Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli, professionally known as S. S. Rajamouli, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu cinema.
Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli professionally known as S. S. Rajamouli, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu cinema.[4] He is best known for directing fantasy action films, such as Magadheera (2009) featured at the American Fantastic Fest, Eega (2012) winning Most Original Film at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) nominated for American Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) winning the American Saturn Award for Best International Film, and the Australian Telstra People’s Choice Award. The Baahubali franchise became the highest-grossing Indian film series of all time, with a gross of approximately ₹1,810 crore (US$250 million). He is often considered to be one of the most prolific directors of Indian cinema.

His other works include the action films Sye and Vikramarkudu featured at the 37th International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section. Maryada Ramanna, Vikramarkudu and Chatrapathi were remade in various Indian languages, with successful reviews. Rajamouli has garnered various honours including three National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards South, five state Nandi Awards, the IIFA Award, two SIIMA Awards, the Star World India, “Entertainer of The Year” in 2012, and the “CNN-News18 Indian of the Year in Entertainment” for 2015.In 2016, he was honoured with the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honor for his contributions towards the field of Art.
Rajamouli was born in 1973 in Amareshwara Camp near Manvi in Raichur district of present-day Karnataka state to screenwriter K. V. Vijayendra Prasad and Raja Nandini. His family hails from Kovvur in Andhra Pradesh. His primary education was done at Kovvur and his higher education was at Eluru. He lived in Vizag for several years as his mother was from there.[

Rajamouli’s cousin, M. M. Keeravani has worked music composer for all of his films. His cousin and Keeravani’s brother Kalyani Malik and their cousin M. M. Srilekha are also a music composers. His brother, S. S. Kanchi is also an actor, screenwriter and a director known for Amrutham. Rajamouli started directing Telugu soap operas on ETV, under the guidance of K. Raghavendra Rao. Later on, he directed the TV series Santhi Nivasam, produced by K. Raghavendra Rao. His first shot at Telugu films was Student No.1, with Jr. NTR in 2001