Samalabhasker

Biography:

Samala Bhasker is a Telugu film director and cinematographer in Indian cinema. He studied photography and visual communication as a postgraduate at Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University (JNAFAU), Hyderabad. Sasirekha Parinayam, which was directed by Pasupuleti Krishna Vamsi, served as his debut film as a cinematographer.

After Sasirekha Parinayam, Bhasker worked mostly for different directors: Three (2008) with Sekhar Suri, Ayyare (2012) with Saagar K Chandra, Yedyanchi Jatra (2012) with Milind Zumber Kavde, Popat (2013) with Satish Rajwade, Japam (2014) with M. S. Raju , Dongaata(2015) with Vamsi Krishna Naidu, Raja Cheyyi Vesthe (2016) with Pradeep chilukuri, W/O Ram (2018) with Vijay Yelakanti, Mrs. Subbalakshmi (2019 Telugu web series) with Vamsi Krishna Naidu, Nenevaru (2022) with Nirnai Palanati, Grandhalayam (2023) with Sai Sivan, Vairam (2023) with Sai Sivan, Karmanye Vadhikaarastey (2023) with Amardeep Challapalli, and Hindi film Operation Fryday (2023) directed by Vishram Sawant. This was his first collaboration with Vishram Sawant in Hindi. He is presently working on a film with R. Samala and Stish Rajwade.

He debuted in Telugu in 2008 with Sasirekha Parinayam.

His Marathi acting career began in 2012 with Yedyanchi Jatra.

He made his Hindi debut with the movie Shooter (2011), which was later retitled Operation Fryday and released in 2023 as Operation Fryday.

Samalabhasker was born and raised in Warangal and attended Singareni Collieries High School in Madaram for his education. He is the middle child of three siblings, and his father is a retired employee of Singareni Collieries Company Limited. In 1996, he earned his mechanical engineering diploma. He is a graduate student at Hyderabad’s Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University (JNAFAU), where he studies photography and visual communication. As of April 29, 2007, he and Soujanya have been wed. His two children, son Amartya (born in 2013) and daughter Aishwarya (born in 2008),