Siddhu Jonnalagadda

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Siddhu Jonnalagadda
Siddu Jonnalagadda.jpg
Born
Siddharth Jonnalagadda[1]

Occupation
  • Actor
  • screenwriter
Years active2009–present

Siddharth "Siddhu" Jonnalagadda is an Indian actor and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He debuted in a lead role with the film Life Before Wedding (2011). Jonnalagadda went onto to co-write and star in films such as Guntur Talkies (2016), Krishna and His Leela* (2020), Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma (2020) and DJ Tillu (2022).

Early life[]

Siddhu Jonnalagadda was born and brought up in Hyderabad. He pursued MBA before venturing into a career in films.[2]

Career[]

Jonnalagadda made his lead debut with Praveen Sattaru's LBW: Life Before Wedding and then in between he did a Tamil film Vallinam (2014), and Ice Cream 2 (2014) before playing the lead role in Sattaru's Guntur Talkies (2016).[3] Siddu plays the lead role in Krishna and His Leela, a romantic drama film starring Shraddha Srinath, Shalini Vadnikatti and Seerat Kapoor.[4] In a review of the film by The Times of India, the reviewer wrote that "Siddhu is an absolute delight and a revelation in this one. ... The key to his character lies in being effortless and he plays it well".[5] He will reprise the role of Rajkummar Rao in That Is Mahalakshmi, the Telugu remake of Queen.[6]

Filmography[]

Films[]

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
  • All films are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted.
Year Film Role Notes Ref.
2009 Josh College student [2]
2010 Orange Santhosh [2]
2010 Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu Dhinesh [2]
2011 LBW: Life Before Wedding Rishi Debut in a lead role [3]
2013 Jagamemaaya [7]
2014 Vallinam Vamsi Tamil film [3]
Ice Cream 2 Filmmaker [3]
2016 Guntur Talkies Hari Also story, dialogues and singer [3]
2019 Kalki Sekhar Babu [8]
2020 Krishna and His Leela Krishna Also writer and editor [5]
2020 Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma Siddhu Also writer, creative producer and editor [9]
2022 DJ Tillu DJ Tillu Also writer [10]
TBA That Is Mahalakshmi dagger TBA [6]
TBA Untitled Thallumaala Remake dagger TBA Remake of Malayalam film Thallumaala

Television[]

Year Work Role Network
2018 Gangstars Ajay Amazon Prime Video

Discography[]

Year Film Song Music director
2016 Guntur Talkies "Guntur Talkies" Title Track Sricharan Pakala
Naruda Donoruda "Kaasu Paisa" and "Pelli Beatu" (rap portions)[11]
2022 DJ Tillu "Nuvvala"

References[]

  1. ^ Siddhu Jonnalagadda and Bithiri Sathi (8 February 2022). DJ Tillu fame Siddhu Hilarious Interview with Garam Sathi - Garam Muchatlu. Sakshi TV. Event occurs at 1:11.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Siddhu Jonnalagadda chitchat". Idlebrain.com. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (26 May 2015). "Striving for a break". The Hindu.
  4. ^ "Siddu Jonnalagadda and Shraddha Srinath-starrer Krishna and His Leela to get an OTT release". The Times of India. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Krishna And His Leela Movie Review: A rom-com that dares to go a little beyond". The Hindu.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Guntur Talkies boy in Telugu remake of Queen - Times of India". The Times of India.
  7. ^ ""Jagame Maya "is a new movie based on Illusion". 123telugu.com. 1 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Kalki Movie Review: A mediocre cop drama". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  9. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (14 November 2020). "'Maa Vintha Gaadha Vinuma' review: For a few bright moments". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  10. ^ "As SS Rajamouli's RRR gets postponed, 6 Telugu films line up to cash in on Sankranthi festivities". Indian Express. 3 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Naruda Donoruda releases its first song on Radio Mirchi - Times of India". The Times of India.

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