Atluri Venkateswara Rao (born April 6, 1984), known professionally as Venky Atluri, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil cinema. He began his film career as an actor and dialogue writer with *Gnapakam* (2007) and *Sneha Geetham* (2010), before making his feature directorial debut with the romantic drama *Tholi Prema* (2018), which he also wrote. Atluri subsequently wrote and directed the romantic dramas *Mr. Majnu* (2019) and *Rang De* (2021). In 2023, he made his debut in Tamil cinema with the period action drama *Vaathi* (shot simultaneously in Telugu as *Sir*). He then wrote and directed the period financial thriller *Lucky Baskhar* (2024), followed by *Vishwanath & Sons* (2026).
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 6, 1984 (42)
- Director and writer
- 3 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Venky Atluri's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
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 Venky Atluri's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Netflix (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Venky Atluri'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
10 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
Vishwanath and Sons(2026)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Lucky Baskhar(2024)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Vaathi(2023)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Rang De (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Mr. Majnu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Fidaa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Tholi Prema (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Honest Raj (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Lucky Baskhar 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Nani - Venky Atluri Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles, 7 of them dated from 2018 to 2026.
How do Venky Atluri's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 84th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 3 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 67/100 and the pacing 58/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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 Venky Atluri's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Venky Atluri work with?
People who share at least 2 of Venky Atluri's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; G.V. Prakash Kumar shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Sai KumarShared titles: Lucky Baskhar (2024), Vaathi (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Sai Kumar
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- G.V. Prakash KumarShared titles: Vishwanath and Sons (2026), Lucky Baskhar (2024), Vaathi (2023)See all 3 shared titles with G.V. Prakash Kumar
- Navin NooliShared titles: Vishwanath and Sons (2026), Lucky Baskhar (2024), Vaathi (2023)See all 3 shared titles with Navin Nooli
- Nimish RaviShared titles: Vishwanath and Sons (2026), Lucky Baskhar (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Nimish Ravi
Producers
- Sai SoujanyaShared titles: Vishwanath and Sons (2026), Lucky Baskhar (2024), Vaathi (2023)See all 3 shared titles with Sai Soujanya
- Suryadevara Naga VamsiShared titles: Vishwanath and Sons (2026), Lucky Baskhar (2024), Vaathi (2023)See all 3 shared titles with Suryadevara Naga Vamsi