Vakkantham Vamsi


Vakkantham Vamsi is an Indian film dialogue writer, screenwriter, and director in Telugu cinema. He wrote scripts for popular star heroes of Telugu cinema such as Mahesh Babu, Allu Arjun, Ravi Teja, N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan.

Early life and career

He was born in Arikela village near Punganur in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh and graduated from Sri Venkateswara University. He continued his father's Vakkantham Suryanarayana Rao legacy in writings. He gained recognition for his language diction and acting skills during his schooling.
Vamsi started his career as a News presenter, television anchor and starred as Suka Muni in Bapu – Ramana's tele serial "Bhagavatham" telecast on ETV Network. He made his Telugu film debut with Kalyana Prapthirasthu, directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. After the release of his film Kick he became one of the star writers of Telugu Cinema.

Filmography

As a writer

YearTitleActors
2002KalusukovalaniUday Kiran, Prathyusha, Gajala
2006AshokN. T. Rama Rao, Sameera Reddy
2007AthidhiMahesh Babu, Amrita Rao
2009KickRavi Teja, Ileana D'Cruz
2009Kalyanram KathiKalyan Ram, Sana Khan, Shaam
2011OosaravelliN. T. Rama Rao, Tamannaah Bhatia
2014YevaduAllu Arjun, Ram Charan, Shruti Haasan, Amy Jackson
2014Race GurramAllu Arjun, Shruti Haasan
2014KickSalman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez
2015TemperN. T. Rama Rao, Kajal Aggarwal
2015Kick 2Ravi Teja, Rakul Preet Singh
2018Touch Chesi ChuduRavi Teja, Raashi Khanna
2017Aaradugula BulletGopichand, Nayanthara

As a Director