Swapna Dutt Chalasani (born 30 August 1981) is an Indian film producer based in

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. Swapna Dutt is the daughter of

C. Ashwini Dutt Chalasani Aswani Dutt (also spelled Ashwini Dutt; born 15 September 1950) is an Indian film producer known for his work in the Telugu cinema. He established the film production company Vyjayanthi Movies in 1974 which is one of the biggest produ ...

, a well known Indian film producer and the founder of

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. She began her career in film making at the age of 18 as associate producer of the movie ''

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'' in 2000. Soon after her first project Swapna Co-Produced movies with her father under the banner of

and with her sister

Priyanka Dutt Priyanka Dutt Chalasani (born 19 December 1984) is an Indian film producer known for her work in Telugu cinema. She is the daughter of C. Ashwini Dutt, a well known Indian film producer and the founder of Vyjayanthi Movies. Dutt studied film ...

. Both Priyanka and Swapna revived Swapna Cinema in 2014.

Early life and family

Swapna Dutt was born in

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to the most renowned producer's family in Telugu film industry. Swapna dutt is the eldest daughter of

and Vinaya Kumari, her father

is a well known Indian film producer from Telugu film industry and the founder of

. Swapna has two younger sisters

, who co-produced movies with Swapna and her father and Sravanthi Dutt who is a businessman in the hospitality sector. Swapna Dutt holds an MBA Degree from

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. On 19 December 2010 Swapna married Prasad Varma. She has a daughter, Navya Vyjayanthi.

Career

Television

During her Business Management studies in the Ohio University, while assisting her father and taking care of the production side of the movies shooting schedules overseas. Swapna realized that she need do something more and have to create a path of her own in the media industry. After pursuing her MBA from The University Of Findlay, Ohio in 2006 back in Hyderabad Swapna founded Vyjayanthi Televentures Pvt.Ltd. which changed the face of television industry by Producing consecutive different programs in popular channels of Telugu. On 7 October 2008, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr.

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launched Local TV - the much publicized small screen venture of Vyjayanthi Televentures Private Limited. The event was also graced by Tollywood's doyen Dr.

Akkineni Nageswara Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1923 – 22 January 2014), widely known as ANR, was an Indian actor and producer, known for his works majorly in Telugu cinema. He starred in many landmark films in his seventy five-year career, and became on ...

. Local TV is planning its inroads to satellite TV service. The strategy is still being worked out. Nonetheless, the audience will be in for a new avatar of TV viewing experience.

Films

Being born to a film family, Swapna was more interested in behind the camera aspect of Indian movies. She associated her father in film production in the beginning of her career and later she co-produced movies with her father in the banner of

. On 2014 Swapna launched Swapna Cinema, under the banner swapna and her sister priyanka co-produced

Yevade Subramanyam ''Yevade Subramanyam'' () is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language coming-of-age philosophical drama film written and directed by debutant Nag Ashwin. Produced by Priyanka Dutt, and Swapna Dutt, the film stars Nani, Malavika Nair, Vijay Deverakonda, ...

. Much of the filming took place at the

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, becoming the first Indian film to be shot at the location. Film was both critically and commercially successful in box office. Swapna is now on the pre-production works of her new untitled movie.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards

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Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu ''Filmfare'' is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, an ...

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Mahanati ''Mahanati'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language biographical drama film based on the life of actress Savitri. It is written and directed by Nag Ashwin, and produced by Priyanka Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies and Swapna Cinema. The film featu ...

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SIIMA Award for Best Film South Indian International Movie Awards, also known as the SIIMA Awards, rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry. It was launched in 2012 by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Brinda Prasad Adusimilli to appreci ...

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National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several ...

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dutt, Swapna Businesspeople from Vijayawada Telugu film producers Indian women film producers 1981 births Living people Film producers from Andhra Pradesh Businesswomen from Andhra Pradesh Indian women television producers Women television producers Zee Cine Awards Telugu winners