Sandeep Reddy Vanga
Indian director
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2025 | Planned film 'Spirit' to be made in Telugu and Hindi languages, with Vanga directing and writing |
2025 | Planned to direct 'Spirit', a remake of 'Dhill' (2001) and 'Dum' (2003), in both Telugu and Hindi languages. |
2024 | Sandeep Reddy Vanga was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 69th Filmfare Awards for the film Animal |
2024 | Sandeep Reddy Vanga was nominated for Best Director at the 24th IIFA Awards for Animal |
2023 | Provided voice acting for the character Aziz Haque in the film Animal |
2023 | Directed the action-drama film Animal, citing influences from The Godfather and Kill Bill. Vanga considered this film a family drama. |
2023 | Nominated for Best Director, Best Screenplay writer, and Best Editor at the 69th Filmfare Awards for the film Animal. |
December 1 2023 | Released Animal, which became the third highest-grossing Indian film of 2023 and the highest-grossing A-rated Indian film of all time. |
October 7 2021 | Announced Spirit, an intense cop drama starring Prabhas, to be produced by T-Series and Bhadrakali Pictures. |
January 1 2021 | Announced his directorial film Animal, an action drama starring Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna, and Bobby Deol. |
2019 | Sandeep Reddy Vanga was nominated for Best Director at the 26th Screen Awards for Kabir Singh |
2019 | Sandeep Reddy Vanga was nominated for Best Director at the 21st IIFA Awards for Kabir Singh |
October 2019 | Began filming the Hindi version of Arjun Reddy, titled Kabir Singh, with Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani. |
June 21 2019 | Released Kabir Singh, which became the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2019. |
March 2019 | Completed filming of Kabir Singh. |
2018 | Sandeep Reddy Vanga was nominated for Best Director – Telugu at the 65th Filmfare Awards South for Arjun Reddy |
2018 | Sandeep Reddy Vanga won Best Debut Director (Telugu) at the 7th South Indian International Movie Awards for the film Arjun Reddy |
2018 | Played the role of Vedantam Raghavayya in the film Mahanati |
October 2018 | Began filming the Hindi version of Arjun Reddy, titled Kabir Singh, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani. |
2017 | Sandeep Reddy Vanga directed and wrote the critically acclaimed Telugu film Arjun Reddy, which became a significant milestone in his career. |
August 25 2017 | Released Arjun Reddy starring Vijay Deverakonda, which became a critical and commercial success, grossing over ₹50 crores despite a low budget of ₹4–5 crores. |
August 25 2017 | Film faced controversy with the censor board due to depictions of smoking, drug use, and kissing scenes, which were eventually approved by the Telangana Film Chamber. |
2015 | Completed writing the script for Arjun Reddy after two years of work. |
2015 | Worked as an associate director for the film Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju, directed by Kranthi Madhav. |
2014 | Sandeep Reddy Vanga and his wife Manisha Reddy welcomed their two children - a daughter and a son. |
2013 | Sandeep Reddy Vanga began writing the script for his directorial debut film Arjun Reddy. |
2010 | Sandeep Reddy Vanga appeared in an uncredited role as 'Man on a boat' in the film Kedi |
2010 | Worked as an assistant director for the Tollywood film Kedi, collaborating with director Kirin Kumar. |
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