Nagendra Kumar Mothukuri is an Indian Cinematographer and Film Director working predominantly in

Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, Hy ...

. His notable movies as a Cinematographer include ''

Edurinti Mogudu Pakkinti Pellam ''Edurinti Mogudu Pakkinti Pellam '' () is a 1991 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Relangi Narasimha Rao. It stars Rajendra Prasad, Divyavani and music composed by J. V. Raghavulu. It was produced by Battina Venkatakrishna Reddy ...

'', ''

Ibbara Naduve Muddina Aata ''Ibbara Naduve Muddina Aata'' is a 1996 Indian Kannada-language comedy-drama film directed by Relangi Narasimha Rao and produced by T. M. Venkataswamy. The film stars Shiva Rajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar, Kasthuri (actress), Kasthuri and Swarna ...

'', ''Raja'', ''Geluvina Saradara'' and ''Brahmachari Mogudu''. As a director he is known for Suhasini starrer ''Ullamellam Thalladuthey'',Itsy Bitsy
The Hindu. and ''Naa Girlfriend Baaga Rich''. As a cinematographer he has worked for more than 95 Feature films, and 45 Telefilms across many Indian languages including

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, Bihari,

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Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

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Career

As a Cinematographer

Nagendra Kumar made his debut as a director of photography with the movie ''Srivari Chindulu''. He worked as a director of photography more than 95 films including the movie ''

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''.
He also worked for more than 45 telefilms and television serials including Telugu television puppet show ''Panchatantram'' on

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As a Film Director

In the year 2006, Nagendra Kumar made his directorial debut with the Telugu movie ''Tanu'' starring Suhasini, Archana and

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. He also directed

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starrer ''Naa Girlfriend Baaga Rich'' and remade his debut film in Tamil as ''Ullamellam Thalladuthey''.

Filmography

Director

# Ullamellam Thalladuthey # Naa Girl Friend Baaga Rich # Tanu

Cinematographer

# ''

'' # Ullamellam Thalladuthey # Naa Girl Friend Baaga Rich # Half Fry # Aadab Hyderabad # Tanu # Back Pocket # Aadab Hyderabad # Lagna Patrika # Pichodi Chetilo Rayi # Samakka Sarakka # Ulta Palta # Chinni Chinni Aasa # Naagashakthi # High-class Aththa Low-class Allullu # Raja # Geluvina Saradara # ''

'' # Sundara Vadana Subbalakshmi Moguda # Ketu Duplicatu # Parugo Parugu # Brahmachari Mogudu # Idandi Mavaari Varasa # Akka Pethanam Chellela Kaapuram # Mama Kodalu # Chillara Mogudu Allari Koduku # Pellam Chaatu Mogudu # Samsaraala Mechanic # ''

'' # Sri Vaari Chindulu

References

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