Director, writer and actor · Telugu cinema
Vamsi Paidipally
Vamsi Paidipally movies: 6 Telugu films on file (5 as director, 5 as writer, 2 as actor), 2004–2019. Earliest on file: Varsham (2004). Latest release: Maharshi (9 May 2019).
- Films on file
- 6 (5 as director, 5 as writer, 2 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2004–2019
- Born
- 10 October 1979 · October birthdays (Wikidata)
- Record
- Q16252723 on Wikidata
Vamshi Paidipally (born Paidipally Vamshidhar Rao, 27 July 1979) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works mainly in Telugu, with a few Tamil films. He is best known for mainstream films such as Munna (2007), Brindavanam (2010), Yevadu (2014), Oopiri (2016), Maharshi (2019) and Varisu (2023), and won a National Film Award for Maharshi.
Early life
Vamshi was born in Khanapur, Adilabad district, Telangana, where his parents, who come from Bheemaram near Jagtial, own a cinema hall. He studied at Hyderabad Public School and Little Flower Junior College, earned commerce and MCA degrees from Osmania University, and worked as a software engineer in Hyderabad.
Assistant director and debut
He started as an assistant director on Eeswar (2002) and Varsham (2004). While working on Bhadra (2005), producer Dil Raju offered to back his first film, and he made his debut with Munna (2007), starring Prabhas, an average grosser. Brindavanam, with N. T. Rama Rao Jr., was a commercial success, followed by Yevadu with Allu Arjun and Ram Charan.
Oopiri
His Telugu–Tamil bilingual Oopiri/Thozha (2016), an adaptation of The Intouchables starring Nagarjuna and Karthi, was a critical and commercial success and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu, as well as a SIIMA Best Director award.
Maharshi and Varisu
In 2019 he directed Mahesh Babu in Maharshi, which won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. In September 2021 he signed on to direct Vijay’s 66th film, Varisu, produced by Dil Raju.
Personal life
Vamshi Paidipally married Malini in 2007; they have a daughter and live in Hyderabad.
Career on file
Vamsi Paidipally has 6 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2004 to 2019: five films as director, five films as writer and two films as actor. The earliest of them is Varsham (2004), and the most recent release is Maharshi (2019). The most widely covered of these, counted by Wikipedia language editions, are Yevadu (2014), Oopiri (2016) and Varsham (2004). Other recent releases on file are Brindavanam (2010) and Munna (2007).
In the films Vamsi Paidipally directed, Prakash Raj, Jayasudha and Kota Srinivasa Rao appear most often (three films each), ahead of Kajal Aggarwal (2) and Rahul Dev (2). Music on three of them is by Devi Sri Prasad. Sri Venkateswara Creations produced four of them, more than any other banner on file. Across these films the credits on file name 4 music directors and 25 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 6 of them; they average 167 minutes, and the longest is Maharshi at 178 minutes. By decade the list splits into 2000s (2) and 2010s (4).
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.