Neeraja Kona is an Indian stylist and costume designer who works in

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films.

Career

Kona began her career assisting styling for

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and

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for ''Baadshah'' (2013) directed by Srinu Vaitla. She was stylist on

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for '' Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde''. Nithiin then signed her on for his next two movies ''

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'' and Puri Jagannadh's ''

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''. She later met

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, and became her personal stylist. Early on in her career Kona got to be part of the films

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and Pawan Kalyan's ''

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.'''Samantha And Neeraja Kona From RV Sets
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in both films. She has worked with the directors

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, and

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'',

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's '' Govindudu Andarivadele'', Nithin and Karunakaran's Movie. She has also assisted in styling Allu Arjun and

in ''

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'', Nithin and

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in ''

'',

and Pranitha Subhash in

- Santosh Srinivas's project and

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in two songs from '' Aadu Magaadra Bujji.'' She was also a lyric writer for few songs in the films ''

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and

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'' which are composed by S.S.Thaman.

Filmography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kona, Neeraja 1983 births Living people Telugu people People from Guntur district Film people from Andhra Pradesh 21st-century Indian designers Women artists from Andhra Pradesh 21st-century Indian women artists Indian costume designers