Ayodhya Kumar Krishnamsetty is a film director/ producer from Visakhapatnam, a costal city in Andhra Pradesh, India. He completed his Masters in Marine Sciences in 1994 after which he left to the US. He later joined filmmaking at the Prestigious Northwest film Center in Portland, Oregon and worked in OPB television channel in the USA. He also has a rich experience of working in the Hollywood film industry. Ayodhyakumar directed and produced a couple of short feature films/ documentaries in USA. The Oscar shortlisted film Minugurulu is directed, produced by him (and is released both in India and as well as the USA( United States of America