Guru Films

Guru Films
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Headquarters
Hyderabad, Telangana
,
India
ProductsFilms
OwnerSunitha Tati
WebsiteGuru Films

Guru Films is a media company in film and television production, animation, publishing and digital media. The company is based out of Hyderabad.[1]

In 2009-2010, Guru Films line produced for a Mumbai production house and the Hindi film, ‘Shor In The City’.[2][3][4][5]

Apart from movies in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil, the production house has also produced TV shows for Zee Telugu and Star Maa channels.[6]

In 2019, Guru Films along with Suresh Productions, Kross Pictures, and People's Media Factory produced Oh! Baby, starring Samantha Akkineni in the title role.[7]

Collaborating again with Suresh Productions and Kross Pictures, in 2021, Guru Films released the Telugu remake of Midnight Runners titled Saakini Daakini with Regina Cassandra and Nivetha Thomas in the title roles in this action-comedy[8] and Dongalunnaru Jaagratha, a survival crime thriller starring Simha Koduri, and Samuthirakani.[9]

In 2022, Guru Films is working on an international project Chennai Story with director Philip John and the project so far has tied up ‘Blinded By The Light’ Star Viveik Kalra[10]

Film production

Year Film Language Actors Director Notes
2014 Bangaru Kodipetta Telugu Navdeep, Swathi Reddy Raj Pippalla
2015 Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum Tamil Jai, Yami Gautam Premsai
2015 Courier Boy Kalyan Telugu Nithiin, Yami Gautam Premsai
2016 Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo Telugu Akkineni Naga Chaitanya, Manjima Mohan Gautham Vasudev Menon
2016 Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada Tamil Simbu, Manjima Mohan Gautham Vasudev Menon
2019 Oh! Baby Telugu Samantha Akkineni, Naga Shaurya B. V. Nandini Reddy
2022 Saakini Daakini Telugu Regina Cassandra, Nivetha Thomas Sudheer Varma
2022 Dongalunnaru Jaagratha Telugu Sri Simha Satish Tripura
2023 Chennai Story English, Tamil Viveik Kalra, Nimmi Harasgama Philip John

Television production

Television Show Genre Channel Notes
America Ammayi Drama Zee Telugu Completed
Ok Jaanu Drama Star Maa Completed
Social Thriller Viu (Webseries)[11][12] Completed. 13 Episodes.

First bilingual digital series

Team

Sunitha Tati is the founder and CEO while Yuvraj Karthikeyan and Vamsi Bandaru are directors. The team also includes Vikramjit Roy, Shri Ram Kishanan, and Devika Bahudhanam . Advisors include Apurva Desai, Zak Kilberg, Krishna Mamidibathula, Ram Mohan Komanduri, Pradeepa Jeeva, Sridevi Koneru Rao, Dr. Kamal Maddali and Ramana Tadepalli.

References

  1. ^ "GURU FILMS PVT LTD". cinando.com. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Samantha Akkineni's 'Oh Baby' first look unveiled". Zee News. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Samantha's Miss Granny Remakes Gets An Interesting Title!". Benefitshow.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  4. ^ Watson, Shweta (16 August 2017). "Fashion runway to TV romcom". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Master Class by Sunitha Tati, Well-Known Film Producer". AISFM Blog. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  6. ^ Watson, Shweta (16 August 2017). "Fashion runway to TV romcom". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  7. ^ Hooli, Shekhar H. (20 June 2019). "Oh Baby trailer review: Critics and audience say Samantha make us cry, laugh and think". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  8. ^ "'Midnight Runners' Telugu remake titled as 'Shakini Dhakini'? - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Dongalunnaru Jagratha Movie Review : A thought-provoking survival mystery". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  10. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (16 February 2023). "'Blinded By The Light' Star Viveik Kalra Joins Samantha Ruth Prabhu In Rom-Com 'Chennai Story' — EFM". Deadline. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Rana Daggubati: "As an Actor, I am Glad to Experiment with Genres and Platforms"". Silverscreen.in. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Viu presents first bilingual digital series SOCIAL". Television Asia Plus. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2019.