V. V. Vinayak (born 9 October 1974) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in

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. He is known for directing action comedy and

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films. Vinayak made his directorial debut with the 2002 film '' Aadi'' starring

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which was a commercial success. He received the state Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director for his work in the film. In 2003, Vinayak directed two box office hits '' Dil'' starring Nithiin and ''

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'' starring Chiranjeevi which was screened at the 2006 IIFA Awards held in Dubai. His other successful films include ''Bunny'' (2005), '' Lakshmi'' (2006), '' Krishna'' (2008), ''

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'' (2010), '' Naayak'' (2013), and ''

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'' (2017). In 2013, Vinayak directed a Short film to promote ''Organ Donation''.

Early life

Gandrothu Veera Venkata Vinayaka Rao, better known as V. V. Vinayak was born on 9 October 1969 in Chagallu of West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. His family owned a cinema hall. He was always interested in cinema and used to watch a lot of films in his childhood.

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was a leading director at the time and hailed from Vinayak's neighbouring village

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. He was completed intermediate from his Grand mother house (Dommeru). At the time of his studies he was very much inspired from EVV Satyanarayana garu and his own house is beside the street of his Grand mother house (Chevvuri Venkata Rao). After completion of education, he was convinced his father and joined

as an assistant for the film ''

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'' (1993). Later, he joined director Sagar of has an assistant for the film ''

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'' (1995) and worked with him for six films. Then, he assisted

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on '' Sakutumba Saparivara Sametam'' (2000). He also assisted Kranthi Kumar on ''Paadutha Theeyaga'' (1998) and ''

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'' (2000).

Filmography

Awards

; Nandi Awards * Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director - '' Aadi'' (2002) ;Other Awards *Santhosham Best Commercial Director award By Tharun Sakibanda - Tirupathi - '' Krishna'' (2008)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vinayak, V V Living people Telugu film directors 21st-century Indian film directors Screenwriters from Andhra Pradesh Film directors from Andhra Pradesh People from West Godavari district Indian film directors 1974 births Telugu screenwriters Indian screenwriters Nandi Award winners Santosham Film Awards winners