MUMBAI: Films like RRR, Baahubali, and Bajrangi Bhaijaan have been immensely loved by the audience.

And talking about SS Rajamouli's magnum opus RRR, it has brought back glory to the Indian cinemas and is inching towards the coveted figure of Rs 1000 crore mark at the worldwide box office. But do you know that the period action extravaganza starring Jr NTR and Ram Charan in the leading roles is written by SS Rajamouli's father KV Vijayendra Prasad?

Today, let us check out some amazing facts about the extraordinary writer.

Koduri Viswa Vijayendra Prasad is an acclaimed director and screenwriter who has written most of his son's films including the Baahubali franchise starring Prabhas and Rana Daggubati, fantasy action Magadheera starring Ram Charan and Kajal Aggarwal, and cop drama Vikramarkudu starring Ravi Teja and Anushka Shetty, which was remade in Hindi as 'Rowdy Rathore' led by Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha.

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He has also written Salman Khan's emotional drama Bajrangi Bhaijaan and was even honoured with the black statuette for the Best Story at the Filmfare Awards. The Kabir Khan directorial is among the five highest-grossing Indian films in history and stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and Harshaali Malhotra in the leading roles.

The veteran writer has already confirmed in his interviews that he is writing the sequels for Rowdy Rathore and Bajrangi Bhaijaan for Bollywood. He is also writing the script for Kangana Ranaut's upcoming film Sita: The Incarnation.

Koduri Viswa Vijayendra Prasad has also directed Telugu films like Ardhangi, Sri Krishna, Rajanna, and Srivalli.

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