Actor, writer, director and producer · Telugu cinema
Posani Krishna Murali
Posani Krishna Murali movies: 207 Telugu films on file (179 as actor, 31 as writer, 2 as director, 2 as producer), 1992–2026. Earliest on file: Dharma Kshetram (1992). Latest release: Operation Aruna Reddy (17 July 2026).
- Films on file
- 207 (179 as actor, 31 as writer, 2 as director, 2 as producer)
- Years on file
- 1992–2026
- Born
- 1 January 1958 · January birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- 1: Nenokkadine, Aagadu, A Aa - Anasuya Ramalingam Vs Anand Vihari
- Record
- Q7232984 on Wikidata
Posani Krishna Murali (born 22 January 1958) is an Indian screenwriter, actor, director and producer who works mainly in Telugu cinema. He has written more than 150 Telugu films, directed several, including the successful political satire Operation Duryodhana (2007), and become a familiar character actor. In 2009 he unsuccessfully contested the Andhra Pradesh Assembly election from Chilakaluripet.
Early life and education
Posani was born in Pedakakani, Guntur district, to Posani Subba Rao, who held a small job there, and grew up in a family that struggled financially; his father wanted him to study well. He earned a B.Com and an MA from Acharya Nagarjuna University, where he was general secretary of the student body, and later an MPhil from Presidency College in Chennai. He is a cousin of the director Boyapati Srinu. After working at chit fund companies in Hyderabad, he went to Chennai and asked the writer Paruchuri Gopala Krishna for work.
Apprenticeship
He spent five years as an assistant to the Paruchuri Brothers, working on more than 100 films, even turning down an early offer from Ram Gopal Varma because he felt he still had much to learn.
Writer
Striking out in 1992, he wrote Police Brothers, then dialogue for Varma’s Gaayam (1993), and on Varma’s recommendation wrote for Nagarjuna’s Rakshana. His breakthrough came with the story, screenplay and dialogue for Chiranjeevi’s Alluda Majaka, followed by successes such as Preminchukundam Raa, Pellichesukundam, Gokulamlo Seetha and Master. He wrote eight films in 1999 and nine in 2000.
Actor
Posani began acting in 2001 in Srihari‘s Evadra Rowdy, which he also wrote, and followed it with Venkatesh‘s Gemini and Mahesh Babu‘s Bobby (2002), where his performance was praised despite the film’s failure. After his villainous role in Naayak (2013), he was offered many supporting parts, including in Attarintiki Daredi.
Director
After some 150 films as a writer, he set up UP Cinema Lines and wrote, directed and produced Sravanamasam (2005), a multi-star film that failed and cost him heavily. He recovered with Operation Duryodhana, starring Srikanth, which the source says earned nearly ten times its budget and was praised by critics. He went on to direct films such as Mental Krishna and Posani Gentleman, some with himself in the lead.
Career on file
Posani Krishna Murali has 207 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 1992 to 2026: 179 films as actor, 31 films as writer, two films as director and two films as producer. The earliest of them is Dharma Kshetram (1992), and the most recent release is Operation Aruna Reddy (2026). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are 1: Nenokkadine (2014), Aagadu (2014) and A Aa - Anasuya Ramalingam Vs Anand Vihari (2016). Other recent releases on file are Lenin (2026), Raakaasa (2026) and Seetha Payanam (2026).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing 43 films with Posani Krishna Murali, followed by Prakash Raj (14) and Kota Srinivasa Rao (14). Music on 19 of them is by S. Thaman, with Devi Sri Prasad (18) and Mani Sharma (15) next. Sri Venkateswara Creations produced nine of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 150 different directors, 81 music directors and 312 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 147 of them; they average 144 minutes, and the longest is Seetayya at 179 minutes. 66 of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 1990s (22), 2000s (17), 2010s (122) and 2020s (46). 2016 is the busiest single year, with 24 films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.