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Director

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Male

Birthday

26 October

Location

Andhra Pradesh, India

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Sujeeth

Biography

Sujeeth Reddy is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut in Telugu Cinema with the romantic comedy thriller film Run Raja Run at the age of 23 years. He received the SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director (Telugu) in 2015 for the film Run Raja Run.

 

Sujeeth started creating short films at the age of 17. He holds a film degree from the LV Prasad Film & TV Academy in Chennai and has created over 30 short films. In an interview, Sujeeth stated, "I came into the film industry to work as an assistant director under Puri Jagannadh. But Puri suggested that why you can film yourself".

 

Sujeeth got another opportunity to do an expensive film in the UV Creation banner. He developed a solid story for Prabhas. Prabhas agreed to do the film after Baahubali 2: The Conclusion was completed. The film titled Saaho was shot simultaneously in Telugu & Hindi.

 

In March 2018 the film Pre-production began. Sujeeth took various cast and crew from Bollywood. In another interview, Sujeeth stated, "After receiving a highly positive review of Saaho from the North Indian audience, Shah Rukh Khan called me to him once".