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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = G. V. Rama Raju<br />
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| birth_name = Gottimukkala Venkata Rama Raju<br />
| birth_place = Bhimavaram, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh<br />
| occupation = Film Director, Writer<br />
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'''Gottimukkala Venkata Rama Raju''' is an [[Indian film]] director and scriptwriter associated with [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Telugu cinema]]. He is from the town of [[Bhimavaram]], [[West Godavari District]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/ramaraju.html |title=Ramaraju |publisher=idlebrain.com|date=2016-07-04}}</ref> Ramaraju has undertaken many professions in his life and finally ended up in film industry. His first movie ''[[Mallela Theeram Lo Sirimalle Puvvu]]'' starring Kranthi, ''[[Sri Divya]]'' receiving critical acclaim from the directors [[Sekhar Kammula]], [[V. V. Vinayak]] and [[Harish Shankar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztnfN-k52i0|title=Sekhar Kammula Talks about Mallela Teeramlo Sirimalle Puvvu Telugu Movie|website=[[YouTube]]|date=2016-07-04}}</ref> His second movie [[Oka Manasu]] is a romantic drama starring [[Niharika Konidela]] and [[Naga Shourya]] which released June 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/making-oka-manasu-was-like-a-spiritual-journey-ramaraju-2867015/|title=Making Oka Manasu was like a spiritual journey: Ramaraju|date=2016-07-04}}</ref> His third movie [[Priyuraalu]] is a romantic drama starring Prithvi Medavaram, Mounika Kalapala, Kaushik Reddy and [[Kamakshi Bhaskarla]] which released [[direct-to-streaming]] on [[SonyLIV]]. The film premiered on 17 September 2021 and received mixed reviews from the critics.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Ramaraju upon completing his graduation has prepared for civil services exams and has gone to the interview as well. Dr. S Rao advised him to explore other fields as Ramaraju can’t handle bureaucracy. As film director [[Ram Gopal Varma]] is a distant relative of him, he joined [[Ram Gopal Varma|RGV]] in direction department and worked for films like [[Deyyam (1996 film)|Deyyam]]. Based on [[Ram Gopal Varma|RGV]]'s advise, Ramaraju made his focus on creative script writing and took some break from working as an assistant director. Then he worked in [[Information technology]] field on [[Oracle Database]] for some period until he realized that cinema should be a self-discovery for him. He went back to cinema and joined the team of [[Eeshwar Nivas]] for [[Shool]] film. While working with [[Shool]] team, Ramaraju bonded well with the [[Anurag Kashyap]] and worked with him for films like [[Black Friday (2007 film)|Black Friday]] and [[Paanch]]. With the experience in the Bollywood arena, he landed back in Hyderabad to work on his own ideas. Inspired from [[Anurag Kashyap]]'s vision, he started his first project in Telugu ''[[Mallela Theeram Lo Sirimalle Puvvu]]'' with an idea that his film should be a contender at film festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Ramaraju-Gottimukkala-587827084591223/info/?entry_point=page_nav_about_item&tab=page_info|title=Ramaraju Bio Facebook|website=[[Facebook]]|date=2016-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/ramaraju.html |title=Ramaraju |publisher=idlebrain.com|date=2016-07-04}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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!Year<br />
!Film<br />
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| style="text-align:center;"|2013<br />
|''[[Mallela Theeram Lo Sirimalle Puvvu]]''<br />
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| style="text-align:center;"|2016<br />
|''[[Oka Manasu]]''<br />
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|2021<br />
|''[[Priyuraalu]]''<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|8119030}}<br />
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12941487/?ref_=tt_cl_dr_1 Rama Raju] at [[IMDb]]<br />
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[[Category:21st-century Indian people]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu film directors]]<br />
[[Category:Film people from West Godavari district]]<br />
[[Category:Film directors from Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
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