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Yeleti Chandrasekhar's 50th Birthday: Lesser Known Facts About The Maverick Filmmaker Of Tollywood!
The director turned 50 years on March 4, 2023. On the occasion of his personal milestone, let us take a look at the lesser known facts about the writer-director and his filmography.
Director Yeleti Chandrasekhar has carved a niche for himself in the Tollywood film industry and made a remarkable debut with the neo-noir crime thriller titled 'Aithe,' in the year 2003. The movie was a trend-setter back in time when it hit the screens. RRR's cinematogrpaher KK Senthil Kumar, made his debut as the feature film cameraman with this film.
Chandrasekhar made only seven films so far and wrote the screenplay for one among the popular Bapu-Ramana duo- Mullapudi Venkataramana's son, Vara Mullapudi's film 'Visakha Express', starring Allari Naresh and Rajeev Kanakala. His most iconic films include- Anukokunda Oka Roju, Okkadunnadu, Sahasam, Manamantha, and Prayanam. He even directed the first ten episodes of the popular Telugu sitcom weekly serial 'Amrutham.'
The director turned 50 years on March 4, 2023. On the occasion of his personal milestone, let us take a look at the lesser known facts about the writer-director and his filmography.
Lesser Known Facts Of Director Yeleti Chandrasekhar
According to a report in Chai Bisket, Chandrasekhar Yeleti was offered a direction chance in Bollywood by ace filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma.
Creative director Krishna Vamsi offered a 50-50 profit share in his production house titled 'Andhra Talkies,' even before Yeleti debuted as a director.
RRR's cinematographer KK Senthil, who is a staple of SS Rajamouli's films was introduced to the industry in Telugu by Yeleti, for 'Amrutham' serial. He debuted as a cinematographer for films with 'Aithe.'
He worked as a director for advertisements about 'Janmabhumi' program for the government of united Andhra Pradesh.
Aithe, his first film, which was shot in Hindi-Telugu opened with only 8 prints to a hall full of empty chairs on the first day. However, the uniqueness of the story and filmmaking made it a huge success without the need of publicity.
Aithe is the first film to have audio release event after the movie was released to a successful response.
His movies Anukokunda Oka Roju (2005) and Okkadunnadu (2007) are similar to Hollywood films Hangover (2009) and Get the Gringo (2012).
In addition to the above, the director made films like Sahasam with Gopichand, marking their second collaboration. He directed Manamantha with Mohanlal, Gautami Tadimalla, Harshavardhan, and Tejaswi Madivada among others, which met with a positive response up on its release. His last film as a director was Nithiin-Rakul Preet Singh starrer Check, which failed at the box office.
