| Muppalaneni Shiva | |
| Birth Date: | 25 November 1968[1] |
| Birth Place: | Narasaya Palem, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Muppalaneni Shiva is an Indian film director and writer who works in Telugu cinema. He has directed movies for production houses like Suresh Productions, Super Good Films, Sravanthi Movies, Ramakrishna Cine Studios & Etharam films etc. His successful movies include Taj Mahal, Gilli Kajjalu, Priya O Priya, Ammayi Kosam, Raja, Sandade Sandadi & Sankrathi.[2] [3]
Muppalaneni Shiva was born at Bapatla, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh on 25 November 1968. He studied in Pamidi Ankamma High School at his native place Narasaya Palem. He completed his graduation at Arts & Science College of Bapatla. During his college days, he was good at painting and achieved state level awards in modern art.
At the start of his career he worked with A. Kodandarami Reddy, Muthyala Subbaiah and Paruchuri Brothers. He worked for more than 20 films under A. Kodanda Rami Reddy direction. At that time he worked with top stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna, Sobhan Babu, Krishnam Raju, Srikanth, Chiranjeevi, Kamal Haasan and Sridevi. In 1994 he got a chance to direct a film with Superstar Krishna and the film name is Gharana Alludu. Finally he got a major break with Srikanth under Suresh Productions' Taj Mahal film in 1995.
| As director | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Cast | Notes | |
| 1994 | Gharana Alludu | Krishna, Malashri | ||
| 1995 | Tajmahal | Srikanth, Monica Bedi, Sanghavi | ||
| 1997 | Korukunna Priyudu | Vadde Naveen, Prema | ||
| 1997 | Priya O Priya | Remake of Hindi film Yeh Dillagi | ||
| 1998 | Gilli Kajjalu | Srikanth, Meena, Raasi | ||
| 1998 | Subhalekhalu | Srikanth, Laila, Roshini | ||
| 1999 | Speed Dancer | Raghava Lawrence, Monica Bedi | ||
| 1999 | Raja | Remake of Tamil film Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen | ||
| 2000 | Maa Pelliki Randi | Remake of Tamil film Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga | ||
| 2000 | Postman | Manchu Mohan Babu, Soundarya, Raasi | ||
| 2001 | Ammayi Kosam | Remake of Tamil film Thulli Thirindha Kaalam | ||
| 2002 | Nee Premakai | Vineeth, Laya, Abbas | ||
| 2002 | Sandade Sandadi | Jagapathi Babu, Rajendra Prasad, Sivaji | Remake of Kannada film Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu | |
| 2004 | Dost | Siva Balaji, Neha | Remake of Malayalam film Nammal | |
| 2005 | Sankranti | Remake of Tamil film Aanandham | ||
| 2006 | Rajababu | Rajasekhar | Remake of Malayalam film Balettan | |
| 2007 | Allare Allari | Venu Thottempudi, Allari Naresh, Parvati Melton, Mallika Kapoor | ||
| 2009 | Life Style | Nischal, Karthik | ||
| 2016 | Sri Sri | Krishna, Vijaya Nirmala | ||