Sailesh Kolanu is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in

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Early life and family

Sailesh was born and raised in

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, since his father, Seshagiri Rao Kolanu, used to worked as a production manager for Pratap Art Productions and then late filmmaker,

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. He graduated in

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from

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. He further pursued his PhD, in

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, from the

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, before pursuing a career as a filmmaker.

Career

Kolanu began his career with the 2018 short film, ''Checklist'', which was made for I F P's 50-hour filmmaking challenge. He went on to direct his first feature film, '' HIT: The First Case'' produced by Nani. It was a box-office success. In 2022, he went on to create the ''

HIT Universe HIT Universe is an Indian Telugu-language shared universe of crime thriller films created by Sailesh Kolanu. The first installment of the universe '' HIT: The First Case'' was released on 28 February 2020 and the second installment '' HIT: T ...

'', successfully making the second film of the franchise, '' HIT: The Second Case''. He announced ''HIT: The Third Case'', during the

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of ''HIT: The Second Case'', starring Nani.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolanu, Sailesh Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Telugu film directors Indian male screenwriters Telugu screenwriters 21st-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Indian people Film directors from Andhra Pradesh Screenwriters from Andhra Pradesh 21st-century Indian screenwriters