Talasila Kranthi Kumar (5 April 1942 9 May 2003) was an Indian film producer, director, and screenwriter known for his work in

Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of Film, motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Based in Film N ...

. Over a career spanning nearly three decades, he produced 21 films and directed 19 films. He was recognized with multiple awards, including a

National Film Award The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...

, five

Nandi Awards The Nandi Awards are annual awards presented by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to recognise excellence in Telugu cinema, theatre, and television, as well as lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. The awards are named after the monolithic ...

, and two

Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...

. Kranthi Kumar's notable directorial works include '' Sravanthi'' (1985), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, and ' (1991), which was featured in the Indian Panorama section of the

International Film Festival of India The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is an annual film festival currently held in Goa, on the western coast of India. The festival aims at providing a common platform for the cinemas of the world to project the excel ...

. In 2000, he directed '' 9 Nelalu'', which was screened in a retrospective at the

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Early life

Born in Penamaluru in

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, he studied M.A. and L.L.B. before entering the film world in 1968. He died on 9 May 2003.

Filmography

Awards

;

National Film Awards The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...

* National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu (director) - '' Sravanthi'' (1986) ;

Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) The Filmfare Award for Best Film is given by the '' Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. The award was first given in 1954. Here is a list of the award winners and the nominees of the respective years. E ...

- '' Swathi'' (1984) * Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu) – (1991) ;

(in Telugu) * Best Feature Film - Gold - '' Sarada'' (1973) * Best Feature Film - Gold - '' Swathi'' (1984) * Best First Film of a Director - ''Swathi'' * Best Director - (1991) * Best Screenplay Writer - ''Sravana Meghalu'' (1986) ;

Cinema Express Awards Cinema Express Awards are presented annually by Indian Express Group on behalf of Cinema Express film magazine to honour artistic excellence of professionals in the south Indian film industry which comprises Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayala ...

*Best Director – (1991)

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