Sudheer Varma

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Sudheer Varma
Varma in 2018
Born	Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Film director
Years active	2011–present
Spouse(s)	Radha Kumari
Children	2

Sudheer Varma is an Indian film director and writer who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He made his directorial debut film Swamy Ra Ra (2013). He later directed films such as Dochay (2015), Keshava (2017), and Ranarangam (2019).

Early life[]

Sudheer Varma hails from Bhimavaram.^[1] Varma was schooled in Visakhapatnam and completed his intermediate in Kakinada.^[2] He grew up in Narasapuram.^[3] He is an Electronics and Communication Engineer by profession. He started his career as an assistant director.

Varma is married and has two children.^[1]

Career[]

Sudheer Varma released his debut directorial venture Swamy Ra Ra (2013), starring Nikhil Siddharth and Swathi Reddy. The Hindu stated that "the film will pick-pocket your brain and you'll most probably end up feeling richer, if not a millionaire."^[4] It was commercially successful at the box office.^[5] The film was remade in Kannada as Jamboo Savari.

Varma's second film was Dohchay (2015), starring Naga Chaitanya and Kriti Sanon. He later directed Keshava (2017) with Nikhil Siddharth, Ritu Varma, and Isha Kopikar in the lead roles.

Style and influences[]

Talking about his style Sudheer shared, "I’m influenced largely by foreign films. I am a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, and Martin Scorsese so their work has been very important in my learning. As for my style, whenever I do a film I watch a lot of films from the same genre. If I see anything interesting, I adapt it. The story structure is mine and in place even before I’ve thought of inspiration. After that I might adapt some scenes in my films from others. Still, I do the screenplay to suit our audience. I don’t want the audience to disconnect from the film so I make sure our audience relates to it."^{[citation needed]}

In another interview he said, "According to me, inspiration or copy, both are same. That's why I give credit to the directors from whom I steal the scenes. Keshava too inspired from several films but not any one particular film. So, in the special thanks card, I mentioned each director from whose films I took inspiration for Keshava. This is my way of paying tribute to the scenes that left a great impact on me. My favourite Indian directors are Mani Ratnam, RGV, Rajkumar Santoshi, Rajkumar Hirani and more."^[6]

Filmography[]

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Credited as			Ref.
		Director	Writer	Producer
2013	Swamy Ra Ra	Yes	Yes	No	[7]
2015	Dohchay	Yes	Yes	No	[8]
2017	Keshava	Yes	Yes	No
2018	Kirrak Party	No	Yes	No
2019	Ranarangam	Yes	Yes	No	[9]
2021	Super Over	No	No	Yes	[10]
2021	Shakini Dhakini	Yes	No	No	[11]

References[]

External links[]

• Sudheer Varma at IMDb