Director, writer and producer · Telugu cinema
Trinadha Rao Nakkina
Trinadha Rao Nakkina movies: 9 Telugu films on file (8 as director, 2 as writer, 1 as producer), 2012–2025. Earliest on file: Mem Vayasuku Vacham (2012). Latest release: Chaurya Paatham (25 April 2025).
- Films on file
- 9 (8 as director, 2 as writer, 1 as producer)
- Years on file
- 2012–2025
- Selected films on file
- Hello Guru Prema Kosame, Nenu Local, Chaurya Paatham
- Record
- Q27916428 on Wikidata
Trinadha Rao Nakkina is an Indian film director and screenwriter in Telugu cinema. He is best known for Cinema Choopistha Mava, Nenu Local and Dhamaka.
Cinema Choopistha Mava
Cinema Choopistha Mava (2015) starred Raj Tarun, and critics praised his performance in it. It is one of the films the director is best known for.
Nenu Local
Trinadha Rao directed Nenu Local (2017), written by Prasanna Kumar Bezawada and produced by Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations. It stars Nani, Keerthy Suresh and Naveen Chandra. The romance, about a carefree graduate chasing a classmate who is engaged to a police officer, drew mixed reviews. Critics credited Nani’s comic timing for holding it together.
Box-office success
Nenu Local was declared a blockbuster, grossing ₹24 crore worldwide in its opening weekend according to the source. It became Nani’s biggest solo hit at the time and was remade in Bengali and Odia.
Hello Guru Prema Kosame
In 2018 he directed the romantic comedy Hello Guru Prema Kosame, starring Ram Pothineni, Anupama Parameswaran and Pranitha Subhash.
Reception of Hello Guru Prema Kosame
The film was released on 18 October 2018. The Times of India gave it 3.5 out of 5 and called it a clean festival entertainer, while other critics found it predictable.
Career on file
Trinadha Rao Nakkina has 9 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2012 to 2025: eight films as director, two films as writer and one film as producer. The earliest of them is Mem Vayasuku Vacham (2012), and the most recent release is Chaurya Paatham (2025). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Hello Guru Prema Kosame (2018), Nenu Local (2017) and Chaurya Paatham (2025). Other recent releases on file are Mazaka (2025), Dhamaka (2022) and Cinema choopistha mava (2015).
In the films Trinadha Rao Nakkina directed, Rao Ramesh appears most often (three films), ahead of Varun Sandesh (2). Devi Sri Prasad, Sai Karthik and Shekar Chandra each scored two of them, more than any other music director. Lucky Media produced two of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 6 music directors and 23 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 6 of them; they average 141 minutes, and the longest is Mazaka at 149 minutes. Five of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2010s (6) and 2020s (3).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.