Karthik Varma Dandu Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Other Name	Rama Krishna Raju [1]Facebook – Karthik Varma Dandu
Profession(s)	Film Director, Writer
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 173 cm in meters- 1.73 m in feet & inches- 5’ 8”
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Debut	Film (Telugu; As a writer): Karthikeya (2014) Film (Telugu; As a director): Bham Bolenath (2015)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	2 March
Age	Not Known
Birthplace	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Zodiac sign	Pisces
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
School	St Aloysius’ Anglo-Indian High School, Andhra Pradesh
College/University	• Usha Academy, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh • Andhra University, Visakhapatnam • AQJ Centre of PG Studies, Andhra Pradesh
Educational Qualification(s)	• Graduation at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam • MBA in Finance at AQJ Centre of PG Studies, Andhra Pradesh [2]Facebook – Karthik Varma Dandu
Religion/Religious Views	In 2014, while shooting for the Telugu film ‘Karthikeya,’ he became an atheist. However, he restarted believing in god while he was shooting for the Telugu film ‘Virupaksha’ (2023). [3]The South First
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Family
Wife/Spouse	N/A
Parents	Father- Name Not Known (deceased) Mother- Venu Dandu
Siblings	Brother- Vivek Varma Dandu (mechanical engineer in Kuwait; image in parents' section) Sister- None
Favourites
Film Director	M. Night Shyamalan
Film(s)	The Exorcist (1973), The Evil Dead (1981), Raatri (1992)
Film Genre	Horror
Quote	Energy is neither created nor destroyed

Some Lesser Known Facts About Karthik Varma Dandu

• Karthik Varma Dandu is an Indian writer and film director. He mainly works in South Indian films.

• In childhood, he started developing an interest in reading books from his mother. While growing up, he started watching horror films directed by the Indian film directors Ram Gopal Varma, Manoj Night Shyamalan, and Mani Ratnam.
  

  A collage of Karthik Varma Dandu’s childhood pictures

• In 2015, he worked as a solo writer in the Telugu film ‘Bham Bolenath.’

• He has worked as a co-writer in the Telugu film ‘Jawaan’ (2017).
  

  Jawaan

• Karthik directed a few Telugu films such as ‘SDT 15’ (2022) and ‘Virupaksha’ (2023).
  

  Karthik Varma Dandu on the sets of his film

• He has also directed a few Telugu short films and worked as a second unit director for a Telugu TV serial.

• He enjoys travelling, reading books, and watching films in his leisure time.
  

  Karthik Varma Dandu with his friends

• Karthik Varma Dandu considers the film director Sukumar his guru in film direction. In an interview, he talked about Sukumar. He said,
  

  I’ve learnt many things. For every scene he sees a probability of different versions and he would make me think on those lines. Plus, he gives more importance to drama. The way he develops drama; I’ve adapted it to my style. I’ve enjoyed the whole process of discussing the film with him and later shooting it. Not just me, in fact every technician enjoyed the whole journey.”