Collaborators
DIRECTOR - Gautham Menon
Gautham directed the movie Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo with us at Guru. His films have been critically acclaimed, most notably his romantic films Minnale, Vaaranam Aayiram, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa and his thrillers Kaakha Kaakha, Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu and Yennai Arindhaal. Vaaranam Aayiram won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.
WRITER/DIRECTOR - Philip John
Welsh director, Philip John is slated to direct and co-write our global romantic dramedy titled Arrangements of Love. He is the recipient of many awards and accolades, including BAFTA nominations for Best Director for Downton Abbey, Being Human and Bang, as well as many festival awards for short films Sister Lulu and Suckerfish.
DIRECTOR - Sudheer Varma
Sudheer Varma Kucharlapati is a popular Indian film director and writer predominant in the Telugu cinema industry. He stepped into the spotlight with his debut film Swamy Ra Ra which became a box-office sensation, followed by Keshava, Ranarangam and Kirrak Party.
With us, he is currently directing the South Indian Remake of the Korean film Midnight Runners.
DIRECTOR - Sekhar Kammula
A National Award winner, he has many popular films to his credit: Dollar Dreams (1999), Anand (2004), Godavari (2006), Happy Days (2007), Leader (2010), Life is Beautiful (2012) and Fida (2017).
DIRECTOR - Raj Pippalla
After doing a few music videos and directing international ads for reputed brands, Raj Pippalla is making his debut as director for the movie Boni and then went on to direct Bangaru Kodi Petta with our production.
WRITER/ACTOR - Nimmi Harasagama
Nimmi is working with us as the Co-writer and actress on our global romantic dramedy titled Arrangements of Love. She is an actress and producer, known for The Good Karma Hospital (2017), Doctors (2000) and Mother Teresa (2003).
ACTOR - Samantha Akkineni
Samantha Akkineni is an Indian actress who has established a career in the Telugu and Tamil film industries and is a recipient of several awards including four Filmfare Awards. She has emerged as a leading actress in the South Indian film industry and worked with us on our recent feature film Oh! Baby.
ACTOR - Naga Chaitanya
A charming and popular Telugu actor, he is known for many movies including Premam, Majili, Manam and Ye Maya Chesave. With us, Chaitanya has worked on Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo and Oh! Baby.
ACTOR - Navdeep Pallapolu
Navdeep Pallapolu is an Indian film actor and television personality who stars predominantly in Telugu films along with a few Tamil films like Arya 2, Chandamama, Ala Vaikuntapuramlo Arinthum Ariyamalum and Nene Raju Nene Mantri. At Guru Films, he starred in the movie Bangaru Kodi Petta.
ACTOR - Regina Cassandra
A famous Tamil & Telugu actor, she is known for films like Evaru, Awe!, Subramanian For Sale and Nirnayam and is currently working with us on the South Indian remake of the Korean movie Midnight Runners.
ACTOR - Nivetha Thomas
Nivetha Thomas is an Indian film actress, best known for Ninnu Kori, Gentleman and Darbar. She made her debut with the 2008 Malayalam film Veruthe Oru Bharya, for which she won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist and is currently working with us on the South Indian remake of the Korean movie Midnight Runners.
ACTOR - Kajal Aggarwal
Magadheera marked her career high followed by Telugu films such as Darling, Brindavanam, Mr. Perfect, Businessman, Naayak, Govindudu Andarivadele, Temper and Khaidi No. 150 along with Tamil features and a Bollywood movies like Singham and Special 26. Currently she is slated to work with us on the South Indian remake of the Korean movie Dancing Queen.
ACTOR - Lakshmi
Recipient of many filmfare awards, she is a well-known actress with films like Julie, Benkiya Bale, Padayappa, Murari and Hulchul to her credit. She played a major role in our recent feature film Oh! Baby.
ACTOR - Naga Shaurya
He starred in the National Award-winning anthology film, Chandamama Kathalu and went on to star in many movies like Aswathama, Chalo, Oohalu Gusagusalade and our recent. feature film Oh! Baby.
ACTOR - Swathi Reddy
Swathi Reddy is an Indian film actress and television presenter who predominantly works in Telugu Cinema along with Tamil and Malayalam films like Subramaniapuram, Swami Ra Ra, Thiri, Ashta Chamma, and our production Bangaru Kodi Petta.
ACTOR - Nithin Kumar Reddy
He is an Indian film actor and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema who is known for movies like Bheeshma, A Aa, Srinivasa Kalyanam, Ishq, and Sye. With Guru Films, he starred in the movie Courier Boy Kalyan.
DIRECTOR - Premsai
Premsai is an Indian film director and former actor. As an actor, he was acclaimed for playing many different prominent roles in Tamil and Telugu television serials and tele films. Later he ventured into Direction of movies like Engeyum Kadhal, Rajadhi Raja, and even Courier Boy Kalyan under the Guru Banner.
DIRECTOR - Nandini Reddy
She is a Telugu Film Director known for the acclaimed hit Ala Modalaindi.
Recently, with us she had the mega-hit, Oh! Baby, our Korean remake of Miss Granny.
WRITER - Mark Zaslove
Th writer for our global fantasy comedy titled 13 Days, Mark is an American television and film writer, director and novelist, in live-action and animation. He has won two Emmy Awards and the Humanitas Prize for The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
WRITER - Lakshmi Bhoopal
The writer for our motion picture Oh! Baby, he is an Indian film Lyricist and writer, who has worked predominantly in the Telugu movie industry for popular movies like Kalyana Vaibhogame and Govindudu Andarivadele.
WRITER/DIRECTOR - Sunil R. Pappu
Envisioning and writing our Global Documentary Series on The Anthropology of an Orgasm, Sunil is an experienced documentary maker both in direction and writing, and has created many documentaries including Under Caesar’s Sword, Almost Normal and Scrappy Children’s News, after working as a Senior Manager for Programming at the National Geographic.
CINEMATOGRAPHER - Richard Prasad
An Indian cinematographer who is associated with movies like Swamy Ra Ra, starring Nikhil Siddharth and Swathi Reddy, and the romantic drama Kotha and has worked with us on the film Oh! Baby.
CINEMATOGRAPHER – R. Diwakaran
An Indian cinematographer who is associated with movies like Mumbai Police, Raju Gari Gadhi 2 and 36 Vayadhinile, and is currently working with us on the film Midnight Runners.
WRITER - Mahesh Ramchandaani
Famously known for his work on Mr. Joe B. Carvalho and The Great Indian Comedy Show, Mahesh is a Comedy Writer who is currently working with us on a Romantic Dramedy titled Rau vs Rau.
WRITER/ACTOR - Prashant Yarramilli
Prashant acted in many theater plays, including an award-winning play called Sure Thing, which led to acting in web series and movies like LOL and Agent Sai Srinivasa Aatreya. Soon, he found himself assisting for the writing of the movie Jersey and then joined us at Guru to write an original Fantasy Drama titled 13 Days.
WRITER - Sowmya Sharma
Sowmya is a two-time Nandi award-winning Voice Artist for top Tollywood actors like Anushka Shetty (including the recent much acclaimed and successful franchise ‘Baahubali’), Kajal Aggarwal and Nayanatara. She is also a writer for television soaps and popular cartoon shows Chhota Bheem and Mighty Raju. With us, she wrote for our award-winning show America Ammayi.
WRITER/DIRECTOR - Sudha Mehta
Sudha Mehta is a writer and documentary filmmaker who has worked on documentaries like The Death of Mourning, prior to which she worked as a journalist for nearly 20 years with publications like the Deccan Chronicle, Newstime and The Times of India.
WRITER - Radhika Meganathan
A Creative Consultant for Guru, she is an author of 12+ picture books, including the national award-winning Golden Mythology series. Her debut novel The Gurukul Chronicles is one of the winners at Pune International Literature Festival, 2016.
WRITER/DIRECTOR - Gauri Adelkar
Gauri Adelkar is a writer, director based in Los Angeles who has directed many award-winning short films like The Little Goddess, Adrift and Deepan. Currently, Gauri is directing and co-writing our movie titled Football Maa.
WRITER - Zara Chowdhury
Currently writing our movie titled Football Maa, Zara is a screenwriter with an MA in Writing for Performance from the University of Leeds. She's now getting acquainted with prose and non-fiction and rekindling her love affair with poetry through the MFA in Creative Writing and the Environment.
