Chandra Siddhartha

Chandra Siddarth.
Born 12th May, 1969
Andhra Pradesh, India
Alma mater Nizam College

Chandra Siddhartha (born C. Chandra Sekhar Siddhartha) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has directed films such as Inscrutable Americans, Aa Naluguru, and Madhumasam.[1][2][3] He is presently directing a Telugu movie titled "Aata gadharaa Siva" portraying new faces in lead roles. It is being produced by Rockline Venkatesh under Rockline Entertainments banner.

He has garnered three state Nandi Awards for directing Aa Naluguru and Andhari Bandhuvayya.[4] In 1995, he produced, Nirantharam, under Film and Television Institute of India, which received special mention at Cairo and Locarno International Film Festival. The film directed by Rajendra Prasad, was also premiered at Malaysian Indian International film festival.[5] In 2000, he directed The Inscrutable Americans based on Anurag Mathur's best selling novel of the same name. The film was premiered at Milan, Newyork, Atlanta, London and Kerala International Film Festivals. He has served as a Jury member at the 57th, 61st and 65th National Film Awards[6] Served as a jury member for the Andhra Pradesh state Nandi awards 2013 and 2015. Also served in the Filmfare jury 7 times and for South Indian Cinematographers Association awards as the Jury Head.

Early life and Career

Chandra Siddhartha was born to C. Poorna Chandra Rao and C. Shankunthala Devi. Siddhartha, has attended Nizam College in Hyderabad and holds a degree in Telugu Literature, from osmania University. He has worked as an Assistant director, for the 1991 film Jaithra Yathra, under Uppalapati Narayana Rao.

Awards

Nandi Awards

Filmography

As director
As producer

As producer and director Idi Sangati 2008 Andari bandhuvaya 2010

References

  1. ↑ The Hindu : The inscrutable director
  2. ↑ The Inscrutable Americans | Dhiraj Singh
  3. ↑ Chandra Siddhartha - Director Movies, Chandra Siddhartha - Director Filmography, Chandra Siddhartha - Director Videos, Chandra Siddhartha - Director Photos - Sangeethouse.com
  4. ↑ Chandra Siddhartha interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film director
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
  6. ↑ http://www.dff.nic.in/Jury%20Profiles.pdf
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