S. Radha Krishna

Suryadevara Radha Krishna, also known as S. Radha Krishna or Chinna Babu, is an Indian film producer known for his works in Telugu cinema.[1] He produces films under his production house, Haarika & Hassine Creations. Even though his other production house, Sithara Entertainments, is his own, his nephew, Suryadevara Naga Vamsi, mainly produces the films under the banner, while he presents them.

S. Radha Krishna
Born
OccupationFilm Producer

He made his film debut in 1988 by producing Aathmakatha, a Telugu remake of Mahesh Bhatt's 1985 film Janam.[2][3][4] Years later, he associated with producer DVV Danayya, where he presented Julayi (2012),[5] while Radha Krishna presented Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu (2012) and Naayak (2013). He then went on to form a long association with Trivikram Srinivas from Julayi (2012) and later produced his S/O Satyamurthy (2015), A Aa (2016), Agnyaathavaasi (2018), Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava (2018), and Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020).[6]

Production company

Haarika and Hassine Creations
Haarika & Hassine Creations
TypePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2012 (2012) in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Headquarters,
India
Key people
S. Radha Krishna
Suryadevara Naga Vamsi
Mamtha
ProductsFilms
OwnerS. Radha Krishna
SubsidiariesSithara Entertainments
WebsiteYouTube Channel

Haarika and Hassine Creations (d.b.a Haarika & Hassine Creations) is an Indian film production company based in Hyderabad. It was established by S. Radha Krishna in 2012. The company also has a subsidiary production company named Sithara Entertainments.[7]

The company's debuted production was Julayi starring Allu Arjun, Ileana D'Cruz, Sonu Sood, Rajendra Prasad and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. Upon the release, the film positive reviews, and was commercially successful.[8] The film has garnered the Nandi Award for Best Popular Feature Film.[9] It was remade into Tamil titled as Saagasam (2016).[10]

The company's second production was 2015 Telugu film S/O Satyamurthy collaborating with both Trivikram and Allu Arjun for the second time.[11] In 2016, they produced A Aa, directed by Trivikram and starring Nithiin, Samantha Ruth Prabhu.[12]

In 2018, the company produced 2 films. Agnyaathavaasi starring Pawan Kalyan and Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Pooja Hegde. Aravinda Sametha received positive response and was a blockbuster.[13] The film was also nominated for SIIMA Award for Best Film – Telugu.[14] The film collected 195 cores in box office worldwide.[15]

The company's 2020 film Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo starring Allu Arjun and Pooja Hegde became one of the highest grossing Telugu films of all time.[16] The film received positive response from both critics and audience and won SIIMA Award for Best Film – Telugu and Sakshi Excellence Awards.[17] Then the company produced the film Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo's Hindi remake, titled Shehzada directed by Rohit Dhawan.[18]

Awards and nominations

Ceremony Year Category Nominee Result Ref.
Nandi Awards 2012 Best Popular Feature Film Julayi Won [9]
Filmfare Awards South 2017 Best Film – Telugu A Aa Nominated [19]
2022 Best Film – Telugu Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Nominated [20]
South Indian International Movie Awards 2013 Best Film – Telugu Julayi Nominated [21]
2017 Best Film – Telugu A Aa Nominated [22]
2019 Best Film – Telugu Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava Nominated [23]
2021 Best Film – Telugu Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Won [17]
Sakshi Excellence Awards 2021 Most Popular Movie Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Won [24]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

As producer

YearTitleLanguageNotes
1988Aathma KathaTeluguExecutive producer
2012JulayiTeluguPresented by DVV Danayya
2015S/O SatyamurthyTelugu
2016A AaTelugu
2018AgnyaathavaasiTelugu
Aravinda Sametha Veera RaghavaTelugu
2020Ala VaikunthapurramulooTeluguCo-produced with Allu Aravind
2023 Shehzada Hindi Co-produced with Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Aman Gill, Allu Aravind, Kartik Aaryan
2024 Guntur Kaaram Telugu
TBA AA22 Co-produced with Geetha Arts[25][26]

Sithara Entertainments

YearTitleLanguageNotes
2016Babu BangaramTelugu
PremamTeluguRemake of Premam
2018Sailaja Reddy Alludu Telugu
2019Jersey Telugu
RanarangamTelugu
2020BheeshmaTelugu
2021Rang DeTelugu
Varudu KaavalenuTelugu
2022DJ TilluTeluguCo-produced by Fortune Four Cinemas
Bheemla NayakTeluguRemake of Ayyappanum Koshiyum
JerseyHindiCo-produced by Allu Aravind, Dil Raju, and Aman Gill; Remake of Jersey
Swathi Muthyam Telugu Co-produced by Fortune Four Cinemas
2023 Buttabomma Telugu Co-produced by Fortune Four Cinemas; Remake of Kappela
Vaathi
Sir
Tamil
Telugu
Co-produced by Fortune Four Cinemas
Mad Telugu Co-produced by Fortune Four Cinemas
Tillu Square Telugu Co-produced by Fortune Four Cinemas
Aadikeshava Telugu Co-produced by Fortune Four Cinemas
Gangs of Godavari Telugu Co-produced by Fortune Four Cinemas
2024 Gaanja Shankar Telugu Co-produced by Fortune Four Cinemas
Anaganaga Oka Raju Telugu Co-produced by Fortune Four Cinemas
As presenter
YearTitleLanguageNotes
2012Cameraman Gangatho RambabuTeluguProduced by DVV Danayya
2013NaayakTeluguProduced by DVV Danayya
2014LoversTeluguProduced by Suryadevara Naga Vamsi and B. Mahendra Babu under Mayabazar Movies
As distributor
YearTitleLanguageNotes
2023 Jailer Tamil Distributed Telugu version only

References

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  3. "A...Aa review: Simple tale, effectively told". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
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