Arvind Sastry is an Indian

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and an

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. He is best known for his debut film, ''

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'', an independent movie which was released in late 2016.

Early life

Arvind was born in

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district in

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in 1990. He is an alumnus of

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(I&P Engineering). Then, he pursued his post-graduate studies in screenplay writing and film direction at Ramoji Academy of Film and Television, Hyderabad before making ''Kahi''.

Career

In 2016, Arvind stepped into Kannada film industry with the independent film, ''

''. The film garnered rave reviews and went on to win the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Original Screenplay making Arvind the youngest ever recipient of the award. ''Kahi'' was one of the Kannada films to be streamed on Netflix. In 2017, Arvind started work on his second directorial venture, a film named '' Alidu Ulidavaru''. The film's story was written by Sudheer Shanbogue while Arvind wrote the screenplay. The film had its theatrical release in late 2019. The film generated largely positive reviews and went on to complete 100 days of theatrical run. In November 2019, Arvind began work on a movie titled ''Vaitarani'' starring

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and

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in lead roles. The shooting for the film's first schedule took place in London. The rest of the film was shot in Karnataka. In June 2020, the film was renamed as ''Dasara''. The film was shot in between COVID-19 lockdowns and its production was completed in September 2021. It has been in post-production since then. In late 2021, Arvind started writing '' Bisi-Bisi Ice-Cream'', which would go on to become his third feature film venture. He served as the movie's writer, director and editor. The movie had its theatrical release in mid-2024 and has garnered positive reviews. In late 2022, Arvind directed a web-series produced by MTV named ''Primetime with The Murthys''. The English language web-series was dubbed into Hindi and Tamil. It started streaming on Jio Cinema from mid-2024.

Filmography

As film director, screenwriter and editor

Television

Awards

Arvind Sastry won the award for the Best Original Screenplay at the

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honors Kannada language films. Superlative Winners Award winners The first ...

for ''Kahi''.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sastry, Arvind Kannada film directors Living people 1990 births Film directors from Bengaluru Film producers from Bengaluru Screenwriters from Bengaluru Kannada screenwriters