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{{short description|Film critic and director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = K. N. T. Sastry
| image = The Minister of Information & Broadcasting and Culture Shri S. Jaipal Reddy is being presented a report on National Film Awards - 2003 by the Head Jury ( Best writing on Cinema ) Shri K.N.T Sastry in New Delhi on August 14.jpg
| caption = The Minister of Information & Broadcasting and Culture Shri S. Jaipal Reddy is being presented a report on National Film Awards - 2003 by the Head Jury ( Best writing on Cinema ) Shri K.N.T Sastry in New Delhi on August 14, 2004.
| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|9|5}}
| birth_place = [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
|death_date ={{death date and age|2018|9|13|1945|9|5|}}
| occupation = Director Writer Film Critic
}}
'''Kanaala Nanjunda Tirumala Sastry''' (5 September 1945 – 13 September 2018) was an Indian [[film criticism|film critic]], screenwriter, director, littérateur, and producer, known for his works predominantly in [[Telugu cinema]].<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/knt-sastry-conscientious-filmmaker/article24967357.ece |title=KNT Sastry: Conscientious filmmaker |work=The Hindu |date=2018-09-17 |accessdate=2020-01-07}}</ref> He has garnered six [[National Film Awards]],three [[Nandi Awards]] and three International honors.<ref name="rediff2004">{{Cite press release |title=How Kamli came alive onscreen |date=31 December 2004 |work=Rediff.com |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/nov/30sastry.htm |access-date=2012-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaac.us/NYIFF2016/directors-first-films.htm|title=NYIFF 2016|website=www.iaac.us}}</ref>

He served as chairman of critics Jury at [[National Film Awards]].<ref name="asianfilmmarket2004">{{cite web|url=http://apm.asianfilmmarket.org/eng/database/view_ppp_history.asp?order_year=2004&idx=161&no=16 |title=Asian Project Market l 8 -11 October 2012 |publisher=Apm.asianfilmmarket.org |date=2009-05-28 |accessdate=2012-08-27}}</ref> Sastry was a Jury Member of [[Vladivostok]] International Film Festival 2003; Five time Jury Member for ''Indian Panorama''-''[[International Film Festival of India]]''; Jury Member the [[Nandi Awards]], [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]], and Fipresci Jury Member at Kinotavr film festival and [[Busan International Film Festival]].<ref name="asianfilmmarket2004"/>

Sastry's [[Thilaadanam]] received "New Currents Award" at the 7th Busan International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biff.kr/Template/Builder/00000001/page.asp?page_num=4892 |title=Awards |website=Busan International Film Festival |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620083906/http://biff.kr/Template/Builder/00000001/page.asp?page_num=4892 |archive-date=20 June 2017 |access-date=27 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="rediff2004"/> He worked on many research projects with veteran director [[B. Narsing Rao]]. Sastry's English Documentary ''Harvesting Baby Girls'' won the Special Jury Award at [[International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam]].<ref name="thehindu2">{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-film-shaanu-on-kids-and-their-dilemmas/article7912430.ece |title=A film 'Shaanu' on kids and their dilemmas |work=The Hindu |date=2015-11-24 |accessdate=2020-01-07}}</ref><ref name="thehindu1"/>

==Noted publications==
*[[V. Nagaiah]] A Monologue <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_kc1DwAAQBAJ&dq=knt+sastry+chitoor+nagaiah&pg=PT6 |title=CHITTOOR V. NAGAIAH: A MONOGRAPH - K.N.T Sastry - Google Books |date=2017-08-29 |isbn=9788123025438 |accessdate=2020-01-07|last1=t Sastry |first1=K. N. }}</ref>
*''Nalo Nenu'' a Monologue of [[Bhanumathi Ramakrishna]]<ref name="41stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/76_41stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=3 March 2012}}</ref>
*''Alanti Chalanchitram'' First 25 Years of Telugu cinema <ref name="43rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/74_43rdNfacatalogue.pdf|title=43rd National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=3 March 2012}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! [[Film director|Director]]
! [[Film producer|Producer]]
! [[Screenwriter]]
! [[Actor]]
! Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2016 || ''Shaanu'' || {{yes}}|| ||{{yes}} || ||[[The Golden Elephant]] Festival<ref name="thehindu2"/>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2006|| ''[[Kamli (film)|Kamli]]'' || {{yes}} || ||{{yes}} || ||[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu]] 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2003|| ''Harvesting Baby Girls'' || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} || ||''Special Jury Award'' [[International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2000|| ''[[Thilaadanam]]'' || {{yes}} || ||{{yes}} || ||[[New York Indian Film Festival]] ''New Currents Award'' - 7th [[Busan International Film Festival]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1999|| ''Surabhi''|| {{yes}} || ||{{yes}} || ||''Documentary - Short Film'' [[Nandi Award for Best Documentary Film]] [[National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1988|| ''[[Daasi (1988 film)|Daasi]]'' || ||||{{yes}} || ||National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu ''Diploma of Merit award at Moscow Film Festival''
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1987 || ''[[Maa Ooru]]'' || || || {{yes}} || ||National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film ''Media Wave Award at the Hungary International festival of visual arts'' Best Film International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
|}

==Awards==
;National Film Awards
*[[National Film Award for Best Film Critic|Best Film Critic]] - 1989
*[[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema|Best Book on Cinema]] (Publisher) - 1993 <ref name="41stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/76_41stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=3 March 2012}}</ref>
*[[National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema)|Special Jury Award / Special Mention - Book on Cinema]] - 1995 <ref name="43rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/74_43rdNfacatalogue.pdf|title=43rd National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=3 March 2012}}</ref>
*Best Ethnographic Film - 1999<ref name="47thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/70_47thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=13 March 2012}}</ref>
*[[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director|Best Debut Film of a Director]] - 2002
*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|Best Feature Film in Telugu]] - 2007

;International Honours
*Special Jury Award, [[Kamli (film)|Harvesting Baby Girls]], at [[International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apoorvachitra.com/profiles.html |title=Kamli - My Daughter |publisher=Apoorvachitra.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-27}}</ref>
*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]]

;[[Nandi Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]]|access-date=21 August 2020}}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref>
*[[Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director|Best First Film of a Director]] - ''[[Thilaadanam]]'' (2001)
*[[Nandi Award for Best Documentary Film|First Best Documentary Film]] - ''Surabhi'' (1999)
*[[Nandi Award for Best Book on Telugu Cinema|Best Book on Telugu Cinema]] - ''Alanati Chalana Chitram'' (1995)

==References==
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