Ajay Bhupathi

Ajay Bhupathi (born Ajay Narasimha Naga Bhupathi Raju) is an Indian film director who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He made his directorial debut film RX 100 which received positive reception.^[1] He received SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director – Telugu for the film in 2019.^[2] His second film was Mahasamudram starring Sharwanand and Siddharth.

Ajay Bhupathi
Born	Ajay Narasimha Naga Bhupathi Raju Atreyapuram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupations	Film director screen writer dialogue writer
Years active	2011–present
Spouse	Sirisha ​ (m. 2018)​

Career

Bhupathi started off his career as an associate to director/screenwriter Ramesh Varma and Veeru Potla. He worked with Ram Gopal Varma as an executive director in the film Vangaveeti, as chief co-director in the film Killing Veerappan and as associate director in films Attack and Veera. He worked as associate director in the films Doosukeltha with Veeru Potla. Bhupathi then made his directorial film RX 100. The film was remade in Hindi.^[3]

His next film was Mahasamudram starring Sharwanand, Siddharth, Aditi Rao Hydari and Anu Emmanuel.^[4][5][6] His next directorial Mangalavaaramwas released in November 2023.^[7][8]

Personal life

He married his childhood friend Sirisha in August 2018, after assuring her parents in 2016 that he would make a successful debut.^[9]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Notes
2018	RX 100	Debut film as director[10]
2021	Maha Samudram
2023	Mangalavaaram