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hyderabad , telangana , india 26 july 1974 ajay sastry.jpg ajay sastry
 film director , screenwriter
ajay sastry

ajay sastry is a director/writer who directed his maiden film called ' nenu meeku telusa ' starring manchu manoj , sneha ullal and riya sen. his journey started with a short film called `` 12 '' -lrb- baarah -rrb- that was produced by kad movies and rana daggubati -lrb- of dum marro dum fame -rrb- .
in the past , he played the role of associate director & screenplay writer for movies such as `` rakhi '' and `` danger '' .
he had served as president of yocs -lrb- young orators club -rrb- for many years .
he had been an active participant and winner at youth festivals in and around hyderabad .
to add to this ajay has been the lead singer of rock bands like `` alter egoz '' and `` jekyll and hyde '' .
an orator and a poet , his poems have been published in the `` american anthology of poetry '' .
during his schooling , he had an opportunity through the ymca to attend the ` world championship of modern western dances ' at london and ran a dance school for almost five years before he shifted to being an ad film maker .
his first movie as a director ` nenu meeku telusa ' hit the silver screen on october 10 , 2008
