Pushkar–Gayathri

Pushkar and Gayatri are a husband and wife filmmaker duo from India. They are the only married couple directors in Asia and are a part of a small community worldwide.

Pushkar & Gayatri
NationalityIndian
EducationMaster of Fine Arts in Film Making
Alma materUnder-Grad: Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai

Gayatri Post-Grad.: Northwestern University, Chicago

Pushkar Post-Grad.: University of New Orleans
OccupationDirectors & Screenplay writers
Years active2007 – 2017

The couple has been in the industry since 2007. They have written and directed three feature Tamil films: Oram Po, Va- Quarter Cutting and Vikram Vedha. The first two films earned them a niche cult fan-club both in India and abroad. Vikram Vedha received strong positive reviews from critics, and won four Filmfare, Vijay and Norway Tamil Film Festival awards each.

Films
Year Film
2007Oram Po
2010Va- Quarter Cutting
2017Vikram Vedha

Awards
Year Awards Title Category Result Ref.
2008 Ad Club Awards Madras Oram Po Best Movie Trailer Won
2017 Provoke Awards Vikram Vedha Best Director Won
2017 Brew Awards Vikram Vedha Best Director Won
2017 Chennai International Film Festival Vikram Vedha Second Best Tamil Feature Film Won [1]
2017 Technofes Awards Vikram Vedha Best Story Nominated
2018 Vikatan Awards Vikram Vedha Best Screenplay Won [2]
2018 Vijay TV Awards Vikram Vedha Best Director, Best Director Won [3]
2018 Filmfare Awards South Vikram Vedha Best Director Won [4]
2018 Behindwoods Awards Vikram Vedha Best Director Won [5]
2018 South Indian International Movie Awards -2018 Vikram Vedha Best Film Won

References
  1. BollywoodLife. "Vikram Vedha, Vijay Sethupathi win top honours at 15th Chennai International Film Festival". Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  2. "Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards (2018)". IMDb. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  3. "Vijay Awards 2018: Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Mersal, Vikram Vedha Win Big; Check Out The Complete List of Winners Here | LatestLY". Latestly. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  4. "65th Filmfare Awards South winners: Vikram Vedha, Baahubali 2 and Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum win big". The Indian Express. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  5. "Winners list of Behindwoods Gold Medal Awards 2018". Behindwoods. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
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