Vivek Athreya
Vivek Athreya
Born/Date of Birthday: 18 October 1989
Place of Birth: Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Alma mater: Sastra University
Occupation: Film director, screenwriter
Spouse(s): Sreeja Gouni
Vivek Athreya is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He directed two films, the romantic comedy Mental Madhilo (2017) and the crime comedy Brochevarevarura (2019), the latter receiving good response from critics and audience. His upcoming project, Ante Sundaraniki starring Nani and Nazriya Nazim, is scheduled to release in 2022.
Early life
Vivek Athreya is from Guntur. Both his parents work in India Post. He is an Electronics Engineering graduate from Sastra University and worked at IBM, Chennai for five years before resigning to pursue a career as film director.
Career
In 2017, Athreya debuted as a director with Mental Madhilo, a romantic comedy produced by Raj Kandukuri of Pelli Choopulu fame. The film stars Sree Vishnu and Nivetha Pethuraj as the main leads.
Athreya's second film Brochevarevarura was praised for the writing and the message the movie has for women. The film stars Nivetha Thomas, Sree Vishnu, Satyadev Kancharana, Nivetha Pethuraj, Rahul Ramakrishna, and Priyadarshi.
Both the films were commercially successful.
Athreya is also a lyricist. He wrote two songs each in Mental Madhilo and Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi (2018) in addition to a song in the upcoming movie Bomma Blockbuster.
