Prema (2018), starring Varun Tej, was a blockbuster. He followed it with Mr. Majnu (2019), starring Akhil Akkineni.
Tamil debut
He made his Tamil debut with Vaathi (2023), starring Dhanush, released alongside its Telugu version, Sir.
Lucky Baskhar
Lucky Baskhar, released in October 2024, starred Dulquer Salmaan as a mild-mannered banker in 1980s Bombay who becomes caught up in financial fraud. It became his biggest hit and won him the National Film Award for dialogue at the 72nd National Film Awards. His 2026 film Vishwanath & Sons received positive reviews.
Career on file
Venky Atluri has 6 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2010 to 2024: five films as writer, four films as director and one film as actor. The earliest of them is Sneha Geetham (2010), and the most recent release is Lucky Baskhar (2024). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Lucky Baskhar (2024), Mr. Majnu (2019) and Rang De (2021). Other recent releases on file are Tholi Prema (2018), Kerintha (2015) and Sneha Geetham (2010).
Music on two of them is by S. Thaman. Across these films the credits on file name 2 different directors, 5 music directors and 21 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 6 of them; they average 139 minutes, and the longest is Lucky Baskhar at 151 minutes. Three of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2010s (4) and 2020s (2).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.