Puri Jagannadh

Some Lessor Known Facts About Puri Jagannadh

• Puri Jagannadh is an Indian filmmaker. He has done more than forty films in the Telugu, Hindi, and Kannada film industries.

• He started assisting the filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma in various Telugu films soon after completing his studies.

• In 1989, he made a special appearance in the song “Botany” from the film ‘Shiva’ starring Nagarjuna. It was his first appearance on screen.

• In 2002, he launched Puneeth Rajkumar in his Kannada film “Appu” which later proved a breakthrough for the actor.

  

• After making his directorial debut with the Telugu language film ‘Badri’ in 2000, he directed various Telugu films among which the most notable include ‘Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi’ (2003), ‘143’ (2004), ‘Pokiri’ (2006), ‘Heart Attack’ (2014), ‘Mehbooba’ (2018), and ‘iSmart Shankar’ (2019).

• His Bollywood debut film ‘Shart: The Challenge’ (2004) (as director) was a remake of his directorial debut film ‘Badri.’

• In 2011, he worked as a director and story writer for the Bollywood film ‘Bbuddah… Hoga Terra Baap’ starring Amitabh Bachchan, which was later archived in the Oscar library.

  

• Apart from filmmaking, Jagannadh also tried his hand at acting. In 2012, he appeared as a taxi driver in the Telugu film ‘Businessman,’ as a biker in the film ‘Temper,’ and as Govardhan in the blockbuster film ‘Godfather’ (2022).

• He made a cameo appearance in various films including ‘Ye Maaya Chesave’ (2010), ‘Ism’ (2016), ‘iSmart Shankar’ (2019), and ‘Liger’ (2022).

• His 2022 film ‘Liger’ was made in two languages, Hindi and Telugu. Later, the film was also dubbed into Tamil Malayalam, and Kannada languages.

• He owns three production companies, Puri Jagannadh Touring Talkies, Vaishno Academy, and Puri Connects, along with Charmme Kaur, a former actor.

• He also owns a music company named Puri Sangeet.

• Jagannadh runs the podcast show ‘Puri Musings’ that he uploads on his YouTube channel.