Vikram Sirikonda

{{short description|Indian film director and screenwriter (born 1977)}}

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| name = Vikram Sirikonda

| image = Vikram_Sirikonda_Profile_Picture.jpg

| birth_place = Warangal, Telangana, India

| nationality = Indian

| education = B.M.S. Institute of Technology and Management

| occupation = Screenwriter
Director

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Vikram Sirikonda is an Indian film director and screenwriter, primarily known for his works in Telugu Film Industry. Vikram is known for his screen writing to films such as Telugu Movies Race Gurram{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140413/entertainment-tollywood/article/tollywood%E2%80%99s-two-%E2%80%98screen-kings%E2%80%99|title=Tollywood's two 'screen kings'|date=2014-04-14|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2017-01-22}} (2014), Mirapakai (2011) and Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam (2009). Vikram had won the best screenplay award (2009 Nandi award) for Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam (2009) movie on his debut as screenwriter.

Early life

Vikram Sirikonda was born in Warangal, Telangana and moved to Hyderabad in 1993 along with his family. From his childhood, Vikram had a flair for acting, story writing and dialogues and had written many stage dramas. Vikram has a bachelor's degree in engineering from BMS college, Bangalore and has a diploma in film making from Asian Academy of Film & Television, Delhi.

Career

After completing his studies, Vikram joined as an assistant director for Tagore (2003), directed by V. V. Vinayak. Vikram continued to assist V. V. Vinayak during Samba (2004) and Bunny (2005). In 2006, Vikram joined Raghava Lawrence as the first assistant director, in Style.

He then ventured into screen-writing and had quick successes in Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam (2009), Mirapakay (2011), and Race Gurram (2014). He made his directional debut with Ravi Teja's Touch Chesi Chudu, in 2018. It was produced by Nallamalapu Bujji and had music by Pritam's apprentice band, JAM8. The release received unfavorable reviews from both critics and audiences. However, the movie found success among OTT/Television audience.

Filmography

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! Year

! Film

! Cast

! Credits

2009

|Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam

|Siddartha, Tamannaah Bhatia

|Screen Writer

2011

| Mirapakay

|Ravi Teja, Richa Gangopadhyaay, Deeksha Seth

|Screen Writer

2014

|Race Gurram

|Allu Arjun, Shruti Haasan

|Screen Writer

2018

|Touch Chesi Chudu

|Ravi Teja, Raashi Khanna, Seerat Kapoor

| Director

2023

|Bhola Shankar

|Chiranjeevi, Keerthy Suresh, Tammana bhatia

|Associate Writer

2023

|The Bomb Man (Netflix)

| - Yet to be decided by Arka Media Works

|Screen Writer

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