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Occupation
  
Film Producer

Parents
  
K. Krishna Mohan Rao

Role
  
Film producer


Name
  
Shobu Yarlagadda

Years active
  
2001–present

Alma mater
  
Texas A&M University

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Full Name
  
Shobu Yarlagadda

Born
  
March 19, 1971 (age 53) (
1971-03-19
)
Gudivada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Relatives
  
Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao

Awards
  
Nandi Award for Best Feature Film, Nandi Award for Best Popular Feature Film, Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu

Movies
  
Baahubali: The Beginning, Vedam, Maryada Ramanna, Baahubali: The Conclusion

Similar People
  
Prasad Devineni, S S Rajamouli, M M Keeravani, K V Vijayendra Prasad, Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao

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Shobu Yarlagadda (born c. 1971) is an Indian American environmental engineer, turned film producer, and the son-in-law of veteran film maker K. Raghavendra Rao. He is the co-founder and CEO of Arka Mediaworks, a film production company known for its works exclusively in Telugu cinema. Shobhu has garnered the National Film Award, two state Nandi Awards, two Filmfare South Awards. In 2015, Shobhu produced Baahubali: The Beginning, which recorded the highest grossing Indian film within India. Touted to be the most expensive Indian film, the film was featured in the BBC's documentary on 100 Years of Indian cinema.

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He produced the two part Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) premiered at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) premiered at the British Film Institute, while becoming the highest grossing Indian multilingual film franchise of all time globally with a cumulative box office earnings of approximately 1,900 crore (US$300 million). The first part of the Telugu film has received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, and got nominated for Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film by the American Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.

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Early life

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Shobu Yarlagadda is the son-in-law of veteran director K. Raghavendra Rao. Shobhu was Born in Gudivada in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. He graduated in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Andhra University in 1992. He went on to Texas A&M and graduated in Agricultural Engineering in 1995. For over a year and a half, he worked as an Air Resources Engineer in Greater Los Angeles Area for California Air Resources Board. In 2001 he established Arka Mediaworks with Prasad Devineni.

Career

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In 2001, he established Arka Mediaworks; Arka means sunrays in Sanskrit. It produces television content in six languages (Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Oriya, Bangla and Marathi). He has worked as line producer for films such as Morning Raaga, and Anaganaga O Dheerudu. He was Executive Producer for films such as Bobby and Pandurangadu

Awards

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National Film Awards
  • National Film Award for Best Feature Film (Producer) - Baahubali: The Beginning (2015)
  • Nandi Awards
  • Nandi Award for Best Feature Film - Vedam (2010)
  • Nandi Award - Best Popular Feature Film - Maryada Ramanna (2010)
  • Filmfare Awards South
  • Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu - Vedam (2010)
  • Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu - Baahubali: The Beginning (2015)
  • CineMAA Awards
  • Best film - Maryada Ramanna (2010)
  • Best film - Baahubali: The Beginning (2015)
  • References

    Shobu Yarlagadda Wikipedia