Praveen Sattaru

Praveen Sattaru Biography

Praveen Sattaru is a National award winning film director, screenwriter and producer associated with Telugu cinema. He is best known for directing anthology film, Chandamama Kathalu which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu in 2014. Life before Wedding: LBW released in 2011 was his debut flick, and he directed a total of 5 movies till now. He has been associated with film industry since 2010. His last release, PSV Garuda Vega has received overwhelming critical and commercial response.

Currently he is working on an untitled Pullela Gopichand Biopic, and the movie is to be made in Telugu and Hindi languages. Routine Love Story, Guntur Talkies and PSV Garuda Vega 126.18M are his other releases till now. Though Chandamama Kathalu was an award winning film, it was a commercial failure. Currently he is in the news for co-directing Baahubali: Before the Beginning for Netflix along with Deva Katta. Sattaru is an Indo-American film director, who has been into software field before foraying to entertainment industry. He has worked as SAP consultant in IBM for about 10 years.

His films are quite insulated from Telugu film industry conventions and only reflect his state of mind at a particular time. After making National award winning Chandamama Kathalu, he came up with an adult comedy, Guntur Talkies, which was slammed by critics. However the movie earned big at ticket counters. PSV Garuda Vega — a tale of an intelligence officer starring actors Rajasekhar and Pooja Kumar is his most expensive project till now, and it was well received by public and critics alike. Praveen Sattaru hails from Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. He is married to Archana Sattaru.

Published: March 08, 2019

Updated: March 08, 2019