Friday (November 7) is the birthday of wizard of words. He is an ace director, a scintillating story teller and a wordsmith par excellence.His movies are known for pithy and punchy dialogues.He is none other than director Trivikram.

Trivikram Srinivas – the man who is best known for his excellent usage of Telugu language in his dialogues is celebrating his birthday today.Started his journey as a dialogue writer, he is now one of the most sought directors in Tollywood.

Here are some unknown facts aboutTrivikram Srinivas

-Trivikram real name is Akella Naga Srinivas Sharma

-He used to teach Editor Gautam Raju’s children. He slowly developed contacts in industry and thus came his first chance as dialogue writer for Swayamvaram movie but Nuvve Kavali released before that and marked his dialogue writer debut.

-He won the Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Award for Best Dialogue Writer five times for his dialogues in blockbuster films Chiru Navvutho, Nuvvu Naaku Nachav, Nuvve Nuvve, Malliswari and Athadu.

-Sunil and Trivikram were roommates during their struggle period in industry. Interestingly, both of them got married on the same day.

-Teenmaar is the only movie he penned lyrics for another director after he wielded megaphone.

-Trivikram penned lyrics for a song in Ravi Teja starer Oka Raju, Oka Rani.

-Trivikram crooned a song ‘Computersu Artsu Sciencu’ in his first directorial film, Nuvve Nuvve.

-Trivikram is also one of the most sought directors for TV commercials. Noted ads out of them are

– Pepsi Commercial advertisement with Ram Charan and Indian Cricket Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Jos Alukkas Ad with Mahesh Babu and Celkon Mobile ad with Actress Tamannah and Cricketer Virat Kohli.