11 Tollywood Directors Who Broke The Second Film Jinx

Scoring a hit with the debut flick is a dream for every filmmaker. Making the debut with heart touching romantic entertainer is somewhat rare in the Tollywood and the talented director Shiva Nirvana proved his worth with his debut flick, Ninnu Kori. The film performed well at the box office and the director came up with yet another emotional entertainer Majili which is a roller coaster with love and emotions. The film featuring star couple Naga Chaitanya and Samantha opened with positive reviews and is soaring at the box office helping the director break the jinx of the second film.

Tharun Bhasckar's debut film Pellichoopulu is a dream debut for any filmmaker. Right from the critical reception to the box office success, everything about Pellichoopulu was phenomenal. This unknowingly increased huge expectations on his second film Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi which had relatively newcomers in the lead roles. The film also opened to a positive response helping Tharun to break the second film jinx in Tollywood.

With his first movie ‘Student No.1,’ everyone in the industry thought him to be a soft director. But with ‘Simhadri,’ Rajamouli revealed his hidden talent of making larger than life commercial films. The film smashed all the box office records then and is still regarded as one of the biggest hits in hero Jr NTR’s career. Now Rajamouli is one of the leading film directors in Indian Cinema.

Coming up with strong content driven scripts is Trivikram’s strength and he marked his debut with ‘Nuvve Nuvve.’ His second film ‘Athadu’ with Mahesh was a silent hit and it pushed Trivikram to the league of top film directors in the industry. ‘Athadu’ also proved that Trivikram can also handle commercial films. The television rights of ‘Athadu’ were sold for decent amount even after seven years of its release.

Having made his debut with Prabhas’s ‘Mirchi’ writer turned director Koratala Siva had few hiccups. He was supposed to director Ram Charan for his second film. But the film was called off and then he approached Mahesh. ‘Srimanthudu’ went on to become the second biggest hit in Tollywood and now Koratala Siva is the most in demand directors in Tollywood. His third film ‘Janatha Garage’ is the most awaited film if 2016.

He is the most ‘hatke’ director in the industry. Touching novel concepts makes Chandrasekhar Yeleti a unique filmmaker. After an award winning film ‘Aithe,’ Yeleti came up with ‘Anukokunda Oka Roju’ with Charmme Kaur. The film was a sleeper hit and one of the most critically acclaimed films. Yeleti was hailed for his screenplay brilliance.

Unlike other directors, Harish Shankar tasted failure with his first film ‘Shock,’ and so the expectations were least when his second film ‘Mirapakayi’ arrived at the box office. Surprising everyone, the movie turned out to be a hit. In fact, ‘Mirapakayi’ was like a second innings for Harish Shankar.

Commercial films are Anil Ravipudi’s genre. Though it is risky to make, Anil has succeeded in scoring a hit with his first film ‘Pataas.’ His second film ‘Supreme’ was a complete packaged film with all the elements like family, comedy and emotions. We can say Anil is a gifted director and his comedy scenes remind us of legendary maker Jandyala times. Now Anil is coming up with a more risky subject. He would be working with energetic hero Ram and guess what the hero will be seen in a blind role. Isn’t it amazing… zing… zing..!!

‘Onamalu’ was an old school film and then came ‘MalliMalli Idi Rani Roju.’ Kranthi Madhav makes his films with pure emotions with simple story lines. Knowingly or unknowingly the director seems to be following the sentiment of screening Mallu beauties in his films. After screening Kalyani and Nithya Menen in his first two films, Kranthi Madhav has roped Miya George for his next with comedian turned hero Sunil.

Merlapaka Gandhi’s second film ‘Express Raja’ is one of the most intelligently made flicks in the recent times. The entire plot of the film is inter connected to just one scene and this shows the director’s caliber. Interestingly this film had hit the screens with big hero flicks and still emerged as a winner. Gandhi debuted with ‘Venkatadri Express.’

His films basically don’t have a plot but are like our daily conversations with our family and friends. ‘Kotha Bangaru Lokam’ was a runaway hit and with his second film ‘Seethamma Vaakitlo Sirimalle Chettu’ director Sreekanth Addala revived the multi-starrer flicks in Tollywood. He was credited for handling two big heroes in his second film and making it a huge hit at box office.

This director too did not score a hit with his first film ‘Andala Rakshasi.’ Hanu took a huge gap of four years for his second flick in the form of ‘Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha.’ Though there were complains about his slow placed narration, Hanu followed his own style of making films. ‘Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha’ was one of the decent hit films of 2016.