Deva Katta

Deva Katta was born in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh. His father, Niranjan Naidu Katta, hails from Kadapa, while his mother hails from Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh. He moved to Chennai in 1985.^[4] He holds a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.^[5] He worked as a vehicle crashworthiness expert at General Motors. He is a naturalized American citizen.^[3]

He graduated from film school before making a television serial about Indian students in the United States shot from 1999 to 2000 titled Valasa.^[6] He shorten the serial into a film in 2003; however, it was not released.^[7] He then made his feature film debut with the romantic comedy flick Vennela on the same topic while additionally including a love story.^[4]

In 2015, Katta teamed up with actor Vishnu Manchu for the film Dynamite, a remake of the Tamil film Arima Nambi (2014), and Katta's only remake till date. Katta, however, said that he shot the film for only nine days and walked out due to creative differences.^[8] Katta was credited as the film's director nonetheless.^[9]

In one of his interviews, he mentioned that Prasthanam, Autonagar Surya, and Republic are part of his quadrilogy of the society which show the perspective of a Politician (Legislative), Common Man (Voter), and Bureaucrat (Executive) on society. He is currently working on the final part of the quadrilogy which will show the perspective of a Judicial (Judiciary) on society.^[10]