A. Sreekar Prasad

Sreekar Prasad
Born	Akkineni Sreekar Prasad
Occupation	Indian Film editor
Years active	1983-present
Relatives	Akkineni Sanjeevi (father) L. V. Prasad (grand father) Ramesh Prasad (uncle) Akshay Akkineni (son)
Website
www.sreekarprasad.com

Akkineni Sreekar Prasad better known as Sreekar Prasad is a National Award winning Film editing professional, known for his works in Indian Cinema.^[1] He works on Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English films. His last National Film Award for Best Editing was for his work on the feature film Firaaq (2008), directed by Nandita Das. He was included in the Limca Book of Records as People of the Year - 2013 for wide contribution to the Indian cinema in several languages and also for holding a record 8 National Awards including a Special Jury Award.^[2]^[3]

Career

Sreekar Prasad was a graduate in Literature from University of Madras. He learned the art of film editing from his father in Telugu films.^[4] Though he started out with Telugu films, he rose to national acclaim through Malayalam and Tamil films. He has won the National Film Award for Best Editing seven times and owns one Special Jury Award, throughout a career spanning over two decades.^[5] Some of the notable editing works of Sreekar Prasad include Yodha (1992), Nirnayam, Vaanaprastham (1999), Alaipayuthey (2000), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Okkadu (2003), Aayitha Ezhuthu and Yuva (2004), Navarasa (2005), Athadu (2005), Guru (2007), Billa (2007), Pazhassi Raja (2009), and Thuppakki (2012).

Personal life

Sreekar Prasad was born to film editor Akkineni Sanjeevi, brother of Telugu film doyen L. V. Prasad. ^[6]

Awards

National Film Awards

1989: Best Editing - Raakh
1997: Best Editing - Rag Birag
1997: Best Non-Feature Film Editing - Nauka Caritramu
1998: Best Editing - The Terrorist
2000: Best Editing - Vaanaprastham
2002: Best Editing - Kannathil Muthamittal
2008: Best Editing - Firaaq
2010: Special Jury Award - Kutty Srank, Kaminey, Keralavarma Pazhassiraja.

Kerala State Film Awards

1992: Best Editing - Yodha
1999: Best Editing - Karunam, Vaanaprastham, Jalamarmmaram
2001: Best Editing - Sesham
2005: Best Editing - Anandabhadram
2009: Best Editing - Pazhassi Raja

Nandi Awards

2000: Best Editing - Manoharam
2003: Best Editing - Okkadu

Filmfare Awards

2002: Best Editing - Dil Chahta Hai
2010: Best Editing - Firaaq

Other awards

2008: DIFF Best Editing - Firaaq ^[7]

Partial filmography

1983: Simhaswapnam
1989: Raakh
1991: Jaithra Yathra
1992: Yodha
1993: Gandharvam
1995: Nirnayam
1997: Rag Birag
1997: Ramayanam
1998: The Terrorist
1998: Uyirodu Uyiraga
1998: Malli
1999: Karunam
1999: Jalamarmmaram
2000: Vanaprastham
2000: Rhythm
2000: Alaipayuthey
2000: Manoharam
2001: Sesham
2001: Dumm Dumm Dumm
2001: Citizen
2001: Dil Chahta Hai
2001: Poovellam Un Vasam
2001: Kutty
2002: Red
2002: Kannathil Muthamittal
2002: Five Star
2003: Okkadu
2003: Alai
2003: Kurumbu
2003: Tehzeeb
2004: Yuva
2004: Aayitha Ezhuthu
2004: Aparichithan
2005: Kanda Naal Mudhal
2005: Navarasa
2005: Anandabhadram
2005: Arinthum Ariyamalum
2006: Pattiyal
2006: Rakhi
2007: Billa
2007: Guru
2008: Jalsa
2008: Firaaq
2009: Kaminey
2009: Sarvam
2009: Ganesh Just Ganesh
2009: Pazhassi Raja
2010: Angaadi Theru
2010: Raavan / Raavanan
2010: Kutty Srank
2011: 7 Khoon Maaf
2011: Sengadal
2011: Shaitan
2011: Panjaa
2011: Urumi
2011: Mausam
2012: Saguni
2012: Cocktail
2012: Thuppakki
2012: Ko Yad
2013: Kadal
2013: David and its Hindi version David
2013: Ek Thi Daayan
2013: Thanga Meenkal
2013: Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi
2013: Arrambam
2013: Ivan Veramathiri
2013: Pannaiyarum Padminiyum
2013: Oru Kanniyum Moonu Kalavaanikalum
2014: Taramani
2014: Appavin Meesai
2014: Pizza
2014: Yaan
2014: Finding Fanny
2014: Kaththi
2014: Yatchan
2015: Oh Kadhal Kanmani
2015: Puli
2015: Akira

References

↑ "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). International Film Festival of India. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
↑ "Southern stars in Limca Book of Records". The Times of India. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
↑ "A SREEKAR PRASAD". Limca Book of Records. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
↑ Sudhish Kamath (18 March 2011). "Life & Style / Metroplus : The Saturday Interview - A cut above". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
↑ Subha J Rao (23 October 2010). "Arts / Cinema : Master of montage". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
↑ Interview with K. B. Tilak at Cinegoer.com
↑ "Sreekar Prasad, Deepa Mehta bag Dubai awards". Rediff. Retrieved 2009-07-01.

External links

National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)

1978–1980

No Award (1978) No Award (1979) No Award (1980)

Special Mention	Mrinal Sen and Muzaffar Ali (1978) No Award (1979) No Award (1980)

1981–2000

Satyajit Ray (1981) No Award (1982) Mankada Ravi Varma (1983) T. S. Ranga (1984) Sudha Chandran (1985) John Abraham (1986) M. B. Sreenivasan (1987) Ashok Ahuja (1988) Amitabh Chakraborty (1989) Pankaj Kapur, Sunny Deol and Jayabharathi (1990) Soumitra Chatterjee (1991) Sivaji Ganesan and Ketan Mehta (1992) Shashi Kapoor and Pallavi Joshi (1993) Radhu Karmakar and Shaji N. Karun (1994) Shyam Benegal (1995) Amol Palekar and Kirron Kher (1996) Jaimala (1997) Drishyakavya and Ashoke Viswanathan (1998) Kalabhavan Mani (1999) Soumitra Chatterjee (2000)

Special Mention	No Award (1981) No Award (1982) Kumar Shahani (1983) No Award (1984) No Award (1985) Sandip Ray (1986) No Award (1987) Aamir Khan (1988) Anupam Kher and Mohanlal (1989) Anoubham Kiranmala (1990) Mamata Shankar and Raveendran (1991) Sibaprasad Sen (1992) Tahir Hussain, Mahesh Bhatt, Jugal Debata and Susant Misra (1993) Mahesh Mahadevan, Bishnu Kharghoria and S. Kumar (1994) Uttara Baokar, Rohini and Benaf Dadachandji (1995) Dolon Roy and Bhagirathee (1996) Akkineni Nagarjuna and Jomol (1997) Dasari Narayana Rao, Prakash Raj and Manju Warrier (1998) Mohan Joshi, Manju Borah and Kavitha Lankesh (1999) No Award (2000)

2001–present

Janaki Vishwanathan (2001) Prakash Raj (2002) Manoj Bajpai, Roopkatha and Goutam Halder (2003) J. Phillip (2004) Anupam Kher (2005) Vishal Bhardwaj (2006) Anil Kapoor and Feroz Abbas Khan (2007) NFDC and K. M. Madhusudhanan (2008) A. Sreekar Prasad (2009) Bindiya Khanolkar, Sachin Khanolkar and Anant Mahadevan (2010) Anjan Dutt (2011) Rituparno Ghosh and Nawazuddin Siddiqui (2012) Viva In En, Mahesh Limaye, Future East Film Pvt Ltd and Ashim Ahluwalia (2013)

Special Mention	Dilip Doley and Narayan Seal (2001) Jyothirmayi (2002) H. G. Dattatreya and Nedumudi Venu (2003) Gurdas Maan and Pradeep Nair (2004) No Award (2005) Thilakan and Prosenjit Chatterjee (2006) No Award (2007) No Award (2008) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2009) K. Shivaram Karanth and V. I. S. Jayabalan (2010) Mallika and Sherrey (2011) Lal, H. G. Dattatreya, Bishnu Kharghoria, Parineeti Chopra, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Hansraj Jagtap and Thilakan (2012) Gauri Gadgil, Sanjana Rai and Anjali Patil (2013)

Filmfare Award for Best Editing

1955-1998	Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1955) G.G. Mayekar (1956) Shivaji Avadhut (1957) Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1958) Chintaman Borkar (1959) Moosa Mansoor (1960) G.G. Mayekar (1961) Keshav Naidu (1962) Pran Mehra (1964) N. M. Shankar (1968) Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972) M. S. Shinde (1975) B. Prasad (1979) Bhanudas Divakar (1980) S. V. Mane (1981) K. R. Kitoo (1983) Renu Saluja (1989) Renu Saluja (1995) V.N. Mayekar (1997) Rajiv Rai (1998)

1999-Present	Apurva Asrani & Bhanu Daya (1999) Jethu Mundul (2000) A. Sreekar Prasad (2002) Chandan Arora (2003) Shimit Amin (2004) Rameshwar S. Bhagat (2005) Bela Sehgal (2006) Bela Sehgal (2007) Amitabh Shukla (2008) Amit Pawar (2009) A. Sreekar Prasad (2010) Namrata Rao (2011) Huzefa Lokhandwala (2012)