Akash Srivatsa is an Indian director who works in Kannada-language films. He is known for creating the character Shivaji Surathkal, which is inspired from
Sherlock Holmes. He is a frequent collaborater with
Ramesh Aravind
Ramesh Aravind is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and television presenter who predominantly works in Kannada films and television. In a career of over 34 years, Aravind has been appeared in over 140 films including several Tamil and T ...
. His last two films ''Shivaji Surathkal 1 & 2'' have been hit films at the box office.
Career
Akash Srivatsa worked as an assistant director for ''
Accident
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'' (2008) and made his feature film debut with ''
Badmaash'' (2016) starring
Dhananjaya
Arjuna (Sanskrit: अर्जुन, ), also known as Partha and Dhananjaya, is a character in several ancient Hindu texts, and specifically one of the major characters of the Indian epic Mahabharata. In the epic, he is the third among Panda ...
. In 2017, he began work on a crime thriller film featuring the character Shivaji Surathkal, the Indian version of
Sherlock Holmes. The last name is based on the location of
NITK
National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), also known as NITK Surathkal, formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC), is a public technical university at Surathkal, Mangalore. It was founded in 1960 as KREC while tod ...
. Regarding his work in ''
Shivaji Surathkal
''Shivaji Surathkal: The Case of Ranagiri Rahasya'' is an 2020 Kannada-language mystery thriller film written and directed by Akash Srivatsa, who also co-wrote the film with Abhijith YR, and produced by Anup Gowda-Reka KN. It stars Ramesh Aravi ...
'' (2020), a critic from ''
The Times of India
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'' gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Akash Srivatsa surely seems to have redeemed himself as a storyteller after his debut outing ''Badmaash''. A sequel to a film like this that has the potential to become a franchise would be welcome, so watch this one and stay on track." The film was a success inspiring him to make a sequel ''
Shivaji Surathkal 2
''Shivaji Surathkal 2: The Mysterious Case of Maayavi'' is a 2023 Indian Kannada-language mystery thriller film directed by Akash Srivatsa and produced by Rekha KN and Anup Gowda under Anjanadri Cine Creations. It stars Ramesh Aravind, Radhik ...
'' (2023). He debuted as an editor with ''
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'' (2021).
Filmography
;As director
;As editor
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100
100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101.
In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to des ...
'' (2021)
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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