Gunasekhar is an Indian director-producer, screenplay, writer, and actor. He was born on June 2, 1964, in Narsipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. He made his directorial debut with Sogasu Chooda Tharamaa (1995). He went on to direct the critically acclaimed Ramayanam (1996) for which he won a National award.
A few of his other notable works include Manoharam (2000), Okkadu (2003), Rakshak: The Protector (2004), and Sainikudu (2006). Gunasekhar also directed films like Varudu (2010) and Nippu (2012).
He was also the writer of the Bollywood film Tevar (2015) and now has the Telugu film Rudhramadevi lined up. Gunasekhar made his directorial debut with the socio-political Lathi (1992), for which he received the state Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director.
He directed the super-hit romance film, Sogasu Chooda Tharamaa (1995), which received the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film. In 1997, Gunasekhar directed the mythological film Ramayanam, which won the National Film Award for Best Children’s Film and was screened at the International Children’s Film Festival of India.
His next film was the action thriller Choodalani Vundi (1998), which introduced the DTS sound to the Telugu screen and was a box-office hit. The film was later remade into Hindi as, Calcutta Mail. He then directed the political thriller, Manoharam (2000), which again bagged the Nandi Award for Best Story, and the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film.
His 2003 action film, Okkadu, was a huge critical and commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing Telugu film of that year, and was remade into various Indian languages. The 2004 drama film, Arjun, was screened at the International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section.
His latest venture is the historical film, Rudhramadevi which was released in October 2015 to widely mixed reviews but despite that, it became an average grosser of the year. Gunasekher is married to Ragini, and the couple has two daughters – Neelima and Yukhta