Director, writer, actor and producer · Telugu cinema
Maruthi Dasari
Maruthi Dasari movies: 14 Telugu films on file (11 as director, 5 as writer, 4 as actor, 2 as producer), 2012–2026. Earliest on file: Ee Rojullo (2012). Latest release: The RajaSaab (9 January 2026).
- Films on file
- 14 (11 as director, 5 as writer, 4 as actor, 2 as producer)
- Years on file
- 2012–2026
- Born
- 8 October 1981 · October birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- The RajaSaab, Bhale Bhale Magadivoy, Ee Rojullo
- Record
- Q16206054 on Wikidata
Maruthi Dasari, usually credited as Maruthi, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer in Telugu cinema. He started out with the low-budget films Ee Rojullo and Bus Stop (both 2012), which were liked for their youthful themes and relatable humour. He went on to direct the hit Bhale Bhale Magadivoy (2015) and the Prabhas film The RajaSaab (2026).
Early life
After moving to Hyderabad, Maruthi first worked as an animator and also painted number plates and signboards to support himself.
Low-budget beginnings
His directing debut, Ee Rojullo (2012), drew positive reviews. According to the source, it was made for ₹50 lakh and grossed over ₹10 crore, making it one of the most successful Telugu films of 2012. His second film, Bus Stop, came out in November 2012 and was also a hit.
Producer and writer
In 2013 Maruthi wrote and produced Prema Katha Chitram under Maruthi Talkies, giving his cinematographer J. Prabhakar Reddy his first chance to direct. The source says it was a surprise hit that grossed ₹20 crore. He also produced films such as Romance, Villa-2, Love You Bangaram and Green Signal, and he wrote the screenplay for the well-reviewed Bhadram Be Careful Brotheru. A 2014 project called Radha, with Venkatesh and Nayanthara, was shelved after a writer accused him of copying a story.
Bhale Bhale Magadivoy and later films
He went on to direct Kotha Janta with Allu Sirish and Babu Bangaram with Venkatesh. His biggest success came with Bhale Bhale Magadivoy (2015), a romantic comedy about an absent-minded scientist starring Nani. It was a major hit and won Nani a Filmfare Critics Award. Maruthi said he wanted to tell the story of a man who thinks a flaw makes him unworthy of love. His other films include Mahanubhavudu and Prati Roju Pandage, both scored by S. Thaman.
The RajaSaab
In 2022 Maruthi pitched a horror-comedy script to Prabhas, the start of their first film together. He called it a golden opportunity to direct a star like Prabhas. The RajaSaab was released for Sankranti in January 2026 and was shot on what the source calls the largest indoor film set ever built in India. It received largely negative reviews and was a box-office failure.
Career on file
Maruthi Dasari has 14 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2012 to 2026: 11 films as director, five films as writer, four films as actor and two films as producer. The earliest of them is Ee Rojullo (2012), and the most recent release is The RajaSaab (2026). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are The RajaSaab (2026), Bhale Bhale Magadivoy (2015) and Ee Rojullo (2012). Other recent releases on file are Oh Bhama Ayyo Rama (2025), Pakka Commercial (2022) and Manchi Rojulochaie (2021).
In the films Maruthi Dasari directed, Raashi Khanna, Mehreen Pirzada and Rao Ramesh appear most often (two films each). Music on four of them is by Jeevan Babu, with Gopi Sundar (2) and S. Thaman (2) next. UV Creations produced four of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 3 different directors, 12 music directors and 38 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 12 of them; they average 146 minutes, and the longest is The RajaSaab at 183 minutes. Eight of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2010s (10) and 2020s (4).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.