Vikram K. Kumar is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
and
Tamil cinema
Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo ...
. In 1998, he directed his breakthrough non-feature film, ''Silent Scream'', for which he won the
National Film Award For Best Instructional Film.
He made his directorial debut in Telugu cinema industry with ''
Ishtam'' in 2001, and then directed the Tamil movie,
''
Yavarum Nalam'' (''
13B'' in Hindi).
In 2014, he scripted and directed ''
Manam'' which was screened at the 45th
International Film Festival of India in the ''Homage to
Akkineni Nageswara Rao'' section on 29 November 2014. The film garnered the
Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu. He then directed the box-office hits such as the science-fiction ''
24'' (2016), which won two awards at the
64th National Film Awards,
and the comedy-thriller ''
Gang Leader
''Gang Leader'' is a 1991 Indian Telugu-language action crime film written and directed by Vijaya Bapineedu, and produced by Maganti Ravindranath Chowdary. The film stars Chiranjeevi and Vijayashanti, while Rao Gopal Rao, Anandaraj, Mural ...
'' (2019).
Early career
Kumar graduated from
Madras Christian College in Chennai. In April 1997 he joined director
Priyadarshan, working on the Malayalam film ''
Chandralekha
Chandralekha may refer to:
Films
* ''Chandralekha'' (1948 film), an Indian Tamil film directed and produced by S. S. Vasan starring M. K. Radha
* ''Chandralekha'' (1995 film), an Indian Tamil film directed by Nambirajan starring Vijay
* ''Chandra ...
'' as assistant director. He also worked under Priyadarshan in ''
Doli Saja Ke Rakhna'' and ''
Hera Pheri''.
Filmography
Films
Web Series
Awards
;
National Film Awards
*
National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film (director) ''Silent Scream'' (1998)
;
Filmfare Awards South
*
Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu - ''
Manam'' (2014)
Santosham Film Awards
*
Santosham Best Film Award
The Santosham Best Film Award is given by the ''Santosham Film'' magazine as part of its annual Santosham Film Awards for Telugu film
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of moti ...
- ''
Manam'' (2014)
References
External links
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Tamil film directors
Telugu film directors
Filmfare Awards South winners
Living people
20th-century Indian film directors
Film directors from Chennai
Screenwriters from Chennai
21st-century Indian film directors
Year of birth missing (living people)
Santosham Film Awards winners