Mahi V Raghav

Mahi V Raghav is an Indian film maker, screenwriter and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. He is notable for directing Anando Brahma, a comedy horror and Yatra, a biopic of YS Raja Sekhar Reddy, late CM of Andhra Pradesh.

Mahi V Raghav
Born
India
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter and film producer
Years active2009 – Present

He started his film career as a producer and went on to become a screen writer and director with the films Pathasala, Anando Brahma and Yatra.

Early life

Mahi is an MBA graduate from Madras University. Before getting into the film industry, he has taken up multiple jobs ranging from marketing, counting stock in the warehouse and chopping asparagus in the UK and New Zealand.[1] After returning to India in 2008, he assisted Sai Kiran Adivi in Vinayakudu, the film that also started his career as a producer in the film industry.

Film career

Mahi V Raghav began his career as a producer for Villagelo Vinayakudu with Moonwater Pictures Production Company. The production house has funded three films altogether. In 2014, he has written and directed the third film of Moonwater Pictures, Pathasala; prospecting his love for films.

After the critically acclaimed Pathasala, he directed the comedy horror, Anando Brahma with Taapsee Pannu, Vennela Kishore and Shakalaka Shankar in 2017. Bankrolled by 70mm Entertainments, Anando Brahma broke all the clichés of the horror comedies and did well with the audience. The film has been remade as Petromax in Tamil and Mane Maratakkide in Kannada.

In 2019, he made Yatra, the biographical film of the Late Chief Minister Mr.Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy under 70mm Entertainments and Three Autumn Leaves. Mammootty played the lead in the film as YSR, with the plot based on real incidents that led him to the Padhayatra which later made him the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in 2004. The phrase ‘Nenu vinnanu, Nenu unnanu” written by Mahi has been used as a campaign slogan by the YSR Congress Party during the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. It also has been titled to the book written on the political campaigns of Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, the Current Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

Three autumn leaves

With Yatra, Mahi V Raghav has announced his new production house – Three Autumn Leaves. From feature films to web series and from brand stories to documentaries, Three Autumn Leaves loves to partner with a wide range of craftsmen. It visions to transcend language, genre, geography, and money to purely nurture the essence of story-telling. Instead of practicing the conventional way of funding the projects, Three Autumn Leaves funds the content while it's still on the paper.

Filmography
Year Title Language Credits
Director Producer Writer
2009 Villagelo Vinayakudu Telugu No Yes No
2011 Kudirithe Kappu Coffee Telugu No Yes No
2014 Paathshala Telugu Yes No Yes
2017 Anando Brahma Telugu Yes No Yes
2019 Yatra Telugu Yes No Yes

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Film Result Ref.
2016 1st IIFA Utsavam Best Direction Pathasala Nominated [2]
2018 7th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Debut Director Anando Brahma Nominated

References
  1. "Interview with Mahi V Raghav". Idlebrain. 9 October 2014.
  2. "IIFA Utsavam 2015 Nominees - Telugu". IIFA Utsavam. Retrieved 25 December 2019.


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