Siddharth Roy Kapur Biography, Profile, Real Life Photos

Siddharth Roy Kapur Biography (Profile)

Siddharth Roy Kapur

Born 2 August 1974 (age 39)
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Sydenham College (Bachelor of Commerce)
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (MBA)
Occupation Managing Director – Disney India
Religion : Hindu
Spouse : Vidya Balan (m.2012)
Relatives : Aditya Roy Kapur (brother)
Kunaal Roy Kapur (brother)

Siddharth Roy Kapur (born August 2, 1974) is an Indian business person, film producer and the managing director of Disney India. After completing his Bachelors in Commerce from the Sydenham College in Mumbai, he obtained his MBA from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS). His father is Punjabi and mother a Jew and former Miss India. He hails from a film background. His mother choreographed dance sequences and his younger brothers Aditya Roy Kapur and Kunaal Roy Kapur are well-known actors.

Kapur brothers, Kunal, Siddharth and Aditya

Siddharth Roy Kapur has been with UTV since 2005, after an MBA from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute and successful stints at The Procter & Gamble Company and Star TV across India, Dubai and Hong Kong in marketing leadership roles. In his first role with UTV as senior vice president, he headed the Marketing & Communications division across motion pictures, broadcasting, television, animation and corporate. In this role, he led the marketing efforts responsible for taking the homegrown Hungama TV to a leadership position in the competitive kids' broadcasting space, which had been earlier dominated by multinational channels like Cartoon Network, POGO, Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. Siddharth led the marketing efforts behind the cult classic Rang De Basanti and the cult sleeper hit Khosla Ka Ghosla, both of which started new trends in the way movies are marketed in India. He led the marketing efforts on many successful projects such as Parineeta, Taxi 9211 and Bluffmaster. In his next role, he assumed responsibility for the revenues function at UTV Motion Pictures and was responsible for distribution and syndication worldwide, in addition to his marketing responsibilities.

In January 2008, Siddharth took charge as CEO of Motion Pictures for UTV, responsible for all aspects of creative, development, production, marketing, distribution and syndication. In this role, he has led the studio to great heights, with an unparalleled slate of movies such as Jodhaa Akbar, Fashion, Aamir, A Wednesday!, Dev D, Kaminey, Raajneeti, Udaan, Peepli [Live], No One Killed Jessica, Delhi Belly, Rowdy Rathore, Paan Singh Tomar, Barfi! and many more. In the time Siddharth has led the Motion Pictures division at UTV, the studio has emerged as one of the top production and distribution houses in the country in revenue and quality of content, with four UTV productions in the last six years selected as India’s nominee to the Academy Awards, numerous awards and accolades including Filmfare Best Film awards and National Awards, and an annual slate of movies that has grown from four to 16 productions a year (12 Hindi and six South productions).

 Salome Roy Kapoor – mother of Aditya, Kunal and Siddharth Roy Kapoor

Salome Roy Kapoor – mother of Aditya, Kunal and Siddharth Roy Kapoor. She was a former Miss India (1972) and went on to be a top model in the Seventies, before the era of the supermodel. Salome also acted in a handful of films and went on to choreograph songs in a number of films – the most famous being Main Shaayar Toh Nahin from Bobby.

After the integration of UTV into The Walt Disney Company India, The Walt Disney Co. announced that managing director Ronnie Screwvala will step down on 30 June and Siddharth Roy Kapur, currently managing director of Disney UTV’s studio business, will lead the company’s India operations. Siddharth Roy Kapur will become managing director of Disney India on 1 January, 2014 and Screwvala will assist in the transition until 30 June, 2014, following which, he will pursue his entrepreneurial goals and devote more time with his foundation called Swades, the company said in a statement. Siddharth Roy Kapur started his career in brand management with The Procter and Gamble Co. and then worked with STAR TV in Hong Kong, Dubai and Mumbai in various leadership roles. His tenure at UTV and later at Disney UTV spans more than eight years, first as a member of the core team that launched the successful kids channel Hungama TV (which Disney bought in 2006) and then working closely with Screwvala to build UTV Motion Pictures, which he has headed since 2008.

Siddharth took on the role of Managing Director for the studio business. Barfi! was his first movie as a producer for Disney UTV productions, which was followed up with Heroine, ABCD: AnyBody Can Dance, Kai Po Che!, Ghanchakkar and, more recently, Chennai Express, Satyagraha, The Lunchbox and Shahid. The list of upcoming releases from the studio include P.K., Jagga Jasoos, Kick, Fitoor, Shaatir, ABCD 2, Khoobsurat, Pizza, 2 States, Highway, Filmistaan and many more. From 1 January 2014, Siddharth has become the Managing Director of The Walt Disney Company India. He is now responsible for all the businesses & operations of the company in India including Studios, Consumer Products, Media Networks and Interactive.

Siddharth is a two-time divorcé. Siddharth knew his first wife since he was a boy. Siddharth's second wife was a television producer. The businessman had previously married his childhood friend and then a producer, whom he divorced in 2011. Siddharth separated from his second wife in 2008, and the divorce came through in the end of 2011. On 14 December 2012, he married Bollywood actress Vidya Balan in a private ceremony in Bandra, Mumbai.

Siddharth Roy's Wife Bollywood actress Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan weds Siddharth Roy Kapoor

Filmography

Producer
ABCD: Any Body Can Dance (2013)
Kai Po Che! (2013)
Ghanchakkar (2013)
Chennai Express (2013)
Satyagraha (2013)
Shahid (2013)
Settai – Tamil film (2013)
Sigaram Thodu – Tamil film (2013)
Ivan Veramathiri – Tamil film (2013)
Barfi! (2012)
Heroine (2012)
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana (2012)
Grandmaster – Malayalam film (2012)
Husbands in Goa – Malayalam film (2012)
Kalakalappu (original title Masala Café) – Tamil film (2012)
Mugamoodi - Tamil Film (2012)
Thaandavam - Tamil Film (2012)
Vettai – Tamil film (2012)
Filmistaan (2014)
Pizza (2014)

Ileana with Siddharth Roy Kapur

As co-producer/associate producer
Jodhaa Akbar (2008)
Fashion (2008)
Aamir (2008)
A Wednesday! (2008)
Dev.D (2009)
Kaminey (2009)
Raajneeti (2010)
Udaan (2010)
Peepli [Live] (2010)
No One Killed Jessica (2011)
Delhi Belly (2011)
Chillar Party (2011)
Paan Singh Tomar (2012)
Rowdy Rathore (2012)
The Lunchbox (2013)

Awards

2009 – Best film for Jodhaa Akbar at Filmfare Awards, Screen Awards, IIFA Awards
2012 – National Film Award for Best Children's Film for Chillar Party
2013 – National Film Award for Best Feature Film for Paan Singh Tomar
2013 - Best film for Barfi! at BIG Star Entertainment Awards, Zee Cine Awards, Filmfare Awards, Stardust Awards, Iifa Awards
2013 - Screen Award for Best Film for Paan Singh Tomar
2013 - Society Young Achievers Awards 2013 in the Business category
2014 - The Economic Times - Spencer Stuart ‘40 under Forty’ India’s Hottest Business Leaders Award

Latest buzz Vidya Balan's hubby Siddharth Roy Kapur gifts a diamond necklace to Katrina Kaif 

Shyam Benegal Biography

Shyam Benegal Biography (Profile)

Name: Shyam Benegal
Date/Place: 14 Dec, 1934 ( Alwal, Hyderabad, AP, India )

About Shyam Benegal

Benegal originated what has come to be called "middle cinema". He was initially involved in the advertising industry and produced over 900 advertisements before his interest turned to films.

His film directorial debut was Gher Betha Ganga in 1962. Benegal shot to fame with Ankur 1973, which introduced Shabana Azmi, who also starred in Nishant 1975. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1976 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991.

The success that New India Cinema enjoyed in the 1970s and early 1980s could largely be attributed to Shyam Benegal's quartet Ankur (1973), Nishant (1975), Manthan (1976) and Bhumika (1977), which were artistically superior yet commercially viable films. Tapping fresh talent mainly from the FTII and NSD like Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Smita Patil, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Amrish Puri, Benegal has made several sensitive and stimulating films.

Benegal is related to the famous film director and actor Guru Dutt Padukone - contrary to what is generally believed. His paternal grand-mother and Guru Dutt's maternal grand-mother were sisters. Both are nominally Konkani speaking Chitrapur Saraswats. He is also the founder of the Hyderabad Film Society and a former Ad Filmmaker.

With Nishant, where a teacher's wife is abducted and gang-raped by four zamindars and officialdom turns a deaf ear to the distraught husband's pleas for help and Manthan, set against the backdrop of Gujarat's fledgling dairy industry, Benegal continued to address the viewer in a strict cinematic language bereft of commercial skills. (5 lakh farmers in the state, each of whom contributed 2 Rs, produced the latter film! They came in truckloads to see 'their film' once released thereby making it extremely successful at the box office!)

Bhumika looks at an individual's search for identity and self-fulfillment. The film is broadly based on the life of well-known Marathi Stage and screen actresses of the 1940s, Hansa Wadkar who led a flamboyant and unconventional life. To quote film critic Derek Malcolm

"…What Benegal has done is to paint a magnificent visual recreation of those extraordinary days and one that is also sensitive to the agonies and predicament of a talented woman whose need for security was only matched by her insistence on freedom."

Unlike most New Cinema Filmmakers Benegal has had private backers for many of his films. Following the success of these four films, he was backed by film star Shashi Kapoor for whom he made Junoon (1979) and Kalyug (1981). The former set in the turbulent period of the Indian Mutiny of 1857 is one of Benegal's most stylish films and one which is meticulously detailed and visually arresting and one that gave him much satisfaction but Kalyug, a complex narrative based on the Mahabharat in spite of some great moments doesn't quite come off.

In the 1980s however with the collapse of the New Cinema, Benegal's films have not had proper releases and the 1980s also saw him turn to TV where he directed serials like Yatra (1986) for the Indian Railways, and of course one of the biggest projects undertaken on Indian Television, Bharat ek Khoj (1988) a serial based on Nehru's Discovery of India.

Filmography

* Chamki Chameli(pre-production)
* Dus kahaniyan(pre-production)
* Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005)
* Zubeidaa (2001)
* Hari-Bhari (2000)
* Samar (1999) (also called The Conflict)
* Sardari Begum (1996)
* The Making of the Mahatma (1996)
* Mammo (1994)
* Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1993) (also called Seventh Horse of the Sun) based on a work of the same name by the late Dharamvir Bharati
* Antarnaad (1991) (also called The Inner Voice)
* Bharat Ek Khoj (1988) - TV Serial (also called The Discovery of India)
* Yatra (1986) - TV Series (also called The Journey)
* Trikaal (1985)
* Satyajit Ray (1984) - Documentary
* Mandi (1983) (also called The Market Place)
* Arohan (1982) (also called The Ascent)
* Kalyug (1980) (also called The Machine Age)
* Junoon (1979)
* Kondura (1978) (also called The Boon)
* Anugraham (1978) Telugu
* Bhumika (1977) (also called The Role)
* Manthan (1976) (also called The Churning)
* Nishant (1975) (also called The Night's End)
* Charandas chor (1975)
* Ankur (1973)
* Gher betha ganga (1962)

Telivision

* Yatra (1986)
* Bharat Ek Khoj (1988)
* Amravathi ki Kathayen

Ram Gopal Varma Biography, Filmography

Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma Penumatsa
Born April 7, 1962 (1962-04-07) (age 47)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation Film director, producer and writer
Years active 1989-present
Spouse(s) Ratna (divorced)
Official website

Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. Varma has directed, written and produced films across multiple genres—psychological thrillers, underworld gang warfare, politician-criminal nexus, and musicals—and in multiple languages—Telugu and Hindi.

Shiva (1989) was his first film as director and Rann (2010) is his most recent one. He gained recognition in Hindi cinema, also known as "Bollywood", with Rangeela (1995). The next film he directed was Satya (1998), which won six Filmfare Awards, including the Critics Award for Best Film. Satya, together with his 2002 film Company (which he directed and which won seven Filmfare Awards) and 2005 film D (which he produced), form an "Indian Gangster Trilogy". Other successful films Varma directed include Kshana Kshanam (1991), Kaun (1999), Jungle (2000), Bhoot (2003), Sarkar (2005) and Sarkar Raj (2008). He introduced south indian super star, four time national award winner Mohanlal into bollywood.

Early years

Ram Gopal Varma Penmetsa was born in Hyderabad to Krishnam Raju Penmetsa and Satyavathi. Varma was not a good student in school and used to skip classes regularly, something that strained his relationship with his family, particularly his father.

In an interview to Tehelka, Varma talked about that phase of his life, his relationship with his parents, and the reasons behind his decision to become a filmmaker-
“ "From my parents’ perspective, I looked like a useless bum. It was the truth. I had no objective. I was just fascinated by people, so I used to study their behaviour. I was most fascinated by the bullies in my classroom. They were like gangsters for me. They had the guts to push around people, do things I couldn’t— perhaps did not even want to do myself. But I’d want a friend like that (laughs). I used to adulate them like heroes. That was my first touch with anti-socialism. Over a period of time, I developed a low-angle fascination for larger than life people. I was always a loner — not because I was unhappy, but because I live away from myself, not just others. I like to study myself — the way I am talking, behaving. My constant obsession with studying myself and other people is perhaps the primary motivation for me to be a filmmaker."

Varma is a civil engineer by profession and graduated from the V.R.Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada. Even during this period, Varma remained a film buff. He would skip classes often and go and watch films instead - 8-10 films a week. He would watch the same film repeatedly "just to watch certain scenes which interested him." According to him, that is how he learned film direction..

After graduation, Varma tried entering the film industry, but couldn't manage it. He then put his dreams on the backburner and decided to go to Nigeria to make some money. It was at this moment that he visited a video rental library in Hyderabad. He loved the idea and decided to start one of his own, all because of his craze for films.

Career in Telugu cinema

Before Varma started his film career in the Telugu film industry he lingered in the sets of the films Raogaarillu and Collectorgari Abbai. His father was a sound recordist at Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad which is owned by Akkineni Nageswara Rao.Varma managed to meet Nagarjuna on the sets of a film and narrated a scene to the actor which impressed him so much that Varma's dream of becoming a director came true. The result of their collaboration was a film on the criminalization of student politics - Shiva. The film was a blockbuster with Varma demonstrating his technical expertise and story-telling skills. The success of the film in Telugu led to a Hindi remake with similar success.

Varma's next film was Kshana Kshanam, another Telugu blockbuster with Telugu superstar Daggubati Venkatesh & Sridevi which got him noticed by Bollywood critics. The film was also redubbed in Bollywood as Hairaan. Then came a lean patch with films such as Raatri / Raat and Antham / Drohi. WhileGaayam was a moderate success, Govinda Govinda was not so much. During this period, Varma also produced films such as Money and Money Money, and wrote the script for the Mani Rathnam film Thiruda Thiruda

Career in Hindi cinema

While Varma's first successful Hindi film was the remake of Siva, His next film was Drohi. The film that really put the spotlights on him was the blockbuster Rangeela. With great acting from the lead trio of Aamir Khan, Jackie Shroff and Urmila Matondkar, a fantastic soundtrack by composer A. R. Rahman (this being his first original score for a Hindi film), and with Varma at the helm, it was no surprise that this romantic musical drama was a runaway success. The film won Filmfare Awards for Rahman and Shroff. The film, according to Varma, was dedicated to actress Sridevi. His next film Daud (1997), however, was a failure and sank without a trace.

In 1998, Varma was an executive producer for Dil Se, directed by Mani Ratnam and starring Shahrukh Khan, Manisha Koirala and Preity Zinta. The film won the NETPAC Award for Special Mention at the Berlin Film Festival, as well as two National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards.

Indian Gangster Trilogy
Main articles: Satya (film), Company (film), and D (film)

In 1998 came his masterpiece, the critically acclaimed Satya, a film based on the Mumbai underworld. A script written by Anurag Kashyap and Saurabh Shukla, music by Vishal Bharadwaj and Sandeep Chowta, acclaimed performances by J. D. Chakravarthy, Manoj Bajpai and Urmila Matondkar, and Varma's directorial and technical brilliance, contributed to a film that was a landmark. The film won six Filmfare Awards, including the Critics Award for Best Film.

In 2002 came his greatest commercial as well as critical success, Company, again set against the backdrop of the Mumbai underworld, in which he cut out song-and-dance sequences commonplace in Bollywood films at the time. It was based on the real-life underworld organization, the D-Company. The film won seven Filmfare Awards and earned him a Filmfare Best Director Award nomination.Mohanlal debuted in bollywood in this film.

A prequel to Company was made in 2005, entitled D, produced by Varma and directed by Vishram Sawant. Varma's three films Satya, Company and D are together considered an "Indian Gangster Trilogy". Satya and Company in particular were cited by British director Danny Boyle as influences on his Academy Award winning film Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for their "slick, often mesmerizing portrayals of the Mumbai underworld", their display of "brutality and urban violence", and their gritty realism.

Experimental films

During the years between his "Indian Gangster Trilogy", from Satya in 1998 to D in 2005, Varma experimented with several different film genres in the intervening years. In 1999, he directed Kaun, a suspense thriller set entirely in one house and featuring only three actors, and Mast, a subversion of the Bollywood masala musical film genre. In 2000, he directed Jungle, a film set entirely in a jungle, for which he was nominated for the Star Screen Award for Best Director.

Following the success of Company in 2002, Varma's next film as director was Bhoot (2003), a psychological horror film, which was a major success. It starred Ajay Devgan and Urmila Matondkar, who earned a number of awards for her performance. Varma himself was nominated for the Filmfare Best Director Award for the film.

Following the success of Bhoot, Varma was a producer for two other experimental films: Sriram Raghavan's Ek Hasina Thi (2003), a psychological thriller, and Shimit Amin's Ab Tak Chhappan (2004), a film about an inspector in the Mumbai Encounter Squad famous for having killed 56 people in police encounters. In 2005, Varma was nominated for the Zee Cine Award for Best Producer of the Year.

Later films

Varma's next film as director was Sarkar, released in June 2005, starring Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan. Amitabh played the character of Sarkar who is a self-righteous and powerful politician, while Abhishek played his son in the film. Sarkar was a loose adaptation of Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather in a Mumbai underworld setting. Sarkar went on to become a critically acclaimed box office hit.

In 2006, his next film as director was Shiva, which premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival, where a retrospective featuring several of his previous films was also staged. Alongside Shiva, the festival screened his earlier successful films Company, Ek Hasina Thi and Ab Tak Chhappan. While these three earlier films were praised, Shiva itself was a critical and commercial failure. In 2007, he directed the ambitious Sholay remake, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, as well as Darling, both of which were critical and box office failures.

He was written off by the media and public until 6 June 2008, when he bounced back with his grand and much hyped venture, Sarkar Raj, a sequel to Sarkar; it was a hit and met with good reviews. The primary cast features three members of the Bachchan family, with Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan reprising their roles from the prequel alongside new entrant Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Supriya Pathak, Tanisha Mukherjee and Ravi Kale also reappeared in their respective roles from Sarkar. Unlike its prequel Sarkar, which was loosely adapted from The Godfather novel, the sequel Sarkar Raj had an original plot of its own.

His latest film, Phoonk (2008), was of the horror film genre and met with mixed reviews, with more of them leaning to the negative side. However, the film was a major hit in comparison to its minuscule budget. Varma has now finished working on Agyaat which released on 7 August 2009, again a commercial as well as critical failure. Varma is currently working on a film about the media called Rann. It has a major star cast with Varma's favourite male actor Amitabh Bachchan at the helm as the owner of a television channel. It will be released in 2010. Varma has announced another horror film titled 'Warning'. This film will be the first 3D horror film made in India and is reported to have Ritesh Deshmukh in a significant role.

Personal life

Ramu is very private about his married life. Recently on a live television show, his daughter talks to him via audio. Her name is Revathi and is a medical student currently.(12:06, 13 October 2009 (UTC)) His wife's name is Ratna but they are divorced now.

Controversy

Varma, along with the then Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and Deshmukh's son Ritesh Deshmukh visited the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel soon after the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. This invited a lot of criticism ,that the Taj was no more a place for VIP visits.[citation needed] The protestors suspected that Varma wanted to make a film on this, as he has created several real-life based thriller movies. Despite these claims Varma has alleged that he was not at the hotel just after the attacks. He stated that this rumour may have come from the fact that he was in a meeting with Deshmukh's son, Ritiesh, just before the attacks took place.

Awards and nominations

Nandi Award for Best Director

* Won, Shiva (1989)
* Won, Kshana Kshanam (1991)
* Won, Prema Katha (1999)

Bollywood Award for Best Director

* Won, Satya (1998)
* Won, Jungle (2000)
* Won, Company (2002)
* Won, Bhoot (2003)

Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie

* Won, Satya (1998)

Filmfare Best Director Award

* Nominated, Company (2002)
* Nominated, Bhoot (2003)
* Nominated, Sarkar (2005)

Star Screen Award for Best Director

* Nominated, Jungle (2000)

Zee Cine Award for Best Director

* Nominated, Bhoot (2003)

Zee Cine Award for Best Producer of the Year

* Nominated, 2005

Filmography

As director
Year - Film - Language -Boxoffice Notes
1989- Shiva - Telugu - Blockbuster
1990- Kshana -Kshanam- Telugu- Blockbuster
1992- Antham- Telugu- Blockbuster
1992- Raathri- Telugu - Blockbuster
1993- Gaayam- Telugu -Blockbuster
1993 -Govinda Govinda -Telugu -Blockbuster
1995- Rangeela -Hindi - Blockbuster
1996 -Deyyam - Telugu- Average
1997 -Anaganaga Oka Roju- Telugu- Hit
1997 -Daud -Hindi -Above Average
1998 - Satya - Hindi- Blockbuster
1999- Prema- Katha - Telugu- Average
1999 - Kaun- Hindi- Flop
1999- Mast- Hindi -Flop
2000 -Jungle- Hindi- Average
2002- Company- Hindi - Blockbuster
2003 -Bhoot- Hindi - Hit
2004 -Naach -Hindi - Flop Multiplex movie
2005- Sarkar -Hindi - Blockbuster
2006 - Shiva -Hindi - Flop
2006- Darna Zaroori Hai- Hindi- Average
2007 -Nishabd- Hindi - Flop
2007 -Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag - Hindi -Disaster Panned By Critics
2007 -Darling -Hindi -Average Multiplex movie
2008 - Sarkar Raj - Hindi- Blockbuster
2008- Contract -Hindi -Disaster Multiplex movie
2008- Phoonk - The Black Magic Story -Hindi- Hit
2009 - Agyaat -Hindi -Hit Multiplex movie
2010 -Rann - Hindi- Hit
2010 - Rakta Charitra-Part I -Hindi/Tamil/Telugu -Shooting
2010 -Rakta Charitra-Part II - Hindi/Tamil/Telugu -Shooting. Both the films are shot at one stretch but will be released in 2 parts since the duration of the film is over 5 hours.
2010 Department Hindi Planning

As producer
Year- Film - Language- Boxoffice Notes
1993 - money -Telugu- Blockbuster
1995 - money money- Telugu -Hit
1995 -Anaganaga oka roju -Telugu- Flop
1996 - Gulabi (film) -Telugu - Hit
1996 -W/O V varaprasad - Telugu -Flop
1998 - Dil Se - Hindi - Flop Co- Produced along with Mani Ratnam and Shekhar Kapur
2001 -Love Ke Liye Kuchh Bhi Karega - Hindi - Flop
2002 -Road -Hindi -Average
2003 -Ek Hasina Thi -Hindi -Hit Critically Acclaimed
2003 -Darna Mana Hai -Hindi -Hit
2004 -Ab Tak Chhappan - Hindi -Hit Critically Acclaimed
2004 -Vaastu Shastra -Hindi -Average
2004 -Gayab -Hindi - Average
2005 -D -Hindi -Hit
2005- James - Hindi - Flop
2005- Sarkar- Hindi -Blockbuster Critically Acclaimed
2006 -Darwaza Bandh Rakho -Hindi- Flop Good Opening but collections fell drastically
2006 -Shiva - Hin-di
2006 - Darna Zaroori Hai -Hindi -Average
2007 -Nishabd -Hindi -Flop
2007 -Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag -Hindi Disaster Panned By Critics
2007 -Go -Hindi- Disaster
2008 -Sarkar Raj -Hindi - Blockbuster
2009 -Adavi -Telugu- Average
2009 - Agyaat - Hindi - Average
2010 -Phoonk 2 -Hindi -Releasing on April 16th 2010
2010 -Rakta Charitra-Part I - Hindi/Tamil/Telugu -Shooting
2010 -Rakta Charitra-Part II -Hindi/Tamil/Telugu- Shooting. Both the films are shot at one stretch but will be released in 2 parts since the duration of the film is over 5 hours.
2010 Department Hindi Planning.

As writer
Year- Film
1989 - Shiva
1990- Kshana Kshanam
1992 -Antham / Drohi
1992 -Raathri / Raat
1993 - Gaayam / Desam
1993 -Govinda Govinda
1994 -Thiruda Thiruda
1995 - Rangeela
1996 -Deyyam
1997 -Daud
1999 - Shool
2006- Shock
2006 - Darna Zaroori Hai
2007- Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag
2008- Sarkar Raj

Tollywood Creative Director Krishna Vamsi Biography

Krishna Vamsi Pasupuleti is a two times national award winning Telugu film director from India who has directed many films in Telugu film industry Tollywood and the Hindi film industry Bollywood. He is regarded as one of the most creative director in India.

Personal life

He is married to Ramya Krishna, a South Indian actress. They have a son named Ritwik.

Early life

Krishnavamsi was born on 28th July 1962. He did his BSc. in Tadepalligudem followed by M.A. in Agricultural Economics from Agra University. Then he joined the film industry. He started as a light boy then became camera assistant, assistant to the editor and assistant director.

Career

Krishna Vamsi established his own production company Andhra Talkies in 2000. Here are some highlights of Krishna Vamsi's direction talents:

* Favourite movie according to Krishna Vamshi himself is the movie "Sindhooram". Title which can be symbolized as 'Blood' or 'life' or 'hope of life' or just a symbol of prosperity for any Indian Hindu wife. This movie highlights all aspects of Naxalism and it is beautifully portrayed throughout the movie. This movie gives you an understanding on how are young and old roped into the swell of Naxalism and the efforts by each and every member of Naxalism and of-course the end of their lifes.

* Sindhooram is by far the best epic movie of his generation, a story attempted by few before but never could portray in a way Vamsi could and definitely on par with his mentor Ram Gopal Varma (who is again specialized in making gangster and underworld movies). Krishna vamsi's this attempt has definitely raised many eyebrows and has given us many good talents like our very own Ravi Teja who made his debut with this film. Sanghavi has definitely played her part the best but on the glamour front, she was lagging behind. And Brahmaji (Vamsi's muse) has taken this chance to be a perfect character artist cum Hero but should work on his vocal vibrations before attempting to be a complete Hero. All-in-all Hats-Off to Vamsi who has bought in the scope of learning with definite entertainment awaiting.

* He is well-known for bringing out new talents in artists. He made Jagapathi Babu, who is famous for playing typical family roles, play a tapori role in his award winning movie Anthapuram. However, his movie Samudram, in which Jagapathi Babu played the leading role, was a disaster.

* His music-sense is fantastic. All his movies have wonderful albums. All the albums are well-appreciated till date.

* He is a choreographer too. His songs have the typical Krishna Vamsi romantic touch. At least one song in each of his films has a melodious duet.(Except "Rakhi") Examples are: "kannullo nee rupame" from Ninne Pelladutha, "ii velalo niivu em cestu untavu" from Gulabi, "nuvvu nuvvu" from Khadgam, "oke oka maata" from Chakram

* His movies contain good social message too. Movies like Chakram, Khadgam, Sindhuram are good examples.

* He shares a very good relation with Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry, the hat-trick Nandi best lyricist award winner. He gets the best out of him whether it be teen songs like "class room lo tapassu cheyyuta", duets like "nuvvu nuvvu", message-oriented songs like "jagamanta kutumbam naadi" and "artha sathabdhapu agnyananne".

* His movie, Chakram was inspired by an old song written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry "Jagamanta Kutumbam naadi".

* His latest movie is "Rakhi" with Jr. NTR. It has a lot of expectations as both the director and hero haven't tasted good success in recent days. Both of them are hungry for success. His film Rakhi is an above average movie. This movie is about the present position of ladies problems. He puts out the most difficult tasks performed by N.T.R. It has some good performances by Kota Srinivas Rao and Chandra Mohan.

* He also choreographed two songs from the film Okkadunnadu on director Chandra Sekhar Yeleti's request.

* His latest movie Chandamama (Film), released September 2007 got some average reviews in the beginning but was appreciated by all categories of the audiences later and also was one of the best movies of that year.

Filmography
Year Name Notes
1995 Gulabi
1996 Ninne Pelladatha
1997 Sinduram
1998 Chandraleka
1998 Anthahpuram Won 8 Nandi awards
2000 Samudram
2001 Murari
2002 Khadgam
2003 Shakti: The Power - Hindi Movie
2004 Sri Anjaneyam
2005 Chakram
2006 Danger
2006 Rakhi
2007 Chandamama
2009 Sasirekha Parinayam

Awards

Nandi award from Andhra Pradesh state Government for the movies Gulabi ,Anthapuram, Chakram

Filmfare awards as Best film Director Khadgam

National awards for Best regional film : Gulabi, Sindhuram