Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. widely known as Raj & DK are an Indian American film director-producer duo known for their unique works in Bollywood. The duo are known for their quirky filmmaking and unique sense of style and humor. They have written and directed the widely known sleeper-hits such as Shor in the City and Go Goa Gone (India’s first slacker film and horror-comedy with Saif Ali Khan.) Raj & DK's last film was a meta romcom, Happy Ending. Their latest offering is an action comedy, A Gentleman starring Sidharth Malhotra and Jacqueline Fernandez. The Indian emigrants to the United States - Raj & DK’s first Hindi feature film, 99 is an original crime-comic-thriller-historical-fiction set in Mumbai and Delhi. The New York Times called it "funny, inventive, refreshing"; Box Office magazine (USA) acclaimed that the film "sets new standards in Hindi cinema!"; and a number of Indian publications gave it four star reviews. Shor in the City was the most acclaimed Hindi film of the year. It received glowing reviews from across media publications. The film was also made at a micro-budget, making it profitable even before the film's release. The film was also selected to various high profile film festivals across the world. Go Goa Gone was a clutter-breaking film that introduced to India the first of it's kind of a genre-bending film - stoner/slacker comedy combined with horror and comedy. It become a cult film, especially among the younger audience.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 13, 1972 (53)
- Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Writer, director, producer and actor
- 12 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
What are Krishna D.K.'s films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 1 · Wry 3 · Earnest 4
Light 7 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 5 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 5
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 2
Casual 5 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 7 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Krishna D.K.'s films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Krishna D.K.'s titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
21 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Citadel: Honey Bunny(2024)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows
Stree 2(2024)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Guns & Gulaabs(2023)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Farzi(2023)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Cinema Bandi(2021)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Unpaused(2020)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Family Man(2019)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Stree(2018)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
A Gentleman(2017)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Darr Sabko Lagta Hai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Happy Ending(2014)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Go Goa Gone(2013)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Shor in the City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Inkosari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
99(2009)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Flavors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Go Goa Gone 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Gulkanda Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Rakt Brahmānd: The Bloody Kingdom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Hindi remake of A Hard Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Raj & D.K Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 21 titles, 16 of them dated from 2003 to 2024.
Biggest box office
Stree (2018)
Highest rated
Cinema Bandi (2021)
Most popular right now
Citadel: Honey Bunny (2024)
Film career
- 2013Screen debut· Go Goa Gone
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Krishna D.K.'s films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 12 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 70/100 and the plot and story 56/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Krishna D.K.'s work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Krishna D.K. work with?
People who share at least 2 of Krishna D.K.'s MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Raj Nidimoru shares the most, 9.
Directors
- Raj NidimoruShared titles: Citadel: Honey Bunny (2024), Stree 2 (2024), Cinema Bandi (2021), Unpaused (2020), Stree (2018), A Gentleman (2017), Happy Ending (2014), Go Goa Gone (2013), 99 (2009)See all 9 shared titles with Raj Nidimoru
- Amar KaushikShared titles: Stree 2 (2024), Stree (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Amar Kaushik
Writers
- Sita MenonShared titles: Citadel: Honey Bunny (2024), A Gentleman (2017), Happy Ending (2014), Go Goa Gone (2013), 99 (2009)See all 5 shared titles with Sita Menon
- Sumit AroraShared titles: Citadel: Honey Bunny (2024), Stree (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Sumit Arora
- Raja SenShared titles: Go Goa Gone (2013), 99 (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Raja Sen
Actors
- Rajkummar RaoShared titles: Stree 2 (2024), Guns & Gulaabs (2023), Stree (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Rajkummar Rao
- Aakkash DabhadeShared titles: Stree 2 (2024), Stree (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Aakkash Dabhade
- Aparshakti KhuranaShared titles: Stree 2 (2024), Stree (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Aparshakti Khurana
- Badri ChavanShared titles: Stree 2 (2024), Stree (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Badri Chavan
Composers and editors
- Jigar SaraiyaShared titles: Stree 2 (2024), Stree (2018), A Gentleman (2017), Happy Ending (2014), Go Goa Gone (2013)See all 5 shared titles with Jigar Saraiya
- Sachin SanghviShared titles: Stree 2 (2024), Stree (2018), A Gentleman (2017), Happy Ending (2014), Go Goa Gone (2013)See all 5 shared titles with Sachin Sanghvi
- Hemanti SarkarShared titles: Stree 2 (2024), Stree (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Hemanti Sarkar
- Sumeet KotianShared titles: Citadel: Honey Bunny (2024), Unpaused (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Sumeet Kotian
Producers
- Dinesh VijanShared titles: Stree 2 (2024), Stree (2018), Happy Ending (2014), Go Goa Gone (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Dinesh Vijan
- Anuradha SharmaShared titles: Citadel: Honey Bunny (2024), Happy Ending (2014), Go Goa Gone (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Anuradha Sharma
- Rahul GandhiShared titles: Cinema Bandi (2021), Unpaused (2020), Happy Ending (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Rahul Gandhi
- Pooja VijanShared titles: Stree 2 (2024), Stree (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Pooja Vijan