Kishore Tirumala

Biography

Kishore Tirumala is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He began his screen career as a writer and lyricist, contributing to films such as Nenu Meeku Telusa...? (2008) and writing and directing the romantic comedy Second Hand (2013), following his feature directorial debut with the Tamil comedy-drama Pillayar Theru Kadaisi Veedu (2011). Tirumala achieved mainstream recognition after writing and directing the romantic comedy-drama Nenu.. Sailaja... (2016). He subsequently wrote and directed the coming-of-age drama Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi (2017), the comedy-drama Chitralahari (2019), the action thriller Red (2021), and the family drama Aadavaallu Meeku Johaarlu (2022). He later made an acting appearance in the action fantasy Mirai (2025) and directed Bhartha Mahasayulaku Wignyapthi (2026).