Indian costume designer
Neeraja Kona is an Indian stylist and costume designer who works in Telugu and Tamil films.
Career
Neeraja began her career assisting in styling for Jr NTR and Kajal Aggarwal for Baadshah (2013) directed by Srinu Vaitla. She was Nithiin's stylist for Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde. Nithiin then signed her on for his next two movies Courier Boy Kalyan and Puri Jagannadh's Heart Attack. She later met Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and became her personal stylist.[1][2]
Early on in her career Neeraja got to be part of Trivikram Srinivas and Pawan Kalyan's Attarintiki Daredi[3] and Harish Shankar's Ramayya Vasthavayya.[4] She designed costumes for Samantha Ruth Prabhu in both films. She has worked with the directors Trivikram Srinivas, Harish Shankar, Vamsi Paidipally, and V. V. Vinayak. Her other projects include Hansika's Romeo and Juliet, Gopichand Malineni's Pandaga Chesko, Krishna Vamsi's Govindudu Andarivadele, Nithin and Karunakaran's Movie. She has also assisted in styling Allu Arjun and Kajal Aggarwal in Yevadu, Nithin and Yami Gautam in Courier Boy Kalyan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Pranitha Subhash in Jr NTR - Santosh Srinivas's project and Sudheer Babu in two songs from Aadu Magaadra Bujji. She was also a lyricist for few songs in the films Thikka, Chal Mohan Ranga and Miss India which are composed by S.S.Thaman.
Her debut directorial feature film, Telusu Kada featuring Siddhu Jonnalagadda, is scheduled for release in 2024.[5]
Filmography
As a Costume Designer
As a Director
Key
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Film
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| 2024 |
Telusu Kada †
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Debut as feature film director
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[7]
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References
External links
Neeraja Kona at IMDb