Atluri Venkateswara Rao, commonly known as Venky Atluri is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and actor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema and few Tamil films. He is known for directing Tholi Prema (2018), Sir / Vaathi (2023) and Lucky Baskhar (2024). The lattermost is his highest grosser and has won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film â Telugu.
Venky Atluri was named Atluri Venkateswara Rao after his grandfather and graduated in B. Tech. This resulted in him having a long stage name for his acting debut Gnapakam (2007) directed by Uppalapati Narayana Rao co-starring Vishakha Singh. The film was a box office failure.
Venky Atluri married Pooja Chowdary in February 2023.