A. Sreekar Prasad

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

Akkineni Sreekar Prasad, better known as Sreekar Prasad, is a Film editing professional, known for his works in Indian cinema.^[1] He works predominantly 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 eight 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 (1995), Vaanaprastham (1999), Alaipayuthey (2000), Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Okkadu (2003), Aayitha Ezhuthu/Yuva (2004), Navarasa (2005), Anandabhadram (2005), Guru (2007), Billa (2007), Firaaq (2008), Pazhassi Raja (2009) and Talvar (2015).

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, Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja

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
2015: Best Editing - Talvar

Vijay Awards

2007: Best Editing - Kattradhu Thamizh
2009: Best Editing - Yavarum Nalam

Other awards

2008: DIFF Best Editing - Firaaq ^[7]

Filmography

1:1.66 An Ode To A Love Story
1983: Simhaswapnam
1990: Vyooham
1989: Raakh
1991: Seetharamaiah Gari Manavaralu
1991: Jaithra Yathra
1991: Abhayam
1992: Yodha
1991: Soorya Manasam
1993: Gandharvam
1993: Janam
1993: Adheham Enna Idheham
1994: Pidakkozhi Koovunna Noottandu
1995: Nirnayam
1995: Avittam Thirunaal Aarogya Sriman
1995: Parvathy Parinayam
1995: Peter Scott
1995: Maanthrikam
1995: Simhavalan Menon
1996: Kudumba Kodathi
1996: Manthrika Kuthira
1997: Ramayanam
1997: Churam
1997: Poonilamazha
1997: Masmaram
1998: The Terrorist
1998: Uyirodu Uyiraga
1998: Malli
1998: Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala
1998: Kanmadam
1998: FIR
1999: Jalamarmmaram
1999: Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu
1999: Njangal Santhushtaranu
1999: Stalin Sivadas
2000: Vanaprastham
2000: Karunam
2000: Joker
2000: Priyam
2000: Sathyam Sivam Sundaram
2000: Rhythm
2000: Alaipayuthey
2000: Manoharam
2000: Darling Darling
2000: Mark Anthony
2000: Onnaman
2000: Nadan Pennum Natupramaniyum
2000: Snehapoorvam Anna
2001: Sesham
2001: Dumm Dumm Dumm
2001: Citizen
2001: Dil Chahta Hai
2001: Poovellam Un Vasam
2001: Kutty
2001: Megasandesam
2001: Satyamev Jayate
2001: Theerthadanam
2001: Vakkalathu Narayanankutty
2002: Red
2002: Kannathil Muthamittal
2002: Five Star
2002: Bokshu the Myth
2002: Malayali Mamanu Vanakkam
2002: Phantom
2002: Saathiya
2003: Okkadu
2003: Sesham
2003: Alai
2003: Kurumbu
2003: Tehzeeb
2004: Yuva
2004: Aayitha Ezhuthu
2004: Arya
2004: Aparichithan
2004: Morning Raga
2005: Kanda Naal Mudhal
2005: Navarasa
2005: Anandabhadram
2005: Arinthum Ariyamalum
2005: Mangal Pandey: The Rising
2005: Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story
2005: Krithyam
2006: Pattiyal
2007: Sringaram
2007: Jagadam
2007: Billa
2007: Guru
2007: Kattradhu Thamizh
2008: Jalsa
2008: Firaaq
2009: Akasa Kusum
2009: Kaminey
2009: Yaavarum Nalam
2009: Sarvam
2009: Ganesh Just Ganesh
2009: Pazhassi Raja
2010: Police Police
2010: Angaadi Theru
2010: Raavan / Raavanan
2010: Kutty Srank
2011: 7 Khoon Maaf
2011: Sengadal
2011: Shaitan
2011: Panjaa
2011: Urumi
2011: Mausam
2012: Arjun: The Warrior Prince
2012: Saguni
2012: Cocktail
2012: Thuppakki
2012: Ko Yad
2013: Kadal
2013: David(Tamil version)
2013: David(Hindi version)
2013: Ek Thi Daayan
2013: Thanga Meenkal
2013: Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi
2013: Arrambam
2013: Ivan Veramathiri
2013: Pannaiyarum Padminiyum
2014: Appavin Meesai
2014: Maan Karate
2014: Pizza
2014: Yaan
2014: Finding Fanny
2014: Kaththi
2015: Yatchan
2015: Oh Kadhal Kanmani
2015: Puli
2015: Talvar
2015: Naanum Rowdydhaan
2015: 10 Endrathukulla
2015: Dau Huduni Methai
2016: Nenu Sailaja
2016: Sethupathi
2016: Akira
2016: Idolle Ramayana / Mana Oori Ramayanam
2017: OK Jaanu
2017: Kaatru Veliyidai
2017: Hindi Medium
2017: Spyder
2017: Taramani
2017: The Ghazi Attack
2017: Ghazi
2017: Raabta
2017: Thaana Serndha Kootam
2017: Vunnadhi Okate Zindagi
2017: Kaala

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 Archived 19 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Sreekar Prasad, Deepa Mehta bag Dubai awards". Rediff. Retrieved 2009-07-01.

External links

National Film Award for Best Editing
1976–1990	K. Babu Rao (1976) Waman Bhonsle / Gurudutt Shirali (1977) Gangadhar Naskar (1978) Gangadhar Naskar (1979) Gangadhar Naskar (1980) Bhanudas Divakar (1981) Keshav Hirani (1982) Mrinmoy Chakraborty (1983) Anil Malnad (1984) Babu Sheikh (1985) Sanjiv Shah (1986) P. Mohanraj (1987) A. Sreekar Prasad (1988) Renu Saluja (1989) M. S. Mani (1990)
1991–2010	Renu Saluja (1991) M. S. Mani (1992) Renu Saluja (1993) B. Lenin / V. T. Vijayan (1994) Suresh Urs (1995) A. Sreekar Prasad (1996) A. Sreekar Prasad (1997) Renu Saluja (1998) A. Sreekar Prasad (1999) Suresh Pai / Apurva Asrani (2000) Beena Paul (2001) A. Sreekar Prasad (2002) Aarif Sheikh (2003) Suresh Pai (2004) P. S. Bharati (2005) Raja Mohammad (2006) B. Ajith Kumar (2007) A. Sreekar Prasad (2008) Arghyakamal Mitra (2009) Kishore Te (2010)
2011–present	Praveen K. L. / N. B. Srikanth (2011) Namrata Rao (2012) V. J. Sabu Joseph (2013) Vivek Harshan (2014) Kishore Te (2015) Rameshwar S. Bhagat (2016)

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)
Bhaurao Karhade (2014)
Kalki Koechlin (2015)
Mohanlal (2016)

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)
Musthafa, Palomi Ghosh, Parth Bhalerao (2014)
Rinku Rajguru, Jayasurya, and Ritika Singh (2015)
Nila Madhab Panda, Eleeanora Images Private Ltd., Shubhashish Bhutiani, Red Carpet Moving Pictures, Adil Hussain and Sonam Kapoor (2016)

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)
Namrata Rao (2013)
Aarif Sheikh (2014)
Abhijit Kokate & Anurag Kashyap (2015)
A. Sreekar Prasad (2016)

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