Gunasekhar

Gunasekar (born 2 June 1964) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. Gunasekhar directed the Children's classic Ramayanam (1997), which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film, including several state Nandi Awards for that year, and was screened at the International Children's Film Festival of India.[2][3]

Gunasekar
Gunasekhar in 2015
Born2 June 1964 (1964-06-02) (age 56)[1]
Narsipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
OccupationDirector
Screen Writer
Producer
Spouse(s)Ragini Karri
ChildrenNeelima Karri, Yukthamukhi Karri

The 2003 action film, Okkadu, which won eight state Nandi Awards, and four Filmfare Awards South including the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu, the blockbuster film became the highest grossing Telugu film for that year, and was remade into various Indian languages.[4][5] His latest venture is the historical film, Rudhramadevi which was released in October 2015 for wide positive reviews and became one of the biggest hits of the year.[6][7]

Career

Before venturing into mainstream film direction, Gunasekar worked as an associate director to D. V. Narsaraju, Kranthi Kumar, and Ram Gopal Varma.[8] Gunasekhar made his directorial debut with the socio-political Lathi (1992), for which he received the state Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director.

He directed the super-hit romance film, Sogasu Chooda Tharamaa (1995), which again received the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film, and the super-hit action thriller, Choodalani Vundi (1998), which introduced the DTS sound to the Telugu screen, the film was later remade into Hindi as Calcutta Mail. He then directed the political thriller, Manoharam, which again bagged the Nandi Award for Best Story, and the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film. The 2004 drama film Arjun was screened at the International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section.[9]

Filmography and awards
Year Film Director Producer Screenwriter Awards and Honors
1992LaatiYesYesNandi Award for Best First Film of a Director
1995Sogasu Chooda TharamaaYesYesNandi Award for Best Feature Film
1996RamayanamYesYesNational Film Award for Best Children's Film
International Children's Film Festival of India
1998Choodalani VundiYesYes
2000ManoharamYesYesNandi Award for Best Feature Film
Nandi Award for Best Story Writer
2001MrugarajuYesYes
2003OkkaduYesYesNandi Award for Best Feature Film
Nandi Award for Best Director
Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu
2004ArjunYesYesInternational Film Festival of India
2006SainikuduYesYesNandi Award for Best Special Effects
2010VaruduYesYesNandi Award for Best Special Effects
2012NippuYesYes
2015RudhramadeviYesYesYes
TBAShakunthalamYesYesYes
TBA Hiranya KashyapaYesYesYes

References
  1. "Happy Birthday Gunasekhar: From Ramayanam to Rudhramadevi, best 5 movies of the filmmaker that you must watch". The Times of India. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. IANS. "Glad we finished Rudhramadevi on time: Gunasekhar". The Hindu.
  3. Sangeetha Devi Dundoo. "Rudhramadevi review". The Hindu.
  4. "YVS, Gunasekar & Ravi were rommates". The Times of India.
  5. "Deccan Chronicle - Latest India news - Breaking news - Hyderabad News - World news - Business - Politics".
  6. "Rudhramadevi box office collection: Anushka Shetty-starrer mints Rs 32 crore in the opening weekend". msn.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  7. "Rudhramadevi Box Office Collection". Box Office. 11 October 2015. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  8. "Gunasekhar, RGV, Krishna Vamsi, Teja, Uttej Old Photo - Gunasekhar". Gulte.com.
  9. "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
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