Dil Raju
Biography
Velamakucha Venkata Ramana Reddy (born 17 December 1970), known professionally as Dil Raju, is an Indian film producer and distributor known for his works in Telugu cinema.
He has also financed some Tamil and Hindi films and owns the production company Sri Venkateswara Creations. Raju has won two National Film Awards and was honored with the Nagi Reddy–Chakrapani National Award in 2013 for his contributions to popular cinema.
Dil Raju was born in Narsingpalli in Nizamabad district of present-day Telangana. He was educated in Mudakpally and Nizamabad and was interested in films from a young age. He later moved to Hyderabad and did automobile business with his brothers.
He ventured into film distribution in the 1990s with the film Pelli Pandiri (1997) and started Sri Venkateswara Film Distributors in 1998.
Raju married Anita and has a daughter Hanshita Reddy. Anita died on March 11, 2017, due to cardiac arrest. Raju later married Tejaswini in 2020.
Tejaswini's name was changed to Vygha Reddy following her marriage as per astrology. They have a son born in 2022.
