Akkineni Sreekar Prasad is an Indian

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known for his works across

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, Telugu and Assamese language films. In a career spanning more than 35 years, he has edited over 600 films. He is a recipient of nine

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including seven wins for Best Editing which is a record in that category. He also won five

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, two

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state

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, and four

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among others. He was included in the

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' People of the Year - 2013' list for his contribution to

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in several languages. Prasad also holds the record for "films edited in most number of languages" in Limca Book of Records. He has edited films from 17 languages so far.he edited ad film for Gokulam group of companies and Nirbhaya music video under the direction of sidhin

Early and personal life

Sreekar Prasad was born into a Telugu family in

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to film editor and director Akkineni Sanjeevi, the younger brother of

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doyen L. V. Prasad. His family hails from the village of Somavarappadu near

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. His father had five siblings four brothers and a sister. Akkineni Ramesh Prasad, son of L. V. Prasad is his cousin. K. B. Tilak, independence activist and

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is also a cousin of his the son of his paternal aunt. His son is Akshay Akkineni, director of ''

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''. Akshay is married to P. S. Keerthana, daughter of actors R. Parthiban and Seetha''.'' Sreekar was the editor of Keerthana's star vehicle ''

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'', which earned her the

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in 2002.

Career

Sreekar Prasad was a graduate of

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from

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. He learned the art of

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from his father in

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s. Though he started out with Telugu language films, he rose to national acclaim through

, and

films. He has won the National Film Award for Best Editing seven times and one Special Jury Award, throughout a career spanning over two decades. Some of the notable editing works of Sreekar Prasad include '' Yodha'' (1992), '' Nirnayam'' (1995), '' Vanaprastham'' (1999), '' Alaipayuthey'' (2000), ''

Dil Chahta Hai ''Dil Chahta Hai'' () is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Farhan Akhtar in his directorial debut, and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani under the newly formed Excel Entertainment banner. The fil ...

'' (2001), ''

'' (2002), '' Okkadu'' (2003), '' Aayutha Ezhuthu''/''

Yuva ''Yuva'' ( Youth) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language political drama film written, produced, and directed by Mani Ratnam''.'' It stars Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor and Esha Deol. It was simulta ...

'' (2004), '' Navarasa'' (2005), '' Anandabhadram'' (2005), ''

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'' (2007), ''

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'' (2008), ''

Kaminey ''Kaminey'' () is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language action film written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under UTV Motion Pictures, featuring Shahid Kapoor in a dual role, alongside Priyanka Chopra and Amole Gupte in ...

'' (2009), ''

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'' (2009), '' Kutty Srank'' (2010), ''

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'' (2011), '' Thuppakki'' (2012), '' Thanga Meenkal'' (2013), ''

Kaththi ''Kaththi'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action drama film, action thriller film written and directed by AR Murugadoss. It is produced by Subaskaran Allirajah's Lyca Productions. The film stars Vijay (actor), Vijay in dual ...

'' (2014), '' Talvar'' (2015), '' Chekka Chivantha Vaanam'' (2018), ''

Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy ''Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy'' is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language epic historical action film directed by Surender Reddy and produced by Ram Charan under the Konidela Production Company banner. Reddy scripted the film based on an original story giv ...

'' (2019), '' Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum'' (2020), '' RRR'' (2022), '' Ponniyin Selvan: I'' (2022), and " The Goat Life" (2024).

Filmography

Awards

;

* 1989: Best Editing - ''

Raakh () is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Aditya Bhattacharya, starring Aamir Khan and Supriya Pathak in the lead roles with Pankaj Kapur, Gajanan Bangera and Jagdeep. The film was Aamir Khan's first movie after ''Qa ...

'' * 1997: Best Editing - ''Rag Birag'' * 1997: Best Non-Feature Film Editing - ''Nauka Caritramu'' * 1998: Best Editing - '' The Terrorist'' * 2000: Best Editing - '' Vaanaprastham'' * 2002: Best Editing - ''

'' * 2008: Best Editing - ''

'' * 2010: Special Jury Award - '' Kutty Srank'', ''

'', ''

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'' * 2020: Best Editing - '' Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum'' ;

* 1992: Best Editing - '' Yodha'' * 1999: Best Editing - ''Karunam'', '' Vaanaprastham'', '' Jalamarmaram'' * 2001: Best Editing - ''Sesham'' * 2005: Best Editing - '' Anandabhadram'' * 2009: Best Editing - ''

'' ;

* 2000: Best Editing - Manoharam * 2003: Best Editing - '' Okkadu'' ;

* 2002: Best Editing - ''

'' * 2010: Best Editing - ''

'' *2016: Best Editing - '' Talvar'' *2022: Best Editing - '' Shershaah'' ;

Vijay Awards The Vijay Awards are presented by the Tamil television channel STAR Vijay to honour excellence in Tamil cinema. It has been given annually since 2006, with the latest—the 10th edition—of the award-giving ceremony having been held i ...

* 2007: Best Editing - '' Kattradhu Thamizh'' * 2009: Best Editing - '' Yavarum Nalam'' ;Other awards * 2008: DIFF Best Editing - ''

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