B. V. Nandini Reddy

B. V. Nandini Reddy is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema and television.^[1] She debuted with 2011 Telugu film, Ala Modalaindi.^[2][3]

Nandini Reddy
Reddy at the success meet of Mahanati in 2018
Born	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (present day Telangana), India
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	2011–present

Early life

Nandini Reddy was born in Hyderabad. Her father Bharath. V. Reddy was a Chartered accountant who is originally from Chittoor district, and is settled in Bangalore. Her mother Roopa Reddy is from the "Pingle" family hailing from Warangal district. Nandini has a younger brother named Uttam Reddy.^[4]

Reddy was educated at St. Ann's High School, Secunderabad, and earned a degree at Women's College, Koti.^{[citation needed]} She also holds a master's degree in politic science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.^[5] She was active in dramatics, elocution and cricket throughout her school and college years. She is also one of the judges in a Telugu reality TV show Adhurs.^{[citation needed]}

Nandini Reddy in Cinivaram, Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad

Career

Reddy was introduced to Gangaraju Gunnam through a mutual friend and in 1995 she worked on his children's movie Little Soldiers as an Assistant Director.^[6] After that film was released, cinematographer Rasool Ellore introduced her to Krishna Vamsi, who refused at the time to take her into his team. She was idle for a year before being offered work on the Kannada film Santhi Santhi Santhi. Actress Ramya Krishnan then persuaded Vamsi to take her for his next project, Chandralekha.^[6] She became an integral part of Vamsi's team up to and including the filming of Shakti, a Hindi remake of Anthahpuram.^[5]

Vamsi sent Reddy to Daggubati Suresh Babu, with whom she has worked for Suresh Productions.

In 2019, she directed her fourth film Oh! Baby, starring Samantha Akkineni. Produced by People's Media Productions and Guru Films along with Suresh Productions, this is the second time Samantha and Reddy worked together.^[7][8]

Filmography

Film

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Film credits

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes	Ref.
2011	Ala Modalaindi	Yes	Yes		[9][10]
2013	Jabardasth	Yes	Screenplay
2016	Kalyana Vaibhogame	Yes	Yes		[11][12]
2019	Oh! Baby	Yes	Screenplay		[13][14]
2021	Pitta Kathalu	Yes	No	Segment: Meera	[15]
2023	Anni Manchi Sakunamule	Yes	No		[16]

Television

Television credits

Year	Title	Network	Role	Notes
2013	Adhurs	ETV	Judge	[17]
2017	Mana Mugguri Love Story	YuppTV	Creator	[18][19]
2018	Gangstars	Amazon Prime Video	Creator	[20][21]
2020-2021	Sam Jam	Aha	Creative Producer

Awards

• Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director (2010) for Ala Modalaindi^[22]
• Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu for Ala Modalaindi
• Hyderabad Times Film Awards 2011 – Best Screenplay for Ala Modalaindi.^[23]
• SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director (Telugu) [2011] for Ala Modalaindi.
• Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Director - Telugu for Oh! Baby