V. Vijayendra Prasad

Koduri Viswa Vijayendra Prasad (born 27 May 1942) is an Indian screenwriter and film director who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. With a career spanning across nearly three decades, his filmography consists of over 25 films as a screenwriter. He is considered to be one of the most successful screenwriters of Indian cinema. He has frequently collaborated with his son, director S. S. Rajamouli, to deliver some of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time.

His notable work as a writer includes films like Bobbili Simham (1994), Magadheera (2009),Eega (2012), Baahubali duology (2015–2017), Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) and RRR (2022). In 2011, he has directed Rajanna, for which he won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film. In 2016, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Story for Bajrangi Bhaijaan.

On 6 July 2022, President of India Ram Nath Kovind nominated him as a member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament.