Friday, 3 June 2016

2 JUN 1964 GUNASEKHAR

Gunasekhar

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Gunasekar
Born2 June 1964
nannai, Tamil nadu, India
ResidenceFilm Nagar, Hyderabad, India
OccupationDirector
Screen Writer
Producer
Gunasekar (Telugu: గుణశేఖర్); (born Gunasekar Karri; 2 June, 1964) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works exclusively in Telugu cinema. Gunasekhar directed the Children's classic Ramayanam(1997), which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film, including several state Nandi Awards for that year, and was screened at the International Children’s Film Festival of India.[1][2]
The 2003 action film, Okkadu, which won eight state Nandi Awards, and four Filmfare Awards South including the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu, the blockbuster film became the highest grossing Telugu film for that year, and was remade into various Indian languages.[3][4] His latest venture is the historical film, Rudhramadevi which was released in October 2015 for wide positive reviews and became one of the biggest hits of the year.[5][6]

Mainstream[edit]

Before venturing into main stream film direction, Gunasekar worked as an associate director to D. V. Narsaraju, Kranthi Kumar, and Ram Gopal Varma.[7] Gunasekhar made his directorial debut with the socio-political Lathi (1992), for which he received the state Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director.
He directed the super-hit romance film, Sogasu Chooda Tharamaa (1995), which again received the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film, and the super-hit action thriller, Choodalani Vundi (1998), which introduced the DTS sound to the Telugu screen, the film was later remade into Hindi as Calcutta Mail. He then directed the political thriller, Manoharam (2000), which again bagged the Nandi Award for Best Story, and the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film. The 2004 drama film Arjun was screened at the International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section.[8]

Filmography and Awards[edit]

YearFilmDirectorProducerScreenwriterAwards and Honors
1991LaatiYesYesNandi Award for Best First Film of a Director
1995Sogasu Chooda TharamaaYesYesNandi Award for Best Feature Film
1997RamayanamYesYesNational Film Award for Best Children's Film
International Children’s Film Festival of India
1998Choodalani VundiYesYes
2000ManoharamYesYesNandi Award for Best Feature Film
Nandi Award for Best Story Writer
2001MrugarajuYesYes
2003OkkaduYesYesNandi Award for Best Feature Film
Nandi Award for Best Director
Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu
2004ArjunYesYesInternational Film Festival of India
2006SainikuduYesYesNandi Award for Best Special Effects
2010VaruduYesYesNandi Award for Best Special Effects
2012NippuYesYes
2015TevarYes
2015RudhramadeviYesYesYes
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