Shashank Vennelakanti

Biography:

Shashank Vennelakanti is a South Indian celebrity (especially known for Telugu Film Industry) screenwriter, dialogue writer, and dubbing artist. He is known for his dubbing of movies like Ghajini, Pandem Kodi, and Manmadha. He is the only dubbing artist associated with 90% of movies dubbed of Tollywood. Shashank completed his Graduation from Vijaya Bharati Matriculation Higher Secondary School. Shashank has a brother, Rakendu Mouli who is a lyricist as well as a singer.

He married Shri Lakshmi on February 14, 2008. They have two children, Akshar and Mahati. His father, Vennelakanti was a famous lyricist. He is known for his work in films like Vastadu Naa Raju, Shree Krishnarjuna Vijayam, Murali Krishnudu, Pellaina Kothalo, Gharana Bullodu and much more. He helped his father in over 70 movies. When he was young, he acted in a show on Gemini TV.

At a very young age, he started dubbing for artists like Simbu and Ninnu Choodalani. He was very fond of reading books from his school time. It helped him to become a dialogue writer. His breakthrough was dubbing the Tamil movie Ghajini (2005) in Telugu. He is well known for his dialogues in action thriller movies. Shashank directed 30 episodes for a serial due to which he got interested in directing. He worked as an assistant director with famous actor Kamal Haasan for two movies. Shashank has always admired Kamal Haasan and his works. He even stated that dubbing for his film Vishwaroopam as Rahul Bose was his toughest challenge.

He has written dialogues for movies like Pista, Ananthapuram-1980, Saroja, Neevalle Neevalle, Salute, Surya s/o Krishnan. He was also the lyricist for the movie Dasavatharam released in 2008. He has done dubbing for films like Goli Soda, Jigarthanda, Anjaan and Madras. Along with this, he was the screenplay writer of the movie Thorani and Moodu Mukkallo Cheppalante with Madhumita Sundararanam. His brother, Rakendu Mouli plays the lead role in this movie. Shashank has worked in the Telugu movie Jenda Pai Kapiraju which is a thriller movie starring Nani and actress Amala Paul as the main leads.

Shashank Vennelakanti says that his favorite dubbing artists are Savita, Ravi Shankar, and Balu Garu. He is a big fan of movies and the famous actor Nagarjuna. He aspires to become a very successful artist like his father, Vennelakanti. Looking at Kamal Haasan as his teacher, he wants to become a successful director in future.