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V. V. Vinayak

V. V. Vinayak (born 9 October 1974) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu films. He is known for directing action comedy and masala films.

Vinayak made his directorial debut with the 2002 film Aadi starring Jr. NTR which was a commercial success. He received the state Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director for his work in the film. In 2003, Vinayak directed two box office hits Dil starring Nithiin and Tagore starring Chiranjeevi which was screened at the 2006 IIFA Awards held in Dubai.

His other successful films include Bunny (2005), Lakshmi (2006), Krishna (2008), Adhurs (2010), Naayak (2013), and Khaidi No. 150 (2017). In 2013, Vinayak directed a Short film to promote Organ Donation.

Early life

Gandrothu Veera Venkata Vinayaka Rao, better known as V. V. Vinayak was born on 9 October 1969 in Chagallu of West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. His family owned a cinema hall. He was always interested in cinema and used to watch a lot of films in his childhood.

E. V. V. Satyanarayana was a leading director at the time and hailed from Vinayak's neighbouring village Dommeru. He completed intermediate from his Elder mother house (Dommeru). At the time of his studies he was very much inspired from EVV Satyanarayana garu and his own house is beside the street of his Elder mother house (Chevvuri Venkata Rao). After completion of education, he was convinced his father and joined E. V. V. Satyanarayana as an assistant for the film Abbayigaru (1993). Later, he joined director Sagar of has an assistant for the film Amma Donga (1995) and worked with him for six films. Then, he assisted S. V. Krishna Reddy on Sakutumba Saparivara Sametam (2000). He also assisted Kranthi Kumar on Paadutha Theeyaga (1998) and 9 Nelalu (2000).