Siddharth Katragadda

Siddharth Katragadda
Born 1972
Bangalore, India
Pen name Sid
Occupation Writer, Poet, Filmmaker, Artist, Software Engineer
Nationality US (India)
Alma mater University of Texas, Arlington, The Frank Anthony Public School, Bengaluru, St. Joseph's College, Bangalore
Period 2002–present
Notable works Dark Rooms, The Other Wife, Varanasi (film), The Departers (screenplay)
Notable awards Quarterfinalist (Page Screenwriting Contest - 2016, Screecraft Drama Contest -2017, WeScreenplay Feature Contest-2017), Semi-finalist - Southern California Screenplay Contest - 2017, Runner-up San Diego Book Awards(Poetry) 2002 & 2003, Best Foreign Film for Varanasi- Downbeach Film Festival
Relatives Tripuraneni Gopichand, Tripuraneni Ramaswamy
Website
www.sidartist.com

Siddharth Katragadda is a writer, filmmaker, artist and poet of Indian origin.

Writing

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] Numerous articles written by him have been published on CNN.[3][4][5] [6] His work has appeared in Grey Sparrow Press (best new literary journal 2011),[7] A Generation Defining Itself, Carter Street Review, Eastown Fiction, WriteFromWrong Journal and numerous literary journals.[8][9][10][11]

His work has been reviewed in the journals like Book Review Asian Journal[12] and "One India",[13] [14]

Books

Year Book Genre Awards
2002 Dark Rooms poetry, novel in verse Runners-up San Diego Book Awards
2003 The Other Wife poetry, novel in verse Runners-up San Diego Book Awards
unpublished Blood Siblings drama, literary fiction

Painting

An emerging painter, he has held various painting 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. He paints colourful and elaborately dressed, voluptous, dark Indian women, paying equal attention to their omnipresent bindis and resplendent ornaments as he does to their draped saris and brilliant blouses. His portraits are as abstract as they are figurative. He tends to abstract away from facial features, and lays more emphasis on the way a culture has sculpted the woman as a whole, especially the colours, which are depicted in brightest of colours – reds, saffrons and yellows – the most essential Indian colours. His paintings have been featured at Chitra Kala Parishath, Kalarasa Gallery (Bangalore), Art Walk (San Diego), IndianArtCollectors.com, Mixture ShowRoom (San Diego), Paintings Etc. (Singapore), Chlorophyll (Chandigarh) and IndianPainters.net. One of his paintings is in the private collection of Mani Ratnam.His paintings are collected worldwide.

Exhibitions

Year Gallery Solo/Group Show
2009 Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore Solo
2009 Palm Meadows, Bangalore Solo
2010 San Diego Bay Group Art Walk San Diego
2010 Mixture Gallery, San Diego Group "Mixture"
2012 IndianArtCollectors.com Solo "Feature Artist"
2013 Renaissance Gallerie, Bangalore Group "The Parrot"
2014 Kalarasa, Bangalore Group "Eclectic Collections - 30 emerging Indian Artists"
2014 Kensington Art Gallery, Bangalore Group "Boutiful Art - Juried by Christine Knocke"
2015 Wine Vault, San Diego Solo "The Woman"

[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

Films

He is an award-winning filmmaker/screenwriter. His screenplay "The Departers" (aka The Mercy Machine) was a Quarterfinalist at the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, 2016,[24] the Screencraft Drama Contest 2017,[25] the WeScreenplay Screenplay Awards [26] - and Semi-finalist at the Southern California Screenplay Contest.[27] His short film "Varanasi" won the Best Foreign Film Award at the Atlantic City CineFest, New Jersey, 2013.[28][29] His short documentary, "The Indus Code" was shortlisted for the 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala. [30][31]

He has also worked as cinematographer, editor and lyricist in his films.

Filmography

Year Film Genre Awards Credited as
director Producer Screenwriter
2013 Varanasi (Short) romance, drama Best Foreign Film, Downbeach Film Festival, New Jersey Yes Yes Yes
2013 The Girl Upstairs (Featurette) romance, drama Official entry: 2nd Delhi Film Festival Yes Yes Yes
2013 The Indus Code (Short Documentary) documentary Official entry: 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala Yes Yes Yes
2013 America lo Amala (Short Film) Short Film 200K Views on YouTube' Yes Yes Yes

References

  1. ↑ "Search - San Diego Public Library". bibliocommons.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Katragadda, Siddharth (1 January 2003). "The other wife: a novel in verse". PublishAmerica. Retrieved 16 February 2017 – via sandiego Library Catalog.
  3. ↑ "Delhi gang rape victim dies: India does care about its women". cnn.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  4. ↑ CNN, By Sarah Brown. "'She could have been me': Action urged after Delhi gang rape case - CNN.com". cnn.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  5. ↑ prospectjournalucsd (30 January 2013). "SHE SAID 'NO,' HE HEARD 'YES': AMERICA'S RAPE CULTURE". prospectjournal.org. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Glimmer of hope for India's poorest girl students". cnn.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  7. ↑ https://grey-sparrow-press.com/9-summer-2011/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "ARCHIVES SUMMER 2011". sharepoint.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Eastown Fiction". eastownfiction.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Cartier Street Review March 2011". issuu.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  11. ↑ Poetry in Wilderness House Literary Review
  12. ↑ "ASIAN JOURNAL a San Diego original. The 1st Asian Journal in Ca,USA. A Filipino American weekly. Online - Digital - Print Editions". asianjournalusa.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  13. ↑ https://www.boldsky.com/insync/pulse/2008/the-dark-rooms-review-220408.html?utm_source=/insync/pulse/2008/the-dark-rooms-review-220408.html&utm_medium=search_page&utm_campaign=elastic_search. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ "The Other Wife: When You Take The Second Step". boldsky.com. 5 May 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "Siddharth Katragadda – Famous Indian Artist, Siddharth Katragadda Paintings - Mojarto". mojarto.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "Exhibition of paintings - by Siddharth Katragadda at Karnataka Chitra…". archive.is. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  17. ↑ "ArtWalk Artists New". artwalksandiego.org. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "Siddharth Katragadda – Famous Indian Artist, Siddharth Katragadda Paintings - Mojarto". indianartcollectors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  19. ↑ http://www.thecityguide.in/Bangalore/Central-Bangalore/Cunningham/Events/Group-Exhibition-SNINFS/EditorsNote/
  20. ↑ "attend". thehindu.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  21. ↑ http://www.oceansideartwalk.org/artists/siddharth-katragadda Oceanside Art Walk Featured Artist
  22. ↑ http://arti-artindia.blogspot.com/2013/09/siddharth-katragadda-guest-artist_19.html Artists of India Featured Artist
  23. ↑ http://www.ocherart.com/view_artist.php?id=506 Ocher Art
  24. ↑ "2016 Quarter-Finalists - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards: Screenplay Contests". pageawards.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  25. ↑ https://screencraft.org/2017/10/24/2017-drama-contest-quarter-finalists-announced/
  26. ↑ WeScreenplay. "WeScreenplay - WeScreenplay Feature Contest WISC 2016 Quarter Finalists". wescreenplay.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  27. ↑ "Home". socalscreenplay.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  28. ↑ "Downbeach Film Festival/Atlantic City Cinefest 2013 : Home". festivalgenius.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  29. ↑ "Varanasi". festivalgenius.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  30. ↑ http://iffk.in/idsffk/images/9th-Day.pdf
  31. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
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