Gunasekhar

Gunasekar (born 2 June 1964) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. Gunasekhar directed the Children's classic Ramayanam (1997), which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film, including several state Nandi Awards for that year, and was screened at the International Children's Film Festival of India.[2][3]

Gunasekar
Gunasekhar in 2015
Born2 June 1964 (1964-06-02) (age 57)[1]
Narsipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation
  • Director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Spouse(s)Ragini
Children2; including Neelima

His 2003 action film, Okkadu won eight Nandi Awards, and four Filmfare Awards South including the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu, and the blockbuster film became the highest grossing Telugu film of that year and was remade into various Indian languages.[4][5] His latest venture is the historical film, Rudhramadevi which was released in October 2015 to widely mixed reviews but despite that it became an average grosser of the year.[6][7][8]

Career

Before venturing into mainstream film direction, Gunasekar worked as an associate director to D. V. Narsaraju, Kranthi Kumar, and Ram Gopal Varma.[9] Gunasekhar made his directorial debut with the socio-political Lathi (1992), for which he received the state Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director.

He directed the super-hit romance film, Sogasu Chooda Tharamaa (1995), which again received the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film, and the super-hit action thriller, Choodalani Vundi (1998), which introduced the DTS sound to the Telugu screen, the film was later remade into Hindi as Calcutta Mail. He then directed the political thriller, Manoharam, which again bagged the Nandi Award for Best Story, and the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film. The 2004 drama film Arjun was screened at the International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section.[10]

Personal life

Gunasekher is married to Ragini, and the couple has two daughters – Neelima and Yukhta.[11]

Filmography and awards
Year Film Director Producer Screenwriter Awards and Honors
1992LaatiYesYesNandi Award for Best First Film of a Director[12]
1995Sogasu Chooda TharamaaYesYesNandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer
1996RamayanamYesYesNational Film Award for Best Children's Film
International Children's Film Festival of India
1998Choodalani VundiYesYes
2000ManoharamYesYes
2001MrugarajuYesYes
2003OkkaduYesYesNandi Award for Best Director
Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu
2004ArjunYesYesInternational Film Festival of India
2006SainikuduYesYes
2010VaruduYesYes
2012NippuYesYes
2015RudhramadeviYesYesYes
TBAShaakuntalamYesYesYes
TBA Hiranya KashyapaYesYesYes

References
  1. "Happy Birthday Gunasekhar: From Ramayanam to Rudhramadevi, best 5 movies of the filmmaker that you must watch". The Times of India. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. IANS (8 September 2014). "Glad we finished Rudhramadevi on time: Gunasekhar". The Hindu.
  3. Sangeetha Devi Dundoo (9 October 2015). "Rudhramadevi review". The Hindu.
  4. "YVS, Gunasekar & Ravi were rommates". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013.
  5. "Deccan Chronicle - Latest India news - Breaking news - Hyderabad News - World news - Business - Politics".
  6. "Rudhramadevi Movie Review {3/5}: Critic Review of Rudhramadevi by Times of India". The Times of India.
  7. https://www.greatandhra.com/movies/reviews/rudramadevi-review-good-effort-gone-awry-69653
  8. "Allu Arjun Hit and Flop Movies | Actor Allu Arjun Films List". 11 July 2016.
  9. "Gunasekhar, RGV, Krishna Vamsi, Teja, Uttej Old Photo - Gunasekhar". Gulte.com.
  10. "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  11. kavirayani, suresh (16 October 2015). "Gunasekhar's dynamic duo". Deccan Chronicle.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
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