Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi

Krish Jagarlamudi is one of those directors I quietly admire because he built his reputation on craft rather than star power. Winning two Filmfare Awards South, a Nandi Award and a National Film Award before Telugu cinema went global tells you he was ahead of the curve. What draws me in is his willingness to move across Telugu, Hindi and Tamil while keeping a foot in serious, human-scaled storytelling rather than chasing pure spectacle. He strikes me as an author behind the camera, the kind who elevates an industry from within. I find that brand of regional filmmaking far more interesting than the loudest blockbuster.

Name (English)

Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi

Name (Japanese)

クリッシュ

Reading

くりっしゅ

Born

November 10, 1978 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

Origin

Vinukonda, Guntur district, India

Occupation

film director / actor / screenwriter

Awards & achievements

• 2008 Nandi Award for Best Director
• 2008 Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu
• 2010 Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu
• 2015 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krish%20Jagarlamudi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6437322

Tags

• Guntur district
• film director
• actor
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-18

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.