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Sankalp Reddy
Sankalp Reddy (born October 20, 1984) is an Indian film director, and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He made his directorial debut with the Pan-India film, Pan-Indian war film Ghazi (2017 film), ''Ghazi'' (2017) which won the National Film Awards, National Film Award for National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, Best Feature Film in Telugu. Reddy later directed Science fiction film, science fiction film ''Antariksham 9000 KMPH'' (2018). Early life Sankalp Reddy was born and brought up in Hyderabad. He graduated from CVR College of Engineering and moved to Australia for his MBA at Griffith University, Brisbane. He later dropped out after a semester and joined Griffith Film School, a top creative arts school in Australia, for pursuing Masters of Fine Arts, MFA in film direction. Career Reddy researched about submarines about a year and decided to make a film on submarine. Later, he wrote a book titled ''The Blue Fish'' to keep the copyrights to mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyderabad
Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much of Hyderabad is situated on hilly terrain around Lakes in Hyderabad, artificial lakes, including the Hussain Sagar lake, predating the city's founding, in the north of the city centre. According to the 2011 census of India, Hyderabad is the List of cities in India by population, fourth-most populous city in India with a population of residents within the city limits, and has a population of residents in the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region, metropolitan region, making it the List of metropolitan areas in India, sixth-most populous metropolitan area in India. With an output of 95 billion, Hyderabad has the sixth-largest urban economy in India. The Qutb Shahi dynasty's Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah established Hyderabad in 1591 to extend the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghazi (film)
''Ghazi'' is a 2017 Indian war film written and directed by Sankalp Reddy. The film is produced in the Telugu film industry, and is shot simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi languages, with the latter titled ''The Ghazi Attack''. The film stars are Kay Kay Menon, Atul Kulkarni, Rana Daggubati, Taapsee Pannu and Satya Dev. The film grossed over on a budget of . ''Ghazi'' is inspired by the events from the sinking of during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The story is about a submarine of the Indian Navy, an executive naval officer and his team, who remained underwater for 18 days. It is about the valour of the crew aboard the Indian submarine '' INS Karanj (S21)'', which according to Indian claims destroyed the Pakistani '' PNS Ghazi'' submarine when it ventured into Indian waters to destroy on the shores of Visakhapatnam. The film was released theatrically on 17 February 2017 to widespread critical acclaim and did decent business. It was declared "hit" by Box Offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th South Indian International Movie Awards
The 7th South Indian International Movie Awards is an awards event held in Dubai on September 14 and 15, 2018. It aims to recognize notable films and performances from the past year in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada films, along with special honors for lifetime contributions and a few special awards. The nomination list for the main awards was announced in June 2017. Honorary awards * P. Suseela (Lifetime Achievement Award) Other Awards * SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer – K. K. Senthil Kumar ''( Baahubali 2: The Conclusion)'' Main awards winners and nominees Film Acting Debut awards Music Critics' choice Kollywood *Best Actor – R. Madhavan – Vikram Vedha *Best Actress – Aditi Balan – '' Aruvi'' ;Tollywood *Best Actor – Venkatesh and Nandamuri Balakrishna – ''Guru'' and ''Gautamiputra Satakarni'' *Best Actress – Ritika Singh – ''Guru'' ;Kannada Cinema *Best Actor – Sri Murali *Best Actress – Sruthi Harih ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare
''Filmfare'' is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of India's most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, and style. The magazine also annually gives the Filmfare Awards, the Filmfare Awards South, the Filmfare Awards East, the Filmfare Marathi Awards, the Filmfare Awards Punjabi, the Filmfare Awards Bangla, the Filmfare OTT Awards, the Filmfare Short Film Awards and the Filmfare Style & Glamour Awards. After the businessman Ramkrishna Dalmia (1893–1978) of Dalmia Group purchased Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) in 1946, J. C. Jain from Bharat Insurance Company was employed to help him in running the company in 1950. In this period, Jain conceived the idea of ''Filmfare'' at the actress Kamini Kaushal's house. The magazine was launched by the industrialist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain alongside his wife Rama in Bombay on 7 Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfare Award For Best Director – Telugu
The Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu is presented by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The awards were extended to "Best Director" in 1972. Superlatives * K. Viswanath has the record of winning most awards eight and winning the award twice in a row, on three separate occasions (1974–1975, 1982-1983 and 1986–1987). S. S. Rajamouli has received the award five times, which is the second most. * Nandini Reddy and Sripriya were the only two female directors to have been nominated for their films '' Ala Modalaindi'' (2011) and '' Drushyam'' (2014) respectively. * Krish remains the only director to have won the award for his first two films, '' Gamyam'' and ''Vedam'', consecutively. * Sukumar, Venu Yeldandi and Krish are the only directors who received the award for their debut film. Winners Nominations Before 2000 year there have been no nominations for Filmfare Awards South in Telugu films, The panel of judges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
65th Filmfare Awards South
The 65th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema Cinema of South India, refers to the cinema of the four major film industries in South India; primarily engaged in making feature films in the four major Dravidian languages of the region, namely Telugu cinema, Telugu, Tamil Cinema, Tamil, Ma ... in 2017 was an event that was held on 16 June 2018 at Novotel and HICC Complex in Hyderabad. The nominations for all the main awards were announced on 4 June 2018. List of nominees Main awards Kannada cinema Malayalam cinema Tamil cinema Telugu cinema Technical Awards Special awards Superlatives Multiple nominations * Kannada – '' Raajakumara'' – 5 * Malayalam – '' Mayaanadhi'' – 7 * Tamil – '' Mersal'' – 11 * Telugu – '' Baahubali 2: The Conclusion '' – 10 Multiple awards * Kannada – '' Chowka'' – 3 * Malayalam – '' Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum'' and '' Mayaanadhi'' – 4 * Tamil � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IB71
''IB71'' is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language spy thriller film based on the 1971 Indian Airlines hijacking, written and directed by Sankalp Reddy. It stars Vidyut Jammwal, Vishal Jethwa and Faizan Khan, alongside Anupam Kher, Ashwath Bhatt, Danny Sura and Suvrat Joshi. ''IB71'' is Jammwal's first film as a producer and was released on 12 May 2023 to mixed reviews from critics. Plot In 1971, the Intelligence Bureau receives critical information from its agents in East Pakistan about Pakistan and China's launch of attacks on India within 10 days from bases in East Pakistan, with the aim of cutting off the North-east states from the rest of India. With limited time and resources, IB agent Dev tells his superior N.S. Avasti that the only way to counter this threat is by implementing a airspace blockade. This blockage would hamper movement of its air-fleet from West Pakistan to East Pakistan. Avasti, and the political superiors, deem it to be a violation of the Tashkent Agreement, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitta Kathalu
''Pitta Kathalu'' () is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language anthology drama film consisting of four short film segments, directed by Nag Ashwin, B. V. Nandini Reddy, Tharun Bhascker and Sankalp Reddy. The film features an ensemble cast of Amala Paul, Ashwin Kakumanu, Eesha Rebba, Jagapati Babu, Satyadev, Lakshmi Manchu, Ashima Narwal, Saanve Megghana, Sanjith Hegde and Shruti Haasan, amongst others. The film was produced by RSVP Movies and Flying Unicorn Entertainment. The film premiered on Netflix on 19 February 2021. It is Netflix's first Telugu original film. Segments Plot ''Ramula'' "Ramula" is the narrative of a modest community Telangana young lady named Ramula (Saanve Megghana) and her fit-in vain boyfriend, Ram chander (Abhay Bethiganti). Once, a politician named Swaroopa Akka ( Manchu Lakshmi) witnesses Ramula trying to commit Suicide by falling from a bridge and she asks her what happened. To which she says that Ram chander broke up with her. Swaroopa Akka gives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varun Tej
Konidela Sai Varun Tej, better known as Varun Tej (born 19 January 1990) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. He made his acting debut in 2014 with ''Mukunda''. He received praise for featuring in Krish (director), Krish's critically acclaimed war film ''Kanche'' (2015). He established himself as a leading actor with the romantic drama ''Fidaa'' (2017), a major critical and commercial success. He has since starred in films including ''Tholi Prema (2018 film), Tholi Prema'' (2018), ''Gaddalakonda Ganesh'' (2019), ''F2: Fun and Frustration, F2'' (2019) and ''F3: Fun and Frustration, F3'' (2022). He is married to his co-actress Lavanya Tripathi. Early life and family Tej is the son of Telugu cinema, Telugu actor and producer Nagendra Babu. He is a nephew of actors Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan. His younger sister Niharika Konidela, Niharika is also an actress. Actors Ram Charan, Allu Arjun, Allu Sirish, Sai Tej and Panja Vaisshnav Tej are his cousins. He was educated at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
65th National Film Awards
The 65th National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2017 in Cinema of India, Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 13 April 2018. The award ceremony was held on 3 May 2018. Selection process The Directorate of Film Festivals invited online entries and the acceptable last date for entries was until 2 March 2018. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2017, and 31 December 2017, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2017, and 31 December 2017, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards. * For the Featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
