Koratala Siva is one of the most wanted directors in the Telugu film industries right now after SS Rajamouli. In 2013, he made his directorial debut with Mirchi starring Prabhas which went on to do well at the box office, he followed that success with Srimanthudu which gave Mahesh Babu the hit he was longing for years. He then directed another film Janatha Garage which grossed an estimated ₹135 crore. It earned a distributor's share amount of ₹60 crore in its first week of release. He again teamed up with Mahesh Babu for a political film Bharath Ane Nenu which again a rousing blockbuster.  
 
Starting his career working as a software engineer, Siva worked as a screenwriting assistant under his uncle Posani Krishna Murali. Subsequently, he ventured into cinema as a Dialogue writer for films such as Okkadunnadu, Munna, Brindavanam, and Oosaravelli. Now his 5th project is going to be even bigger as he teams up with Megastar Chiranjeevi for the very first time. Now the makers have made the news official that Chiranjeevi has started shooting for this project from today. It will have music by Mani Sharma and cinematography by Thiru.