28 Facts About Trivikram Srinivas

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Trivikram Srinivas is one of the highest-paid directors in South Indian cinema.

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Trivikram Srinivas has garnered six state Nandi Awards for Best Dialogue Writer and two Filmfare Awards for Best Director.

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Trivikram Srinivas was born as "Akella Naga Srinivasa Sarma" in a middle class Telugu Brahmin family, in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.

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Trivikram Srinivas however had no plans for a career in films, as he thought it's impractical considering his financial situation was such that even buying a ticket to travel from Bhimavaram to Hyderabad, the hub of Telugu film industry, was itself a big task.

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Trivikram Srinivas then moved to the city of Visakhapatnam to study for his Master's degree.

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Trivikram Srinivas was an avid reader and was so addicted to reading that he used to get, "a high while reading books".

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Trivikram Srinivas then started to work as a High school teacher in Bhimavaram, teaching Maths, Physics and Chemistry.

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Trivikram Srinivas then started taking classes for students over there, living on the income from tution fee, and spent his spare time in trying to find opportunities for himself to enter film industry.

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Trivikram Srinivas met writer Kommanapalli Ganapathi Rao, and on his suggestion, published his short story "Road" in Andhra Jyothi, a leading Telugu Weekly.

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Trivikram Srinivas then started working for the film, and after 10 days of work, when the shooting of the film shifted to far away location in Gandipet, he disassociated himself from the project, citing lack of money to travel.

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Prasad narrated the story, and said the entire script was complete except for the climax and asked Trivikram Srinivas to come up with his own version of climax.

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Trivikram Srinivas then worked as writer for a film based program, conducted by Gautam Raju, in ETV.

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Trivikram Srinivas was then given a narration of the story of Pavitra Bandham by Posani, and was asked to come up with his own version of scenes.

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Under the tutelage of Posani, during a stint of 1 year 8 months, Trivikram Srinivas learned a lot and gained a vast experience in writing for films of all genres.

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Trivikram Srinivas met actor Venu, and producer Venkata Shyam Prasad, and narrated the story of Swayamvaram to them.

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Trivikram Srinivas then received a call from Sravanthi Ravi Kishore, to accompany him to Chennai, for buying the remake rights of Malayalam film Niram.

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Trivikram Srinivas added humor with the dialogues and incorporated new characters, including one for his actor friend Sunil.

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Trivikram Srinivas wrote dialogue for the Telugu film Vasu.

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Trivikram Srinivas even penned the lyrics for a song in the film Oka Raju Oka Rani, and sang a portion of the song Computers-u Arts-u Science-u in his directorial debut Nuvve Nuvve.

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Trivikram Srinivas accepted the offer and asked for some time as he needed more confidence.

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Trivikram Srinivas commenced the direction of Nuvve Nuvve, after the release of his another work as writer, Nuvvu Naaku Nachav, in late 2001.

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Jalsa was followed by Khaleja released on 7 October 2010, for which Trivikram Srinivas directed Mahesh Babu in two Thums Up soft drink commercials to assist in promoting the film.

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Trivikram Srinivas provided the dialogues and screenplay for the film, Teen Maar, starring Pawan Kalyan and Trisha in a remake of Love Aaj Kal released in March 2011.

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Trivikram Srinivas is set to work with Mahesh Babu in an as yet untitled film, marking their third collaboration.

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Actor Sunil and Trivikram Srinivas were friends since their early days in Bhimavaram.

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26.

In 2002, Trivikram Srinivas married Soujanya, niece of Telugu lyricist Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry.

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Trivikram Srinivas's films are known for their creative and quick-witted dialogue.

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Trivikram Srinivas felt Telugu film Vaarasudu was emotionally touching and appreciated the cast and makers.