Director
Uddaraju Venkata Krishna Panduranga Raju, known professionally as Clax, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. Hailing from Vempadu near Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, he worked in systems administration before entering the film industry as an assistant director. He assisted filmmaker Sudheer Varma on *Swamy Ra Ra* (2013) and *Keshava* (2017), and worked under Ram Gopal Varma on *Killing Veerappan* (2016). In 2023, Clax made his feature directorial and screenwriting debut with the satirical comedy-drama *Bedurulanka 2012*.
