Thota Tharani is an Indian film, art director and production designer, who works exclusively in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Bollywood film industry, He has worked in more than 100 feature films as a production designer, including three foreign productions: Pondichéry, Dernier Comptoir Des Indes (French), Hanuman (French) and Branchie (Italian). He won two National Film Awards, four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South.