Madan (film director)

Ramigani Madan Mohan Reddy (died 19 November 2022), better known as R. R. Madan or simply Madan, was an Indian Telugu film director, writer and producer.^[1] He was born and brought up in Madanapalle, Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. He has done his graduation from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi at Annie Besant Theosophical College, Madanapalli. He used to write short stories and direct play-lets during his college days. Later he moved to Hyderabad where the regional Film Industry in Telugu language is located. He worked for 2 years as an assistant cameraman under Mr. S. Gopal Reddy, a popular film cameraman. Later he has worked as a co-writer for a few films.

Ramigani Madan
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Born	Madanpalli, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died	19 November 2022 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Occupation(s)	Film director, Writer, Producer
Known for	Madan (Ramigani Madan Mohan Reddy)

In 2004, he became popular by the film Aa Naluguru one of the classic Telugu films, as a script writer. He penned story, screen play and dialogues for Aa Naluguru.- starring Rajendra Prasad. The movie has thought provoking message and received three Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awards i.e. Best film, Best actor and Best character. In 2006, under his own banner "Aa Naluguru films," he had written, produced and directed Pellaina Kothalo starring Jagapathi Babu and Priyamani. The film was well received by the audience particularly by the youth and went on to become a super hit movie.

Madan died from a stroke on 19 November 2022.^[2]

Filmography

Writer, director and producer

Year	Film	Role	Cast	Music Director	Notes
2004	Aa Naluguru	Story, Screenplay, Dialogues	Rajendra Prasad, Aamani	R. P. Patnaik	Directed by Chandra Siddhartha and also contributed for Screenplay. Remade in Kannada and starring Vishnuvardhan as Sirivantha
2006	Pellaina Kothalo	Writer, Director, Producer	Jagapathi Babu, Priyamani	Agasthya	Received Best Character Artist by Kota Srinivasa Rao
2008	Gunde Jhallumandi	Writer, Director	Uday Kiran, Aditi Sharma	M. M. Keeravani
2009	Pravarakhyudu	Writer, Director	Jagapathi Babu, Priyamani, Brahmanandam	M.M. Keeravani
2013	Coffee With My Wife	Writer, Producer	Anish, Sindhu Loknath	Mantra Anand	Kananda film directed by Sagar (Choreographer)
2016	Garam	Screenplay, Direction	Aadi, Adah Sharma, Brahmanandam	Agasthya
2018	Gayatri	Director	Mohan Babu, Vishnu Manchu, Shriya Saran	S. Thaman