Srinivas Avasarala


Srinivas Avasarala is an Indian actor, film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He received two Nandi Awards and a SIIMA Award.

Early life

Srinivas Avasarala was born on 19 March 1981 in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. His father worked at Andhra Bank. By virtue of his work, they had to travel across different locations. Hence, Avasarala completed his education in 4 cities – Kakinada, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, and Visakhapatnam. He did his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from KL College of Engineering, Vijayawada. Avasarala holds a master's in Mechanical Engineering with focus on Finite Element Analysis from University of North Dakota and worked for Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
He is also a professional racquetball player who represented India in the Racquetball Asian championships.

Career

Avasarala holds a screenwriting diploma from University of California, Los Angeles and took acting classes for a year at Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York City. He did theatre in New York and then worked as an assistant director for a film called Blind Ambition. He also hosted one of the quiz shows, Champion which aired on ETV Telugu for the first season.
He made his acting debut with the film Ashta Chamma- an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. His portrayal of Anand, Algernon in the play, received wide critical acclaim. He made his directorial debut with the Telugu romantic-comedy, Oohalu Gusagusalade. He also essayed the role of Uday Bhaskar in the film which earned him South Indian International Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has essayed character actor roles in works such as Pilla Zamindar, Anthakamundhu Aatharvaatha, and Kanche which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year.

Filmography

Films

As actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008Ashta ChammaAnand
2010OrangeAjay
2010Saradaga KasepuSrinivas
2011Vara Prasad Potti PrasadVara Prasad
2011MugguruAnji
2011Pilla ZamindarKanna Babu
2013Amrutham ChandamamaloAmrutha Rao
2013AddaKishore
2013Anthaka Mundu Aa TarvathaViswa
2013Aravind 2Film director
2013SukumaruduANR
2013Chammak ChalloKishore
2014Govindudu AndarivadeleDr. N. Raju
2014Oohalu GusagusaladeUday BhaskarAlso writer and director
2015JilAjay
2015Yevade SubramanyamPrabhakar
2015BandipotuCheekati
2015KancheDas
2016Nannaku PremathoAbhiram's brother
2016Raja Cheyyi VestheChakri
2016A AaShekhar Benarjee
2016GentlemanVamshi
2016Oka ManasuSatya
2017Babu Baga BusyMadhav / Maddy
2017Ami ThumiVijay
2017Meda Meeda AbbayiCBCID Officer Naresh
2017PSV Garuda VegaPrakash
2017Okka KshanamSrinivas
2018AweShiva
2018MahanatiL. V. PrasadCameo appearance
2018SammohanamHimselfSpecial appearance
2018DevadasRajan
2018Antariksham 9000 KMPHMohan
2019NTR: KathanayakuduD. V. Narasa RajuCameo appearance
2019Kathanam
2019Oorantha AnukuntunnaruShiva Raman Iyer
2020NishabdhamPoorna Chandra RaoShot simultaneously in Tamil
2020SilenceSurya KandasamyShot simultaneously in Tamil
2021Nootokka Jillala AndagaduGotti Surya NarayanaAlso writer
2022Aa Ammayi Gurinchi Meeku CheppaliDr. Varun
2023PindamLoknath
2024KismatVivek
2024Vidya Vasula Aham
2024Kalki 2898 ADBhairava's proposed buyerCameo appearance
2025Sankranthiki VasthunamSatya Akella / PremDual role
2025Baapu
2025Sarangapani JathakamJogeshwar
2025AnaganagaRaja Reddy
2025Mowgli

As director or writer

Television

Awards and nominations

;South Indian International Movie Awards
;Nandi Awards