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Puri Jagannadh

1966 - Today

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Petla "Puri" Jagannadh (born 28 September 1966) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who works primarily in the Telugu film Industry. He made his directorial debut in 2000 with the Telugu film Badri starring Pawan Kalyan, Renu Desai and Ameesha Patel. In 2006, he directed the Telugu film Pokiri, premiered at the 7th IIFA Film Festival held in Dubai. The film was later re-made into several Indian languages, and brought Puri widespread Indian recognition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Puri Jagannadh is the 1,948th most popular film director (up from 2,002nd in 2024), the 1,235th most popular biography from India (up from 1,443rd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Puri Jagannadh ranks 1,948 out of 2,041. Before him are Corneliu Porumboiu, Vicky Jenson, Mark Dindal, Călin Peter Netzer, Nicolette Krebitz, and Marina de Van. After him are Ben Davis, Tobias Lindholm, Byambasuren Davaa, Harald Zwart, Chetan Anand, and Ryan Coogler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Puri Jagannadh ranks 806. Before him are Dmitry Volkov, Tatyana Sadovskaya, José María Olazábal, Nina Morato, Tahir Elçi, and Ivan Tsonov. After him are Yasuyuki Sato, Jan Karlsson, Cas Anvar, John Daly, Dušan Tittel, and Yoon Hyun.

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In India

Among people born in India, Puri Jagannadh ranks 1,235 out of 1,861. Before him are Sonu Nigam (1973), Ila Arun (1929), Vinesh Phogat (1994), Jasodhara Bagchi (1937), Shiva Ayyadurai (1963), and Diana Penty (1985). After him are Aditi Sharma (1983), Nithiin (1983), Karnam Malleswari (1975), Shraddha Kapoor (1987), Vinod Khosla (1955), and Dina Pathak (1922).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Puri Jagannadh ranks 42. Before him are Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922), Aishwarya R. Dhanush (1982), David Dhawan (1955), Mehboob Khan (1907), Basu Chatterjee (1930), and Farah Khan (1965). After him are Shakti Samanta (1926), Sai Paranjpye (1938), S. S. Rajamouli (1973), Rajkumar Hirani (1962), Rituparno Ghosh (1963), and Ram Gopal Varma (1962).

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