Director Sreenu Vaitla who delivered a block buster Dookudu last year is celebrating his 40th birthday today.He is currently busy working on his stylish action-entertainer, Baadshah, starring Jr NTR and Kajal Aggarwal. The movie is currently being shot in Hyderabad. The teaser of the movie will be released today to coincide with the director’s birthday.

On Sunday, a get together of Dookudu unit and  distributors was held in Hyderabad and distributed shields to the Dookudu unit to celebrate one year of the movie’s release.Vaitla made his debut with Nee Kosam in 1999 and shot to fame with his second film Anandam. Since then there is no looking back with super hits like Venky, Dhee, Dubai Seenu and Ready. The director went on to win the Best Director Filmfare Award for Dookudu.