Posani Krishna Murali and others
Posani Krishna Murali was born in 1958 in Andhra Pradesh. His father Posani Subba Rao worked as a small time employee in Pedakakani and his mother was a housewife. He has an elder sister Rajyalakshmi and a younger sister Prameela. He also has a younger brother Posani Nageshwara Rao. Growing up, Murali's family struggled financially and his father was not educated and wanted Murali to study well so that he could have a better life. Murali did his schooling in a small village in Guntur district and went on to do his B.Com. He joined Acharya Nagarjuna University in Guntur and graduated with an M.A degree. During his time in Nagarjuna University, he was elected as the general secretary for the student body. After completing his Masters, he worked in a small chit fund company in Hyderabad. Impressed by his work ethic, he was offered a job in Margadarsi Chit Fund. After a year of working there, he resigned to his job and went back to Guntur. Murali saddened and distressed after his father's untimely death went to Chennai to find work. With no friends in Chennai, Murali met Paruchuri Gopala Krishna at the later's house and asked him for work. Gopal Krishna impressed by Murali and his educational qualification gave him an opportunity to work as an assistant under him. Murali later in Chennai, joined Presidency College and graduated with a M.Phil degree, which was his second Masters degree. He wanted to obtain a PhD degree. Although he joined a college to do so, he later discontinued his studies because of his work. He is widely familiar for his strong words over politics and movie makers.After writing for over 100 Telugu films, Posani Krishna Murali decided to direct a film. He established the production company called, UP Cinema Lines. In 2005, he wrote, directed and produced Sravana Masam starring Krishna, Harikrishna, Suman, Vijaya Nirmala, Bhanupriya, Keerthi Chawla, Kalyani, Gajala etc. Although the film had a big star cast and more than sixty character artists which included top comedians and artists of Telugu cinema like Brahmanandam, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Krishna Bhagavaan, Tanikella Bharani, Giri Babu, Kondavalasa, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Sunil, Venu Madhav, L.B. Sriram, M. S. Narayana, Mallikarjuna Rao, AVS, Ali and Babu Mohan, the film was a failure at box office and Murali's direction was heavily criticized.[10] Murali also incurred heavy losses financially due to the failure of this film. Post Sravana Masam, Posani Krishna Murali was seen acting in films like Athadu, Game and Munna. In 2006, Posani Krishna Murali began working on his next directorial venture. He wrote the script and approached Telugu actor Srikanth for a lead role in the film. Impressed by the script, Srikanth agreed to do the film and Murali secured a producer for the project. The film was a political satire and was titled Operation Duryodhana and it was released in 2007. The film was highly successful at the box office earning nearly ten times its budget. Murali's direction was also acclaimed by the critics. He continued to direct films like Apadamokkulavadu, Mental Krishna, Rajavari Chepala Cheruvu, Posani Gentleman and Dushasana. He also began acting in lead roles in films such as Mental Krishna, Rajavari Chepala Cheruvu and Posani Gentleman.Janta actors: Sathyendra, Swati Priya, Giribabu, Delhi Rajeswari, Jeeva, Subhashini, Gundu Sudarsan
Operation Duryodhana
Operation Duryodhana Telugu movie released in year 2007
Operation Duryodhana story, screenplay and direction by Posani Krishna Murali
Operation Duryodhana actors: Srikanth, Kalyani, Mumaith Khan, Nagababu, Chalapathi Rao, Brahmanandam, Venu Madhav, Krishna Bhagavan, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, M S Narayana, Lakshmipati, Duvvasi Mohan, Viswender Reddy, Prabhakar, Jackie, Harshavardhan, Harsha, Paruchuri Gopalakrishna, Rajani, Aparna