Sekhar Kammula

Sekhar Kammula was born in Eluru and brought up in Hyderabad.[8] He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, completed his M.S in Computer Science in the U.S. He worked in the IT industry for about 3 years and then joined a film school and got his M.F.A (Film) degree at Howard University, Washington D.C. During this time he worked on a number of films (short and feature length) in the U.S.[9]

Sekhar Kammula in Cinivaram, Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad

He made his directorial debut with the independent film Dollar Dreams (2000), which was a critical success, and won him the National Film Award for Best First film of a director. The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India.[5]

His second film, Anand (2004) was a commercial success and was among highest grossing Telugu films of that year.[10] His next film, Godavari, was praised by critics and was a commercial success.

In 2007, his directed Happy Days which depicted the regular college life of engineering students. The film was a huge success, especially among the urban youth of then Andhra Pradesh.[11] The film was later remade in Tamil and Kannada languages. He then directed political film Leader which released in 2010 to positive reviews. Rediff.com noted that "If anything, the film is a wish-list of what one would like to see in the arena of politics, which Sekhar should be lauded for even trying."[12]

In 2012, Kammula written, produced and directed Life Is Beautiful. The film had a positive reception from critics and audience.[13] Firstpost called the film a revamped version of Happy Days (2007) and noted similarities between the characters written by Kammula in both the films.[14] Later in 2014, he directed Anaamika, a Telugu remake of 2012 Hindi film Kahaani in which Nayantara played Vidya Balan's character.

In 2017, his romantic comedy film Fidaa, starring Varun Tej and Sai Pallavi, grossed over ₹90 crore at the box office.[15] As of 2020, his next film, Love Story, starring Naga Chaitanya and Sai Pallavi is under production.[16]

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