Guru Films

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Not to be confused with Guru Studio.

{{Infobox company

| name = Guru Films

| logo = Guru_Films.jpg

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| type = Private

| owner = Sunitha Tati

| location_city = Hyderabad, Telangana

| location_country = India

|industry = Entertainment

| products = Films

| operating_income =

| homepage = [http://www.gurugroup.co/ Guru Films]

}}

Guru Films is a media company in film and television production, animation, publishing and digital media. The company is based out of Hyderabad.{{Cite web|url=https://cinando.com/en/Company/guru_films_pvt_ltd_71053/Detail|title=GURU FILMS PVT LTD|website=cinando.com|access-date=2019-07-19}}

In 2009-2010, Guru Films line produced for a Mumbai production house and the Hindi film, ‘Shor In The City’.{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/regional/samantha-akkinenis-oh-baby-first-look-unveiled-2205046.html|title=Samantha Akkineni's 'Oh Baby' first look unveiled|date=2019-05-21|website=Zee News|language=en|access-date=2019-07-01}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.benefitshow.in/movie-news/samanthas-miss-granny-remakes-gets-an-interesting-title/2423|title=Samantha's Miss Granny Remakes Gets An Interesting Title!|website=Benefitshow.in|language=en|access-date=2019-07-19|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527093624/http://www.benefitshow.in/movie-news/samanthas-miss-granny-remakes-gets-an-interesting-title/2423|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/television/160817/fashion-runway-to-tv-romcom.html|title=Fashion runway to TV romcom|last=Watson|first=Shweta|date=2017-08-16|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2019-07-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisfm.edu.in/blog/2017/master-class-by-sunitha-tati-well-known-film-producer/|title=Master Class by Sunitha Tati, Well-Known Film Producer|date=2017-02-21|website=AISFM Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-19}}

Apart from movies in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil, the production house has also produced TV shows for Zee Telugu and Star Maa channels.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/television/160817/fashion-runway-to-tv-romcom.html|title=Fashion runway to TV romcom|last=Watson|first=Shweta|date=2017-08-16|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2019-07-01}}

In 2019, Guru Films along with Suresh Productions, Kross Pictures, and People's Media Factory produced Oh! Baby, starring Samantha Akkineni in the title role.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/oh-baby-trailer-review-critics-audience-say-samantha-make-us-cry-laugh-think-799962|title=Oh Baby trailer review: Critics and audience say Samantha make us cry, laugh and think|last=Hooli|first=Shekhar H.|date=2019-06-20|website=International Business Times, India Edition|language=english|access-date=2019-07-19}}

Collaborating again with Suresh Productions and Kross Pictures, in 2021, Guru Films released the Telugu remake of Midnight Runners titled Saakini Daakini with Regina Cassandra and Nivetha Thomas in the title roles in this action-comedy{{Cite web|title='Midnight Runners' Telugu remake titled as 'Shakini Dhakini'? - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/midnight-runners-telugu-remake-titled-as-shakini-dhakini/articleshow/82372149.cms|access-date=2021-08-18|website=The Times of India|language=en}} and Dongalunnaru Jaagratha, a survival crime thriller starring Simha Koduri, and Samuthirakani.{{Cite news |title=Dongalunnaru Jagratha Movie Review : A thought-provoking survival mystery |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/dongalunnaru-jagratha/movie-review/94406672.cms |access-date=2023-03-30 |issn=0971-8257}}

In 2022, Guru Films is working on an international project Chennai Story with director Philip John and the project so far has tied up ‘Blinded By The Light’ Star Viveik Kalra{{Cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=2023-02-16 |title=‘Blinded By The Light’ Star Viveik Kalra Joins Samantha Ruth Prabhu In Rom-Com ‘Chennai Story’ — EFM |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/samantha-ruth-prabhu-movie-chennai-story-male-lead-viveik-kalra-efm-1235261803/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

Film production

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! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Year

! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Film

! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Language

! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Actors

! style="text-align:center; background:#b0c4de;"| Director

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2014Bangaru KodipettaTeluguNavdeep, Swathi ReddyRaj Pippalla
2015Tamilselvanum Thaniyar AnjalumTamilJai, Yami GautamPremsai
2015Courier Boy KalyanTeluguNithiin, Yami GautamPremsai
2016Sahasam Swasaga SagipoTeluguAkkineni Naga Chaitanya, Manjima MohanGautham Vasudev Menon
2016Achcham Yenbadhu MadamaiyadaTamilSimbu, Manjima MohanGautham Vasudev Menon
2019

|Oh! Baby

|Telugu

|Samantha Akkineni, Naga Shaurya

|B. V. Nandini Reddy

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2022

|Saakini Daakini

|Telugu

|Regina Cassandra, Nivetha Thomas

|Sudheer Varma

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2022

|Dongalunnaru Jaagratha

|Telugu

|Sri Simha

|Satish Tripura

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2023

|Chennai Story

|English, Tamil

|Viveik Kalra, Nimmi Harasgama

|Philip John

Television production

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Title

! Network

! Notes

America Ammayi

|Zee Telugu

|Completed

Ok Jaanu

|Star Maa

|Completed

Social

|Viu

|First bilingual digital series{{Cite web |date=2017-09-01 |title=Rana Daggubati: "As an Actor, I am Glad to Experiment with Genres and Platforms" |url=https://silverscreen.in/news/rana-daggubati-actor-glad-experiment-genres-platforms/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701113031/https://silverscreen.in/news/rana-daggubati-actor-glad-experiment-genres-platforms/ |archive-date=1 July 2019 |access-date=2019-07-01 |website=Silverscreen.in |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2017-09-07 |title=Viu presents first bilingual digital series SOCIAL |url=https://tva.onscreenasia.com/2017/09/viu-presents-first-bilingual-digital-series-social/ |access-date=2019-07-01 |website=Television Asia Plus |language=en}}

Touch Me Not

|JioHotstar

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