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Director
Writer
Film Critic
Kanaala Nanjunda Tirumala Sastry (5 September 1945 – 13 September 2018) was an Indian film critic, screenwriter, director, littérateur, and producer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema.[1] He has garnered six National Film Awards,three Nandi Awards and three International honors.[2][3]
He served as chairman of critics Jury at National Film Awards.[4] 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.[4]
Sastry's Thilaadanam received "New Currents Award" at the 7th Busan International Film Festival.[5][2] 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.[6][1]
Noted publications
- V. Nagaiah A Monologue [7]
- Nalo Nenu a Monologue of Bhanumathi Ramakrishna[8]
- Alanti Chalanchitram First 25 Years of Telugu cinema [9]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Producer | Screenwriter | Actor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Shaanu | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | The Golden Elephant Festival[6] | ||
| 2006 | Kamli | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu | ||
| 2003 | Harvesting Baby Girls | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Special Jury Award International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam | |
| 2000 | Thilaadanam | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | New York Indian Film Festival New Currents Award - 7th Busan International Film Festival | ||
| 1999 | Surabhi | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Documentary - Short Film Nandi Award for Best Documentary Film National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film | ||
| 1988 | Daasi | Template:Yes | National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu Diploma of Merit award at Moscow Film Festival | |||
| 1987 | Maa Ooru | Template: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
- Best Film Critic - 1989
- Best Book on Cinema (Publisher) - 1993 [8]
- Special Jury Award / Special Mention - Book on Cinema - 1995 [9]
- Best Ethnographic Film - 1999[10]
- Best Debut Film of a Director - 2002
- Best Feature Film in Telugu - 2007
- International Honours
- Special Jury Award, Harvesting Baby Girls, at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam[11]
- 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
- Best First Film of a Director - Thilaadanam (2001)
- First Best Documentary Film - Surabhi (1999)
- Best Book on Telugu Cinema - Alanati Chalana Chitram (1995)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 KNT Sastry: Conscientious filmmaker(2018-09-17).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Template:Cite press release
- ↑ NYIFF 2016. www.iaac.us.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Asian Project Market l 8 -11 October 2012. Apm.asianfilmmarket.org(2009-05-28).
- ↑ Awards. Busan International Film Festival. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A film 'Shaanu' on kids and their dilemmas(2015-11-24).
- ↑ CHITTOOR V. NAGAIAH: A MONOGRAPH - K.N.T Sastry - Google Books{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}(2017-08-29). ISBN 9788123025438
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 41st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 43rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals.
- ↑ 47th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals.
- ↑ Kamli - My Daughter. Apoorvachitra.com.
- ↑ నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)