A. Kodandarami Reddy

Reddy was born on July 1, 1950, to Venku Reddy and Ramanamma in Mypadu, a small beach town near Nellore . He is from an agricultural family. Reddy is married to Bharathi. Their elder son, Sunil Reddy, is a businessman-turned-actor in Tamil cinema. He made his film debut, in Seethakaathi (2018), in which he played a negative role.^[6] He directed the 2007 film, Godava, under his home production, to launch his second son, Vaibhav Reddy.^[7][8]

Reddy made around 94 movies and almost 90% of them were successful. He was also one of the foremost directors, who introduced Ilaiyaraaja to give music for big budget films, in Telugu cinema. His films: Abhilasha, Challenge, Kirathakudu, Rakshasudu, and Kondaveeti Donga were big musical hits of the Chiranjeevi-Reddy-Ilaiyaraaja-Yandamuri Veerendranath combination. He was primarily responsible for Chiranjeevi's Supreme Hero and Mega Star monikers, which started with Khaidi, that released just a few months after Abhilasha, in 1983. Afterwards, he went on to make several blockbusters with Chiranjeevi. The pair earned great reputation with action and thriller films in Telugu cinema.

In 2023, US based  Singer Sarada Akunuri organized a concert on the occasion of 50 years of cinematic excellence of the great director Sri A. Kodandarami reddy along with Vamsee Art theaters in Hyderabad. Director B.Gopal, Diretor Relangi Narasimharao, Sri.T. Subbiramir eddy, Raasi movies Narasimharao, director S.Gopal and many more graced the event.