Mythri Movie Makers is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Hyderabad, Telangana. Established in the early 2010s, the banner has grown into one of the prominent production houses in Telugu cinema, producing commercial films featuring leading stars and distributing films across the Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
| Industry | Film production and distribution |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Founders | Y. Ravi Shankar, Naveen Yerneni |
| Primary language | Telugu |
| Founded | 2010s |
The company was founded by Y. Ravi Shankar and Naveen Yerneni, who entered the film business after building careers outside the entertainment industry. The banner began with mid-budget Telugu productions and progressively scaled up to large-budget mainstream films featuring established stars of the Telugu industry. Alongside its production work, Mythri Movie Makers operates as a major distributor of Telugu-language theatrical releases.
Mythri Movie Makers has produced a number of commercially successful Telugu films, working with directors and actors central to the contemporary Telugu film industry. The banner has been associated with films directed by Sukumar, including the Pushpa franchise starring Allu Arjun, which expanded the production house's reach to a pan-Indian audience through dubbed releases in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada.
Other collaborations have included projects with leading Telugu actors such as Mahesh Babu, Ravi Teja, Nithiin and Vijay Deverakonda, spanning genres from action and rural drama to romantic comedies.
In addition to in-house productions, Mythri Movie Makers handles theatrical distribution for films from other banners across the Telugu-speaking states. The company has acquired distribution rights for several major Telugu releases as well as dubbed versions of films from other Indian languages.
Mythri Movie Makers represents a generation of Hyderabad-based production houses that have positioned Telugu cinema in the wider Indian and overseas markets. Through investments in high-budget productions and pan-Indian releases, the banner has contributed to the increased commercial reach of Telugu films beyond their traditional regional audience, particularly during the post-2015 expansion of South Indian cinema into Hindi-speaking markets.