# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/puri-jagannadh
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:51:54.612Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/puri-jagannadh"
name: "Puri Jagannadh"
slug: "puri-jagannadh"
description: "Petla \"Puri\" Jagannadh is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who works primarily in the Telugu film Industry. He made his directorial debut in 2000 with the Telugu film Badri starring Pawan Kalyan, Renu Desai and Ameesha Patel. In 2006, he directed the Telugu film Pokiri, premiered at the 7th IIFA Film Festival held in Dubai. The film was later re-made into several Indian languages, and brought Puri widespread Indian recognition. He made his Hindi film debut in 2004, with the film Shart: The Challenge. In 2011, he directed the Hindi film Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap starring Amitabh Bachchan, which was archived in the Oscar library."
tagline: "Indian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Puri_Jagannadh%2C_July_2019.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1966-09-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.030044803654573
  historical:           14.58045066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  37
  category: 26
totalFollowers: 1400000
platforms:
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    handle:    "purijagan"
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    handle:    "purijagannadh"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Puri Jagannadh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump