Moonwater Pictures

The Moonwater pictures[1] is a movie production house based out of Hyderabad, Telangana. The production house was founded in 2008 by Mahi V Raghav, Rakesh Mahankali and Pavan Kumar Reddy. It has produced and distributed three films so far, and all were highly successful at the box office and received good responses from critics.

Moonwater Pictures
TypeFilm producer, Film distributor
IndustryEntertainment, Motion pictures
Founded2008
Headquarters
Hyderabad, Telangana
,
India
Key people
Mahi V Raghav
ProductsFilm Production
Film Distribution
OwnerMahi V Raghav
Rakesh Mahankali
Pavan Kumar Reddy
Websitewww.moonwaterpictures.in

History

Villagelo Vinayakudu was the first feature film produced under this banner, followed by Kudirithe Kappu Coffee and Paathshala. Paatshala is considered as one of the new age Telugu film and appreciated well by critics. Paathshala successfully marks an innovative edge, in the Telugu film industry, in terms of selection procedure wherein the cast and crew would be finalised through the medium of social networking site, 'Facebook'.[2] The contest hosted on Facebook managed to get more than 15,000 followers within seven days of the launch with 10,000 applicants.[3]

Film production
No Year Film Actors Director Language Notes
12009Villagelo VinayakuduKrishnudu, Saranya Mohan, Rao Ramesh, Yandamuri VeerendranathSai Kiran AdiviTeluguStory of Villagelo Vinayakudu is done by producer Mahi V Raghav himself
22011Kudirithe Kappu CoffeeVarun Sandesh, Suma Bhattacharya, Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao, Sukumari, Tanikella BharaniRamana SalvaTelugujointly Produced along with Shiva Meka under the banner of Shiva Productions
32014PaathshalaNandu, Shashank, Sirisha, Anu PriyaMahi V RaghavTeluguMahi V Raghav makes his directorial debut in Telugu through the film.

Awards
S.no Ceremony Year Category Movie Result
1 1st IIFA Utsavam 2015 IIFA UTSAVAM Award for Best Director Paathshala Nominated
2 2015 IIFA UTSAVAM Award for Best Picture Paathshala Nominated

References
  1. "Moonwater pictures Paathshala".
  2. "Paathshala Facebook contest office".
  3. "Paathshala storms online box office". greatandhra. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
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