Director

Hemanth M. Rao

Writing

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 0All crew credits: 13

TMDB ID: 1635772

IMDb ID: nm9634132

Known for: Writing

Born: September 17, 1977

Age: 48

Place of birth: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2000 - 2025

Years active: 26

Average TMDB rating: 7.54

Wikidata: Q28839625

Also known as

Hemanth Rao • Hemanth M Rao

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Biography

Filmmaker, screenwriter and producer Hemanth M. Rao is best known for his critically acclaimed directorial debut Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu (2016), which featured Anant Nag and Rakshit Shetty in leading roles. Besides this, he had also worked as an associate director in movies like Gulabi Talkies (2008) and Prithvi (2010) prior to his independent directorial debut. The investigative noir thriller Kavalu Daari (2018) marks Hemanth`s second outing as a filmmaker, while the satirical comedy Humble Politician Nograj (2018) is among his notable film credits as a producer. His 2019 release includes Kavaludaari.