D. V. V. Danayya

D. V. V. Danayya
Danayya in promotion of Bharat Ane Nenu
Born	Dasari Veera Venkata Danayya (1961-04-01) 1 April 1961 Tallapudi, Kovvur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	1992–present
Known for	RRR Bharat Ane Nenu Dubai Seenu Desamuduru Jamba Lakidi Pamba
Children	Kalyan Dasari

D. V. V. Danayya (born Dasari Veera Venkata Danayya, 1 April 1961) is an Indian film producer, who works in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning three decades, he has produced more than 20 films.

Danayya started his career by co-producing the fantasy comedy film Jamba Lakidi Pamba in 1992. His filmography as producer/presenter includes films like Samudram (1999), Manasunna Maaraju (2000), Sivamani (2003), Desamuduru (2006), Dubai Seenu (2007), Krishna (2008), Oy! (2009), Julayi (2012), Naayak (2013), Ninnu Kori (2017), Bharat Ane Nenu (2018) and RRR (2022).

RRR is the most expensive Indian film ever made and is the third highest grossing Indian film of all time. RRR has received various international accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and two Critics' Choice Movie.

Early life

Danayya hails from Tallapudi near Kovvur, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. He was fascinated by films right from his childhood. Films such as Padipantalu (1976) and Meghasandesam (1982) were shot in the region. Watching the shooting of these films attracted him towards cinema. His parents were against the idea of him joining the film industry.

Career

After his marriage, he shifted to Madras against everyone's advice and joined the team of Jandhyala. He worked with Jandhyala on Rendu Rellu Aaru (1986). Later, he started working in the production department in the film industry.

Danayya became close friends with E. V. V. Satyanarayana while working with him in several films. When EVV became a director, Danayya collaborated with him and co-produced a fantasy comedy film under E. V. V.'s direction titled Jamba Lakidi Pamba (1993). The film explores feminism and women's rights in a light-hearted manner and depicts the consequences when the male and female genders are reversed. It became a super hit at the box office.

He later made Maavidaakulu (1998) with E. V. V. Satyanarayana which became an average grosser. His next film was Samudram (1999) under Krishna Vamsi's direction which was also an average grosser. In 2000, he remade the Malayalam film Kottaram Veettile Apputtan (1998) as Manasunna Maaraju (2000) with Muthyala Subbaiah as director. It became a commercial success.

His next film was Seema Simham (2002) starring Balakrishna and the film was a flop at the box office. In 2003, he remade the Tamil film Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002) in Telugu as Juniors (2003) starring Allari Naresh. The film bombed at the box office. His next film Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnula Pelli (2003) was a commercial success at the box office.

He also presented Sivamani (2003) produced and directed by Puri Jagannadh that became a commercial success. His next venture was Desamuduru (2006) under the direction of Puri Jagannadh and starring Allu Arjun in the lead role. It became a blockbuster and was one of the highest grossing Telugu films of 2007.

Later, he made successful films like Dubai Seenu (2007), Krishna (2008), Oy! (2009), Julayi (2012), Naayak (2013), Ninnu Kori (2017), Bharat Ane Nenu (2018) and RRR (2022).

RRR is the most expensive Indian film ever made and is the third highest grossing Indian film of all time. It has been nominated in three categories at the 47th Saturn Awards including Best Action / Adventure Film and Best International Film.

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Cast	Producer	Presenter	Director	Notes
1992	Jamba Lakidi Pamba	Naresh, Aamani	Yes	No	E. V. V. Satyanarayana
1998	Maavidaakulu	Jagapati Babu, Rachana	Yes	No	E. V. V. Satyanarayana
1999	Samudram	Jagapati Babu, Sakshi Shivanand	Yes	No	Krishna Vamsi	Won 3 Nandi Awards
2000	Manasunna Maaraju	Rajasekhar, Laya	Yes	No	Muthyala Subbaiah	Remake of Malayalam film Kottaram Veettile Apputtan (1998)
2002	Seema Simham	Balakrishna, Simran	Yes	No	G. Ram Prasad
2003	Juniors	Allari Naresh, Sherin	Yes	No	J. Pulla Rao	Remake of Tamil film Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002)
	Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnula Pelli	Srikanth, Prabhu Deva, Namitha	Yes	No	G. Nageswara Reddy
	Sivamani	Nagarjuna, Asin	No	Yes	Puri Jagannadh
2007	Desamuduru	Allu Arjun, Hansika	Yes	No	Puri Jagannadh	Won a Filmfare Award and Nandi Award Debut film of Hansika
	Dubai Seenu	Ravi Teja, Nayantara	Yes	No	Srinu Vaitla
2008	Krishna	Ravi Teja, Trisha	No	Yes	V.V. Vinayak
	Neninthe	Ravi Teja, Siya	Yes	No	Puri Jagannadh	Won 3 Nandi Awards
2009	Oy!	Siddharth, Shamili	Yes	No	Anand Ranga	Filmfare Special Award SouthDebut film of Shamili in a lead role
2010	Varudu	Allu Arjun, Arya, Bhanu Sri Mehra	Yes	No	Gunasekhar	Won 3 Nandi Awards
2012	Julayi	Allu Arjun, Ileana D'Cruz, Sonu Sood	No	Yes	Trivikram Srinivas
	Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu	Pawan Kalyan, Tamannaah	Yes	No	Puri Jagannadh
2013	Naayak	Ram Charan, Kajal Aggarwal, Amala Paul	Yes	No	V. V. Vinayak
2015	Bruce Lee	Ram Charan, Rakul Preet Singh	Yes	No	Srinu Vaitla
2017	Ninnu Kori	Nani, Niveda Thomas, Aadhi Pinisetty	Yes	No	Shiva Nirvana
2018	Bharat Ane Nenu	Mahesh Babu, Kiara Advani	Yes	No	Koratala Siva
2019	Vinaya Vidheya Rama	Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, Vivek Oberoi	Yes	No	Boyapati Srinu
2022	RRR	N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt	Yes	No	S. S. Rajamouli	List of accolades received by RRR
2024	Saripodhaa Sanivaaram†	Nani, S. J. Suryah, Priyanka Arul Mohan	Yes	No	Vivek Athreya	Filming
	OG†	Pawan Kalyan, Emraan Hashmi, Priyanka Arul Mohan	Yes	No	Sujeeth	Filming

External links

• D. V. V. Danayya at IMDb