[4] He made his directorial debut with the Telugu film Badri starring Pawan Kalyan, Renu Desai and Ameesha Patel.

In 2011, he directed the Hindi film Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap starring Amitabh Bachchan, which was archived in the Oscar library.

[8] The box office hits that he directed, in addition to Badri,[9] include the films Itlu Sravani Subramanyam, Appu, Idiot, Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi, Sivamani, Pokiri, Desamuduru, Golimaar, Businessman, Iddarammayilatho, Heart Attack, Temper and iSmart Shankar.

[17] His paternal cousin, Parasuram, assisted Puri in several movies before making his directorial debut with Yuvatha (2008).

[19] In 2022, Jagannadh directed action film Liger, which was produced by Dharma Productions and Charmme Kaur.