Neeraja Kona
biography
Neeraja Kona is an Indian costume designer, stylist, film director, and screenwriter who works in Telugu and Tamil cinema. She began her career in film fashion and styling in the early 2010s, earning credits as a costume designer on mainstream features such as the action thriller *Yevadu* (2014) and the romantic drama *Oka Laila Kosam* (2014). Kona subsequently worked across high-profile productions in both industries, designing costumes for the action thriller *Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru* (2017), the action drama *Mersal* (2017), the political drama *NGK* (2019), and the action thriller *Krack* (2021). Her design portfolio also includes the period drama *Shyam Singha Roy* (2021), *Waltair Veerayya* (2023), and the science fiction comedy *Ayalaan* (2024), alongside streaming series such as *Kumari Srimathi* (2023). In 2025, she made her feature directorial and screenwriting debut with the romantic drama *Telusu Kada*, while continuing costume design work on *Kingdom* (2025).
