Sri Venkateswara Creations is an Indian film

production company A production company, production house, production studio, or a production team is a studio that creates works in the fields of performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, comics, interactive arts, video games, websites, music, and ...

based in

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. It is established by

Dil Raju Velamakucha Venkata Ramana Reddy (born 17 December 1970), known professionally as Dil Raju, is an Indian film producer and distributor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has also financed some Tamil and Hindi films and owns the production ...

in 2003. Raju has produced several

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on this banner. The company also has a subsidiary

film distribution Film distribution (also known as Film exhibition or Film distribution and exhibition) is the process of making a movie available for viewing by an audience. This is normally the task of a professional film distributor, who would determine the marke ...

business named 'Sri Venkateswara Film Distributors'. Some of the notable films produced by the company include '' Dil'' (2003), ''

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'' (2004), ''

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'' (2005), ''

Bommarillu ''Bommarillu'' () () is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Bhaskar in his directorial debut, and produced by Dil Raju. The film stars Siddharth, Genelia, Prakash Raj and Jayasudha. The film primarily ...

'' (2006), ''

Kotha Bangaru Lokam ''Kotha Bangaru Lokam'' () is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by debutant Srikanth Addala, and produced by Dil Raju. The film stars Varun Sandesh and Shweta Basu Prasad with Prakash Raj, Jayasudha, Brahmanandam, and Ra ...

'' (2008), '' Brindavanam'' (2010), '' Mr. Perfect'' (2011), ''

Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu ''Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu'' (), also known by the initialism ''SVSC'', is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language family drama film written and directed by Srikanth Addala. It was produced by Dil Raju's Sri Venkateswara Creations, and stars V ...

'' (2013), ''

Sathamanam Bhavati ''Sathamanam Bhavati'' () is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by Satish Vegesna. The film is produced by Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations and stars Sharwanand, Anupama Parameswaran, Prakash Raj and Jay ...

'' (2017), ''

Fidaa ''Fidaa'' () is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Sekhar Kammula, and produced by Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations banner. The film stars Sai Pallavi (in her Telugu debut) with Varun Tej in the ...

'' (2017), '' F2'' (2019), ''

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'' (2019), and '' Sarileru Neekevvaru'' (2020). Eight directors debuted in Telugu cinema through Sri Venkateswara Creations

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, Bhaskar,

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, and

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History

Background Raju and his brothers started

in the early 1990s and partnered with ''Venkata Lakshmi Films''. In 1996, they opened a new office with the name ''Sri Harshita Films''. Most of the films that they distributed were unsuccessful at the box-office and they incurred heavy losses leading them to shut the company. After few more years studying the market, they established ''Sri Venkateswara Film Distributors'' in 1999. They chose to distribute films in the Nizam area which refers to the esrstwhile

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and present-day

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. The first three films distributed were '' Oke Okkadu'' (1999), ''

Nuvvu Vastavani ''Nuvvu Vastavani'' () is a 2000 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language romance film, directed by V. R. Prathap, written by Ezhil, and produced by R. B. Choudary. It stars Nagarjuna (actor), Nagarjuna Akkineni and Simran (actress), Simran in le ...

'' (2000), and ''

Sakhi Sakhi (Gurmukhi: ਸਾਖੀ; ''sākhī'') literally means 'historical account' or 'story'. It is derived from the Sanskrit word ''sākṣī'' (साक्षी) which literally means 'witness'. The term refers to the accounts of the historica ...

'' (2000). They went on to distribute more films like ''

Nuvvu Naaku Nachav ''Nuvvu Naaku Nachav'' () is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar who co-wrote the film with Trivikram Srinivas. It is produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore under the Sri Sravanthi Movies studio. The fi ...

'' (2001), '' Murari'' (2001), '' Kushi'' (2001), ''

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'' (2002), ''

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'' (2005), ''

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'' (2005), and ''

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'' (2006). Founding of Production company and success After distributing films for four years, Raju, along with Giri, Sirish, and Lakshman, established ''Sri Venkateswara Creations'' production house in 2003. The first film that was made under the banner was '' Dil'' (2003), directed by V. V. Vinayak. After ''Dil'', Giri has separated himself from the banner, while the rest continued. In 2004, they made ''

'' (2004) under the direction of

. In 2005, they made another successful film ''

'', under the direction of

. In 2006, they produced ''

'' under the direction of Bhaskar. By the end of the year 2018, 40 films associated with the banner were released: out of which 30 films were produced by them, 6 were dubbed films, and 4 were collaborations. In an interview with

Anil Ravipudi Anil Ravipudi (born 23 November 1982) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He made his directorial debut with the comedy ''Pataas'' (2015). He then directed the dramedy works such as '' Supreme'' (2016), ''Raj ...

for ''GreatAndhra'' website,

claimed that 22 of his 30 films (2003-2018) were either hits, super-hits, or classics; 4 were average grossers; and 4 films were flops. In 2019, Sri Venkateswara Creations produced '' F2: Fun and Frustration'' which was released on the occasion of

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. The film became the highest grossing film for the banner and is one of the highest grossers of all time in Telugu cinema.

Film production

Solo Production

Collaborations with other producers

Involved in the production

Not involved in the production (but credited as a presenter)

Dil Raju Productions

Film distribution

This list is not complete and needs updating. This company and its predecessors have been distributing films in Nizam region, and occasionally Vizag region since 1999.

References

External links

* {{IMDb name, 2346035, Dil Raju Film production companies based in Hyderabad, India Mass media companies established in 2003 Film distributors of India Indian companies established in 2003 2003 establishments in Andhra Pradesh Indian film studios