A. Sreekar Prasad

Sreekar Prasad
Born Akkineni Sreekar Prasad
Occupation Film editor
Years active 1983-present
Relatives L. V. Prasad (paternal uncle)
Ramesh Prasad (cousin)
Website www.sreekarprasad.com

Akkineni Sreekar Prasad, better known as Sreekar Prasad, is an Indian film editing professional, known for his works in Indian cinema.[1] He works predominantly on Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English films. His last National Film Award for Best Editing was for his work on the feature film Firaaq (2008), directed by Nandita Das. He was included in the Limca Book of Records as People of the Year - 2013 for wide contribution to the Indian cinema in several languages and also for holding a record eight National Awards including a Special Jury Award.[2][3]

Career

Sreekar Prasad was a graduate in Literature from University of Madras. He learned the art of film editing from his father in Telugu films.[4] Though he started out with Telugu films, he rose to national acclaim through Malayalam and Tamil films. He has won the National Film Award for Best Editing seven times and owns one Special Jury Award, throughout a career spanning over two decades.[5] Some of the notable editing works of Sreekar Prasad include Yodha (1992), Nirnayam (1995), Vaanaprastham (1999), Alaipayuthey (2000), Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Okkadu (2003), Aayitha Ezhuthu/Yuva (2004), Navarasa (2005), Anandabhadram (2005), Guru (2007), Billa (2007), Firaaq (2008), Pazhassi Raja (2009) and Talvar (2015).

Personal life

Sreekar Prasad was born to film editor Akkineni Sanjeevi, brother of Telugu film doyen L. V. Prasad. [6]

Awards

National Film Awards
Kerala State Film Awards
Nandi Awards
Filmfare Awards
Vijay Awards
Other awards

Filmography

See also

  • List of National Film Award records

References

  1. ↑ "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Southern stars in Limca Book of Records". The Times of India. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "A SREEKAR PRASAD". Limca Book of Records. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Sudhish Kamath (18 March 2011). "Life & Style / Metroplus : The Saturday Interview - A cut above". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Subha J Rao (23 October 2010). "Arts / Cinema : Master of montage". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  6. ↑ Interview with K. B. Tilak at Cinegoer.com Archived 19 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "Sreekar Prasad, Deepa Mehta bag Dubai awards". Rediff. Retrieved 2009-07-01.

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