G. Ashok

G. Ashok is a Tollywood film director.Ashok's first movie in Telugu is Aakasa Ramanna starring Allari Naresh, Pilla Zamindar with Nani, Sukumarudu with Aadi ,Chitrangada with Anjali and Bhaagamathie with Anushka Shetty

Early life and awards

G. Ashok was born in Ongole, Andhra Pradesh. National award-winning director Bala was his roommate when he was in Chennai. He received a Nandi Award for Best Director for a Children's Film.

Career

He is a classical dancer and good at 13 various Indian classical dances. T Krishna cast him in Repati Pourulu when he was 6 years old. Later, he worked as a child artist in 15 films. He made his debut as a dance assistant in 1997 and worked for over 300 songs as a choreographer and dance assistant. He has worked under dance masters like DKS Babu, Swarnalatha, Lawrence and Raju Sundaram. He worked for films like Master, Annamayya, Pelli, Osey Ramulamma and Jeans.

He made his debut as a director with Aakasa Ramanna. In 2011, he directed Pilla Zamindar with Nani (actor) and Haripriya on the lead. In 2013, he directed Sukumarudu with Aadi (Telugu actor) and Nisha Agarwal. He is best known for his work on Bhaagamathie (2018) with Anushka Shetty.