Sunitha Tati is an Indian film producer who produces

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films under Guru Films. Her notable productions include ''

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'', ''

Courier Boy Kalyan ''Courier Boy Kalyan'' is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Premsai, who had earlier assisted Prabhu Deva. This film is produced by Gautham Vasudev Menon under the banners Photon Kathaas and Guru films. It is insp ...

'' and ''

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.''

Early life

Tati was born and brought up in Vijayawada. She completed her bachelor's degree in business management from

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and went on to do her PG course in film-making from

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Career

Before starting out in the Telugu movie industry, Tati worked in

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as well as

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. She worked under

D. Suresh Babu Daggubati Suresh Babu (born 24 December 1958) is an Indian film producer, studio owner and distributor who serves as the managing director of Suresh Productions. In 2012, he received the Andhra Pradesh state Nagireddy–Chakrapani National Awa ...

of Ramanaidu Studios and worked as an assistant director of various movies including '' Malliswari,

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'' and

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’s ''

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.'' In 2016, she worked with

Gautham Vasudev Menon Gautham Vasudev Menon (born 25 February 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry. He has also directed Telugu cinema, Telugu and Hindi cinema, Hindi films th ...

as a producer for ''

Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada ''Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language romantic action thriller film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The film stars Silambarasan and Manjima Mohan, while Baba Sehgal plays the role of a corrupt cop. T ...

'' and also its Telugu version ''

Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo ''Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo'' () is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language romantic action thriller film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. It was produced by Miryala Ravinder Reddy, under ''Dwaraka Creations''. The film stars Naga Chaitanya a ...

.'' In 2019, she produced

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-directed ''

'', starring

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and

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, along with People’s Media Productions and Suresh Productions. Her upcoming film, ''

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'' is directed by

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. Starring

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and

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, the film is a remake of the Korean film ''

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''. As of August 2021, she is also working on the comedy film ''

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'' in a collaboration with Suresh Productions, Written and directed by Satish Tripura, the film stars

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and

Samuthirakani Samuthirakani (born 26 April 1973) is an Indian actor and film director who predominantly works in Tamil films and Telugu films besides appearing in a number of Malayalam films. He worked as an assistant to director K Balachander. He won the N ...

Other work

Apart from movies, Tati is an active Rotarian. She also serves as a trustee and founder member of Support Cancer Awareness Foundation, a NGO based in

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Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tati, Sunitha Living people Indian women television producers Indian television producers Film directors from Andhra Pradesh Film producers from Andhra Pradesh Indian women film producers Businesspeople from Vijayawada Telugu film producers Women artists from Andhra Pradesh Telugu film directors 21st-century Indian film directors Businesspeople from Andhra Pradesh Women television producers Year of birth missing (living people) Film producers from Hyderabad, India