Puri Jagannadh - A pathbreaking cinematic genius who has changed the rules of commercial cinema. He changed the dynamics of hero and his characteristics. The Puri Jagannadh's hero is fearless, filter less, full of energy and most importantly relatable. Puri is the only director who strikes a perfect balance of above mentioned qualities in his lead actor. The industry followed. Not only his films, he makes films in a very quick time.
Puri Jagannadh came from the school of Ram Gopal Varma and carved a niche for himself. Every other director who came out of RGV's school tried to make films like RGV at least at the beginning of their career. Only Puri Jagannadh made films in his own style without resembling his guru. He made a debut with Pawan Kalyan's Badri. The film became a superhit hit and gave a very good start for him in the industry. He announced his arrival in style with peculiar characterisation for his hero.
Even after delivering a Superhit with Badri, Puri is still struggling for his next film. Badri has Puri's mark but it is more like a Pawan Kalyan film. He made Baachi with Jagapathi Babu but failed. Then he entered Kannada film industry and made Yuvaraja with Shiva Rajkumar which is a remake of Pawan Kalyan's Thammudu. It became a decent success. Puri introduced Puneeth Rajkumar with APPU which was later remade in Telugu as Idiot.
Puri decided to deliver his kind of film, that will resonate his mark. He made Itlu Sravani Subrahmanyam with Ravi Teja. The film became a superhit earning fame for Puri as writer, director and a turning point for Ravi Teja too. Then the duo continued making films Idiot and Amma Nanna O Tamil Ammayi, which became blockbusters and made Ravi Teja a star.
Then after setbacks with Andhrawala and 143 introducing his brother Sai Ram Shankar as hero He made Super with Nagarjuna and scored a decent success. In 2006, he made 'Pokiri' with Mahesh Babu and the rest is history. The film gave the much needed star status to Director Puri Jagannadh. It gave widespread recognition to Puri allover the country as the film was remade in multiple languages. Puri has rewritten the rules of commercial cinema grammar by adding dark shades to his lead actor. His heroes are rugged, rebel and real.
Then he scored Superhits with Desamuduru, Chirutha introducing Ram Charan as hero, Businessman, and Temper. After a series of disappointments he has finally a scored a blockbuster with Ram as iSmart Shankar. Now busy in making Double ISMART. Puri Jagannadh like his hero has always been reflecting never say die attitude and its only a matter of time he make a strong comeback and deliver once again.
CineJosh congratulating the Game Changing Director Puri Jagannadh on completing 24 years of pathbreaking career and a great success ahead.