Birthday Special! VV Vinayak: Blockbuster films of the ace director

VV Vinayak is known best for his magnificently plotted and stunning feature films in Tollywood. The Chagallu native has developed a huge following amongst cinema aficionados throughout the world. All his works touch on commercial themes, which explores love, action, comedy and with the content of good and evil. His protagonists are strong-willed young men, while the villains are morally ambivalent. Needless to say, VV Vinayak’s films are great entire entertainers and you simply cannot miss watching them.

As the filmmaker turns a year older today, we give you a rundown of his films that went on to become blockbusters.

This VV Vinayak directorial was the remake of the Tamil film ‘Ramanaa’. The story is spiced up with an incident where an unknown person kidnaps government officials. The kidnap, contrary to what one would have thought, is not the focus of the ‘Tagore’ movie. The plot is rather a much more investigative interpretation of a common man attack towards the corruption rampant in today’s society. The film successfully brings the viewer into the level of the crowd, many thanks to its director VV Vinayak’s unique filming style.

Anything that stars Ravi Teja is expected to be a big hit. But, when in combination with Bramhanandam and Trisha, you can expect nothing less than a blockbuster. Taking aspects of family love, loyalty, comedy and sacrifice as well as the importance of conserving the essence of relationships, ‘Krishna’ is one of the best movie of VV Vinayak that any family would enjoy watching together. Moreover, Ravi Teja and Bramhanandam will definitely keep you glued to the screen right from the beginning till the end.

‘Aadi’ was the first project of VV Vinayak as a director. The faction drama proved to be a huge success and quickly propelled Vinayak into other prestigious projects. It was impossible to ignore how the film industry has come to be ruled by his films at one point in time. The massive success of ‘Aadi’ showed filmmakers just how a commercial entertainer should be. He started a trend of blasting cars with this film which would lead to the many blockbuster films in Telugu. So much was the impact of his films that the audience would be mouthing dialogues of Jr NTR even after reaching home.

‘Dil’ is a romantic action entertainer produced by Raju and under his home banner Sri Venkateswara Creations and released in 2003. The dialogues were jointly penned by VV Vinayak and Chintapalli Ramana. After this, he came to be popularly known as ‘Dil’ Raju. The Nithiin starrer received positive reviews from audience and critics alike. The factors that contribute to the success of the movie are the actors, careful planning, well-written script, music as well as the original content. In the film, all the characters worked as a team and each of them had their own moment of glory.

This is one of the best movies of VV Vinayak that explore relationships on a deeper level. It was definitely something that cannot be seen in many of the films today. The movie talks about an elder brother who lives only for his siblings and the fact that Daggubati Venkatesh is the lead makes things all the more interesting. Vinayak does quite a remarkable job at developing the characters quickly. The movie is high in its commercial elements that keep you on the edge of your seats.

‘Khaidi No. 150’, directed by VV Vinayak, created a lot of buzz even before its release after its previews and trailers. The film is the official remake of the Tamil film ‘Kaththi’. The film stars Megastar Chiranjeevi in the dual role and Kajal Aggarwal as the leading lady. The movie deals with the popular subject on how a farmer would struggle to farm his land. Vinayak has always been a master when it comes to showing commercial elements in a film, which is said to be the comeback film of Chiranjeevi after ten years.