Tollywood film director Chandoo Mondeti was born in Hyderabad, Telangana. Karthikeya, Premam, and Savyasachi are some of the films that he has directed. Each of these films was well received by both reviewers and audiences and went on to become box office hits. CNN IBN picked Karthikeya as one of the Top Ten Indian movies of 2014. Er directed Savyasachi, which was not very successful at the box office. Kartikaya 2 is a sequel to Kartikaya, starring Nikhil Siddartha.