Siddharth Katragadda

Katragadda's first Novel in Verse, Dark Rooms won an award at the San Diego Book Prize, 2002 (Poetry).[1] A sequel, The Other Wife also won the same award in 2003.[2] [3] Numerous articles written by him have been published on CNN.[4][5][6] [7] His work has appeared in Grey Sparrow Press (best new literary journal 2011),[8] New Plains Review - Fall 2018 Issue,A Generation Defining Itself, Carter Street Review, Eastown Fiction, WriteFromWrong Journal and numerous literary journals.[9][10][11][12] His work has been reviewed in the journals like Book Review Asian Journal[13] and "One India",[14] [15]

An emerging artist/painter and is known for his abstract portraits of Indian women. He has held various exhibitions in India and in America. He has been painting since he was ten. He believes that an artist's primary objective should be to capture a culture – and that a culture, or ethnicity, can be best understood through its women (because society shapes its women). He paints colorful and elaborately dressed, voluptuous, dark Indian women - paying equal attention to their omnipresent bindis and resplendent ornaments as he does to their vibrant draped saris and brilliant blouses.

An award-winning filmmaker/screenwriter, his short documentary "B.L.I.N.D - Born to Live In Near Darkness?" won numerous awards at Film Festivals (see below). His short film "Varanasi" won the Best Foreign Film Award at the Atlantic City CineFest, New Jersey, 2013.[26][27] His screenplay "Painless" (aka The Mercy Machine) was a Quarterfinalist at the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, 2016,[28] the Screencraft Drama Contest 2017,[29] the WeScreenplay Screenplay Awards [30] - and Semi-finalist at the Southern California Screenplay Contest.[31] His short documentary, "The Indus Code" was shortlisted for the 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala. [32][33]

An emerging playwright, his short play Power Outage will be produced at the 11th Towne Street Theatre's Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival - at the Stella Adler Theatre, Hollywood April 4th - 26th, 2020. He has three full-length plays waiting to be produced, and numerous short plays. [34]