Puri Jagannath born at Kotthapalli Village in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh on 28th September 1966, entered Tollywood and created a niche for himself. He earned the name of the Dashing Director and he made hit films. He turned director after working as the assistant director under Ram Gopal Varma and scored a massive hit with Pawan Kalyan's Badri.
From then on he never looked back scoring hits with Ram Charan, Balakrishna, Nagarjuna, Pawan Kalyan, Mahesh Babu, Jr.NTR, Raviteja, Allu Arjun, Prabhas, Nitin, Ram, and others.
During his journey, he showed stars in various angles and elevated their heroism to another level giving them a new image among the masses. Currently, Puri Jagannath is busy with Vijay Devarakonda's films Liger and Jana Gana Mana. Puri Jagannath is known as the Man who introduced various Attitudes and Characterisations which left a Huge Impact over the times.