K.N.T. Sastry

K. N. T. Sastry is a National Award winning Telugu film director. He has directed films such as Thiladanam and Kamli.^[1][2]

Career

Sastry is an experienced Indian film critic. with more than thirty years of experience, Sastry always wanted to make films which have a striking a balance between Art and Parallel Cinema. It materialized with films like, Thilaadanam, Kamli, Harvesting Baby Girls, Surabhi and the upcoming Kannada film, Snehe Geethe. He was a jury member for many international film festivals.^[3]

Awards

National Film Awards

• National Film Award for Best Film Critic - 1989
• Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director - 2002
• National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film - 2003
• National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu - 2007

International Honours

• Special Jury Award, Harvesting Baby Girls, at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam^[4]
• New Currents Award at the 7th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea
• Fipresci Jury Member at Kinotavr film festival and Busan International Film Festival
• Jury Member of Vladivostock International Film Festival 2003 and International Film Festival of India

External links

• http://www.synclinefilmstore.com/movies/movie_detail/201
• http://www.cinegoer.com/telugu-cinema/interviews/interview-with-knt-sastry-301011.html
• http://www.cinegoer.com/telugu-cinema/video-interviews/interview-with-filmmaker-knt-sastry.html

References