Phani Ramachandra Biography 
Phani Ramachandra is a Kannada film and television director. He owns many hit Kannada films to his credit. He adapted three of the popular novels of Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy to big screen - Ganeshana Maduve, Gauri Ganesha and Nanendu Nimmavane, based on Vinayaka Rao Pelli, Wedding Bells and Repati Kodaku respectively. Ganesha I Love You was also inspired by one of the stories of the author. He is popular amongst a section of audience for his out of box narration movies. He directed a few Kannada TV shows like Trin Trin Trin, Prema pichachigalu, Dandapindagalu, Duddu Duddu Duduu, Devru Devru Devru, Maduve Maduve Maduve etc.
Phani Ramachandra was born in Karnataka in a middle-class family. Later he explored stories of middle class families through his films and TV shows. He graduated from KLE College in Bangalore. It was his father’s wish to complete his studies before pursuing dreams. Though he wrote stories secretly he never showed them to anyone. For the first time he showed one of his stories to Shivaram who introduced him to Udayshankar, a famous personality in Kannada films. Doctor Krishna starring Vishnuvardhan marked his debut in 1989.
Phani Ramachandra’s super hit films - Ganeshana Maduve and Gauri Ganesha belong to comedy genre. Most of his movies portray middle-class Kannada films, and he uses humour as the main medium to portray such stories on celluloid. Many of his films have been coined using the word ‘Ganesha’ or most of the film titles start with the letter ‘G’. Some of his very famous movies are Ganesha Subramanya, Gauri Ganesha, Ganeshana Maduve, Ganesha I Love You, Ganesha Matthe Banda etc. He is an adamant follower of Puttana Kanagal and had deep knowledge of his work.
Published: January 04, 2020
Updated: January 04, 2020
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