Srinivas Avasarala (born 19 March 1981) 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 (2014). 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
+As an actorYearTitleRoleNotes2008Ashta ChammaAnand2010OrangeAjaySaradaga KasepuSrinivas2011Vara Prasad Potti PrasadVara PrasadMugguru AnjiPilla Zamindar Kanna Babu2013Amrutham Chandamamalo Amrutha RaoAdda KishoreAnthaka Mundu Aa Tarvatha ViswaAravind 2 Film directorSukumarudu ANRChammak Challo Kishore2014Govindudu Andarivadele Dr. N. RajuOohalu Gusagusalade Uday BhaskarAlso writer and director2015Jil AjayYevade Subramanyam Prabhakar Bandipotu Cheekati Kanche Das2016Nannaku Prematho Abhiram's brotherRaja Cheyyi Vesthe ChakriA Aa Shekhar BenarjeeGentleman VamshiOka Manasu Satya2017Babu Baga Busy Madhav / MaddyAmi Thumi VijayMeda Meeda Abbayi CBCID Officer Naresh PSV Garuda Vega Prakash Okka Kshanam Srinivas2018Awe ShivaMahanati L. V. PrasadCameo appearanceSammohanam HimselfSpecial appearanceDevadas RajanAntariksham 9000 KMPH Mohan 2019NTR: KathanayakuduD. V. Narasa RajuCameo appearanceKathanamRaghu Oorantha Anukuntunnaru Shiva Raman Iyer 2020 Nishabdham Poorna Chandra RaoShot simultaneously in TamilSilenceSurya Kandasamy2021Nootokka Jillala Andagadu Gotti Surya NarayanaAlso writer2022Aa Ammayi Gurinchi Meeku Cheppali Dr. Varun 2023 Pindam Loknath 2024 Kismat Vivek Vidya Vasula Aham Lord Vishnu Kalki 2898 AD Bhairava's proposed buyer Cameo appearance 2025 Sankranthiki Vasthunam Satya Akella / Prem Dual roleBaapuSarangapani JathakamJogeshwarAnaganagaRaja ReddyMowgliRajuSpecial appearance 2026Papam PrathapSubrahmanyamKorean KanakarajuPrithviraju
As director or writer +YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes2011Golconda High School2014Oohalu Gusagusalade2016Jyo Achyutananda2021Nootokka Jillala Andagadu2022BrahmāstraTelugu dubbed version2022Avatar: The Way of WaterTelugu dubbed version2023Phalana Abbayi Phalana Ammayi
Television +Acting rolesYear TitleRole NetworkNotesRef 2019Mrs. SubbalakshmiSubramanyam Zee5 Web debut2021Pitta Kathalu HarshaNetflixSegment: PinkyUnheardAnwarDisney+ Hotstar2025Constable KanakamPresident Prakash RaoETV WinKatha Sudha Dr.Malikarjuna Prasad Segment: Lekkala Master
Awards and nominations
South Indian International Movie Awards Best Supporting Actor (Telugu) – Oohalu Gusagusalade (2014) – won
Nandi Awards Special Jury Award – Oohalu Gusagusalade (2014) – won Best Dialogue Writer – Jyo Achyutananda (2016) – won
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