KODURI SRISAILA SRI RAJAMOULI Popularly known as S.S RAJAMOULI is a director and screenwriter who works in Telugu Cinema. He is best known for films like Magadheera,Eega,Baahubali series.The Baahubali franchise became The highest grossing indian film series of all time , with a gross of approximately 2500 crores.
Rajamouli was born on 10th oct 1973 in Amareshwara camp near Manvi In Raichur district of Karnataka to screen writer K.V Vijayendra prasad and Raja Nandini. his family hails from Kovvur in Andhra pradesh. His cousin M.M Keeravani has worked music composer for all his films. His cousin and Keeravani`s brother Kalyani Malik and thier cousin .M.M Srilekha are also music composers.
Rajamouli started his directing under the guidance of K Raghavendra Rao. he directed the TV series `SANTHI NIVASAM` Produced by Raghavendra. His first film as a director was Student No.1 with jr.NTR.
His 2nd film was SIMHADRI in 2003, Rajamouli`s 3rd film was `SYE` with Nitin and Genelia Dsouza.
The first film with prabhas was Chatrapathi with the music of M.M Keeravani.
In his next film stint Vikramarkudu , Rajamouli worked with Ravi teja. his next film was `Yamadonga` a socio-fantasy film praised by critics. Then he worked with K Ramcharan with the next film MAGADHEERA which was a huge success. which was the highest grossing film of that time. then he introduced sunil as a hero in MARYADA RAMANNA. His next film was EEGA which was also A Huge success.
In 2015 he started directing the Epic film of all time `BAAHUBALI` which was the highest grossing film of all time in the history of indian cinema, he casted Prabhas as the main hero, and Rana as the villain, known as bhalala devudu. This film has done wonders in Telugu cinema as well as in indian cinema. in 2017 he released the 2nd part of the film known as `BAAHUBALI -2THE CONCLUSION`.
This series has became the all time Highest grossing series with 2500 crores.
Now he is working as director for film `RRR` which is going to be released in 2022. Ramcharan and jr.NTR are in main roles of Kummaram bheem and Alluri seetharamaraju.
This man S.S Rajamouli had made wonders in the indian cinema.
AWARDS:
| Year | Award | Honouring body | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | BN Reddy National Award | Government of Andhra Pradesh | Won | |
| 2016 | Padma Shri | Government of India | Won | |
| 2017 | ANR National Award | Akkineni International Foundation | Won |
| Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Eega | Best Feature Film in Telugu | Won | |
| 2015 | Baahubali: The Beginning | Best Feature Film | Won | |
| 2017 | Baahubali: The Conclusion | Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Won |
| Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Magadheera | Best Director – Telugu | Won | |
| 2012 | Eega | Best Director – Telugu | Won | |
| 2015 | Baahubali: The Beginning | Best Director – Telugu | Won | |
| 2017 | Baahubali: The Conclusion | Best Director – Telugu | Won |
| Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Magadheera | Best Director | Won | |
| 2012 | Eega | Best Director | Won | |
| Best Screenplay Writer | Won | |||
| 2015 | Baahubali: The Beginning | Best Director | Won |
| Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Baahubali: The Beginning | Best Director – Tamil | Nominated | |
| Best Director – Telugu | Won |
| Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Eega | Best Director – Telugu | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Baahubali: The Beginning | Best Director – Telugu | Won | |
| 2017 | Baahubali: The Conclusion | Best Director – Telugu | Won |
| Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Magadheera | Best Director | Won | |
| 2015 | Baahubali: The Beginning | Best Director | Won |