Veera Shankar

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Veera Shankar is an Indian film director who works in Telugu and Kannada films.{{cite web|url= http://bharat-movies.com/director/veera-shankar-movies.htm|title= Veera Shankar Movies|publisher= bharatmovies.com|date= 21 November 2010|accessdate= 11 February 2013|archive-date= 7 December 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161207160950/http://bharat-movies.com/director/veera-shankar-movies.htm|url-status= dead}}

Early life and career

Veera Sanker is a director, writer and producer in Telugu and Kannada film industries. He made his directorial debut in 1997 with Hello ! I Love You film starring Srikanth and Sadhika. This film was based on the famous novel “Vennello Aadapilla” by Yandamuri Veerendranath. The film won the State Award for Best Editing.

His next films Premakosam, Vijaya Ramaraju won three State Awards. His big break came when he directed Pawan Kalyan's Gudumba Shankar, a family entertainer. He made Puneeth Rajkumar’s Namma Basava was huge success and ran 100 days in many centers. He directed and produced in addition to writing story and screenplay. His next project was Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu.{{cite web |date=25 February 2008 |title=Is Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu a Remake? |url=https://www.nowrunning.com/news/kannada/is-anthu-inthu-preethi-banthu-a-remake/14022/story.htm |website=Nowrunning |access-date=5 September 2022 |archive-date=15 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515121452/https://www.nowrunning.com/news/kannada/is-anthu-inthu-preethi-banthu-a-remake/14022/story.htm |url-status=live }} Later on, he directed and produced the Telugu film Mana Kurralle released on 1st Jan, 2015. He served as President of Telugu Film Directors Association during 2014–2018.

Filmography

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Language
scope="row" \| 1997 \|Hello I Love You \| Telugu
scope="row" \| 1999 \|Prema Kosam \| Telugu
scope="row" \| 2000 \|Vijayaramaraju \| Telugu
scope="row" \| 2004 \|Gudumba Shankar \| Telugu
scope="row" \| 2005 \|Namma Basava \| Kannada
scope="row" \| 2008 \|Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu \| Kannada
scope="row" \| 2015 \|Mana Kurrale \| Telugu
scope="row" \| 2018 \|Yuvarajyam \| Telugu

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scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Language

scope="row" | 1997

|Hello I Love You

| Telugu

scope="row" | 1999

|Prema Kosam

| Telugu

scope="row" | 2000

|Vijayaramaraju