Singireddy Nag Ashwin Reddy (born 23 April, 1986), known professionally as Nag Ashwin, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He studied film direction at the New York Film Academy. He began his filmmaking career as an assistant director to Sekhar Kammula on *Leader* (2010) and *Life Is Beautiful* (2012). He made his feature directorial debut with the coming-of-age drama *Yevade Subramanyam* (2015), starring Nani and Vijay Deverakonda. The film was partially filmed at Everest Base Camp and won him the Nandi Award for Best Debut Director. He directed the biographical drama *Mahanati* (2018), about actress Savitri. The film won three National Film Awards, including Best Feature Film in Telugu, and earned Ashwin the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu. Ashwin directed the segment "xLife" in the anthology film *Pitta Kathalu* (2021) and produced the comedy *Jathi Ratnalu* (2021) under Swapna Cinema. In 2024, he directed the science-fiction film *Kalki 2898 AD*, featuring Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, and Deepika Padukone.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 23, 1986 (40)
- Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Director, writer and producer
- 6 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Nag Ashwin's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 3
Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 2
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
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 Nag Ashwin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Nag Ashwin'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, 6 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Sing Geetham(2026)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Kalki 2898 AD(2024)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Bujji & Bhairava (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Gaami (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Jathi Ratnalu(2021)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Pitta Kathalu(2021)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all shows
Mahanati(2018)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Yavade Subramanyam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Life Is Beautiful(2012)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Kalki 2898-AD: Part 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles, 9 of them dated from 2012 to 2026.
How do Nag Ashwin's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81st percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 80th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 6 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 75/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 4 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 Nag Ashwin'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 Nag Ashwin work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nag Ashwin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao shares the most, 2.
Composers and editors
- Kotagiri Venkateshwara RaoShared titles: Kalki 2898 AD (2024), Mahanati (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao
- Abhinav DandaShared titles: Jathi Ratnalu (2021), Pitta Kathalu (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Abhinav Danda
- Mickey J MeyerShared titles: Pitta Kathalu (2021), Mahanati (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Mickey J Meyer
