Sekhar Kammula

Sekhar Kammula
Born	(1972-02-04) 4 February 1972 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana, India)
Occupation	Film director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1999–present
Children	1 Son 1 Daughter

Sekhar Kammula (Telugu: శేఖర్ కమ్ముల) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works exclusively in Telugu cinema. His first film, Dollar Dreams was a critical success, and won him the National Film Award for best debutant director. He won two Filmfare Awards, and six state Nandi Awards. Sekhar was among the director's delegation to represent Indian Cinema at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Sekhar Kammula is making his Bollywood debut with the film Salman Khan.

Early life

Sekhar's family hails from Eluru, Andhra Pradesh. Sekhar was schooled at St. Patrick's High School, Secunderabad. He completed his intermediate studies from St. Alphonsa's and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology.

He later went to the United States of America to pursue a Graduate degree in Computer Sciences at New Jersey. After a brief stint in the IT industry, he enrolled in the MFA program at Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Career

His second film, Anand, was a blockbuster in 2004. His next film, Godavari, was praised by critics and was a hit. Happy Days, which was released on 28 September 2007, was declared a smash hit. It was remade in Tamil and Kannada. He was a writer for Tamil version which was released in 2010. He then directed Leader released on 19 February 2010 to positive reviews. His new venture "Life is Beautiful" is a box office hit too with lots of positive feedback. As his films are made on very low budgets and are content driven , all his films made good profit

Future projects

Kammula directed the Telugu remake of 2012 Bollywood hit Kahaani in which Nayantara played Vidya Balan's character. Sekhar Kammula is going to direct his first Hindi film which is a remake of Happy Days. The Hindi version will be produced by renowned film maker Shekhar Kapoor. The film will feature several new faces and Sekhar Kammula will start scouting for new faces in Mumbai and Pune, through the same process which he employed for the Telugu film. The screenplay for the film is being written by Mumbai-based writer Nikhil Mahajan.

Awards

National Film Award

• Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director – Golden Lotus Award – Dollar Dreams (2000):

Nandi Awards

• 2011 – Nandi Award for Best Story – Leader
• 2007 – Nandi Award for Second Best Feature Film – Happy Days
• 2006 – Nandi Award for Best Director – Godavari
• 2006 - Nandi Award for Second Best Feature Film – Godavari
• 2004 – Nandi Award for Second Best Feature Film – Anand
• 2004 – Nandi Award for Best Director – Anand

Filmfare Awards South

• 2007 – Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) – Happy Days
• 2007– Filmfare Best Director Award (Telugu) – Happy Days

Other awards

• Dasari Best Film Director Award – Happy Days

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Technical roles	Awards & Notes
2000	Dollar Dreams	English/Telugu	Writer, director, producer	Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director – Golden Lotus Award
2004	Anand	Telugu	Writer, director, producer, Choreography	Nandi Award for Second Best Feature Film Nandi Award for Best Director
2006	Godavari	Telugu	Writer, director	Nandi Award for Second Best Feature Film Nandi Award for Best Director
2007	Happy Days	Telugu	Writer, director, producer, Choreography	Nandi Award for Second Best Feature Film Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu Dasari Best Film Director Award
2008	Avakai Biryani	Telugu	Producer
2010	Leader	Telugu	Writer, director	Nandi Award for Best Story Writer
2012	Life Is Beautiful	Telugu	Writer, Director, producer
2014	Mukunda	Telugu	Cameo Appearance
2014	Anaamika	Telugu, Tamil	Director, Screenplay

External links

• Sekhar Kammula at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.amigoscreations.com/