DIRECTORS:

Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts.. Ray received
many major awards in his career, including 32 Indian National Film Awards, a number of awards
at international film festivals and award ceremonies, and an honorary Academy Award in 1992.
Satyajit Ray's films are both cinematic and literary at the same time; using a simple narrative,
usually in a classical format, but greatly detailed and operating at many levels of interpretation.
His first film, Pather Panchali (Song of the little road, 1955) established his reputation as a major
film director, winning numerous awards including Best Human Document, Cannes, 1956 and
Best Film, Vancouver, 1958. It is the first film of a trilogy - The Apu Trilogy - a three-part tale
of a boy's life from birth through manhood. The other two films of this trilogy are Aparajito (The
Unvanquished, 1956) and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu, 1959).

His later films include Jalsaghar (The Music Room, 1958), Devi (The Goddess, 1960), Teen
Kanya (Two Daughters, 1961),Charulata (The Lonely Wife, 1964), Nayak (The Hero,
1966), Asani Sanket (Distant Thunder, 1973), Shatranj Ke Khilari(The Chess Players,
1977), Ghare Baire (The Home and the World, 1984), Ganashatru (An Enemy Of The People,
1989) and Shakha Prashakha (Branches Of The Tree, 1991). Agantuk (The Stranger, 1991) was
his last film.
Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. Bhatt's early
directional career consisted of acclaimed movies, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam, Naam, Sadak
and Zakhm. He was later the writer of numerous commercial films in a range of genres, from
dramas like Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke and comedies like Duplicate, though he was mostly
recognised for thrillers like Inteha, Jism, Murder and Woh Lamhe. Bhatt's films show an unusual
engagement with the psychological damage arising from infringement of social norms, situations
which are characteristic deep mental/emotion damage and trauma. These films provided
challenges of characterization to their actors, who included both parallel and mainstream stars.
Bhatt is known for taking inspiration from Hollywood movies into Hindi films. He has always
been criticized for the same. Bhatt is known for making both art films with realistic topics and
commercial films which include a wide division of action, comedies and thrillers.

Raj Kapoor
Kapoor has been dubbed "a great showman," and a filmmaker in the purest Romantic tradition,
as he strove to entertain as well as address social themes close to his heart. Awaara dealt with the
question of what forms an individual's moral grounding, ("nurture or nature") while
incorporating comedy and stirring love scenes; in Shree 420 (1955) he addressed issues of
poverty, unemployment and national pride in the new Indian state at the same time maintaining
the audience's interest in the romantic plot. While never revolutionary in tone, many of his films
explore the ability of the individual to overcome economic and environmental injustice while
maintaining his/her innocence and integrity. He is quoted as believing that the individual's
struggles ultimately lead to the desire for love, to care and be cared for. The Government of
India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1987
the highest award for cinematic excellence in India. In 2001, he was honoured with Best
Director of the Millennium by Stardust Awards. He was named Showman of the Millennium
by Star Screen Awards in 2002.
Mani Ratnam
The man who revolutionized Tamil-language cinema, Mani Ratnam is the biggest director in
south India and one of the most respected directors in all of India. Each of his films contain its
own unique style, with beautifully photographed songs and unique back-lighting. However, his
films contain substance as well as style--Ratnam has dealt with a wide variety of topics, from the
classic Indian love story to political thrillers. Ratnam has won several film awards, including
six National Film Awards. In addition to these, he is a recipient of a number of awards at various
international film festivals. He is well known for his "terrorism trilogy" consisting
of Roja (1992),Bombay (1995) and Dil Se.. (1998). His other notable film include Mouna
Raagam, Geethanjali, Kannathil Miuthammaital, Guru and Thalapathi.
Mira nair
An Indian director, who successfully carved a niche for herself in the realms of short films,
documentaries and feature films with her intense, novel, and at times controversial approach,
Mira Nair's feat in the domain of film-making remains unparalleled to this day. Some of her best
celluloid feats include her debut documentary 'India Cabaret', the zingy 'Salaam Bombay', the
award-winning interracial love story 'Mississippi Masala', and much-loved 'Monsoon Wedding'.
Mira's movies are never short of creative excellence, be it be about strip-teasers in 'India
Cabaret', the eyebrow-raising tale of 'Kama Sutra: A Tale Of Love', or her biographical foray on
the life of Amelia Earhart in the film 'Amelia'. Mira has never cowed from broaching into the
unfamiliar territory, a thing that has come to be the USP of her films today. A recipient of several
prestigious national and international awards and nominations, Films like 'Salaam Bombay',
'Monsoon Wedding', 'Vanity Fair' and 'The Namesake', and recognitions like Golden Lion and
UNESCO awards are just a few feathers in her cap.
Yash chopra
A maestro in truest sense, Yash Chopra weaved magic with is epic love stories and redefined the
idea of love and passion for Indian audiences in his films. There was always more to him than
Swiss mountains, tulip gardens, fluttering chiffon saris and exotic locales. Rightfully called as
king of romance, he was also considered as the hippest and trendiest director of his era. Yash
Chopra was always ahead of his times, a progressive director and so were all his character. There
is poignance and an understated relevance in all his films right from Dhool Ka Phool to his last
venture, Jab Tak Hai Jaan which gives him an irreplaceable pedestal in the Indian celluloid.
Shankar
The Shankar Story is a simple saga of a mans passion a passion that takes him from the
comfortable confines of a conventional job, to the challenging world of cinema. It is the story of
an ordinary person whose life assumes extraordinary dimensions with the sheer strength of his
creative contribution.
Born on August 17th, to Shanmugham and Muthulakshmi, Director Shankars life seems straight
out of the films. A Diploma Engineer, his monotonous, though hassle-free job as a Quality
Control Supervisor, brought a void that could be filled only by a creatively satisfying career. The
urge to unleash his creativity led him to the world of theatre, where he honed his skills as a writer
and performer. The transition to 70 mm was just a question of time, and soon enough Director
Shankar joined as an assistant to Director S.A. Chandrasekhar. As worked as asst director for 17
films including 5 hindi films and also worked as an associate director for 2 film with his friend
pavithran, Director Shankar learnt the tricks of the trade.The rest, as they say, is history.
In just a short span of time, Director Shankar has risen to the ranks of Indias best-known
directors, with his movies among the biggest grossers of this generation. His films have also
made waves abroad, and he is among the rare Indian film-makers whose work has been an
official entry to oscar. Director Shankars innate ability to feel the audiences pulse is what
makes his movies so memorable. His socially relevant themes have earned him an Honorary
Doctorate from the M.G.R.University, Tamilnadu.
From Director Shankar to Doctor Shankar, he has literally scripted his success story; his script-
writing skills form the backbone of his runaway hits. His fervour for films transcends direction
his production banner S Pictures and audio record label S Musics stand testimony to his passion
for different facets of movie-making. As Director Shankar continues to regale his audiences with
one blockbuster after another, may this be one success story that never sees the end . Shankars
filmography includes Nanban, Anniyan, Mudhalvan, Boys, Sivaji, Enthian,Jeans,Nayak,
Gentleman, Indian and Kaadhalan.
Bala:
Bala is an Indian Tamil film director, screenwriter and film producer, working in the Tamil film
industry. Widely credited with having revolutionised Tamil cinema, he is best known for his
realistic, yet dark and disturbing films, considered landmark films, that have garnered high
critical acclaim. He has received several awards and recognition for his work, including the
National Film Award for Best Direction for his fourth feature film Naan Kadavul.
Bala was born on 11 July 1966 in Periyakulam, Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India. He studied
Tamil Literature at The American College in Madurai. He admitted, that, as a youngster, he was
not interested in studies and had dopped in his college days and was considered by many as he
won't come up in life. At certain point he determined to prove himself to the society. After a
struggling period he came to Chennai and entered the cinema industry. Then soon he became one
of the finest directors in the Tamil Film Industry, cause of his directing skills.
He started his film career as an assistant director for the famous National Film Awardwinning
director and cinematographer Balu Mahendra, where a close friendship between the two grew.
Bala is known for his later success. He made his directorial debut with Sethu in 1999, that gave a
break to Vikram, the film's lead actor, who was also struggling in the Tamil film industry for
almost a decade without a hit and recognition.
More than 60 distributors saw the film and hesistated to screen it because of its tragic ending.
But after multiple preview shows, the film was released on a low profile without any
advertisement. But after the first days the film started running to packed houses just through
'word of mouth'. The film was said to have initiated a 'new wave' as it received raving reviews
and became a huge hit. Its stupendous success led to remakes in Kannada (Huchcha), Telugu
(Seshu) and Hindi (Tere Naam) languages.
Bala's next film was Nandha which gave a career boost to Surya. His third film Pithamagan
broke all the sentiments which were prevailing in Tamil cinema. In 2009 he released Naan
Kadavul in Tamil featuring Arya and Pooja Umashankar for which he won his first National
Film Award for Best Director. His recent projects, Avan Ivan and Paradesi also became
blockbuster hits.

Raj Kumar Hirani

Rajkumar Hirani (born 1962) is a National Award and Filmfare Award winning Indian Director,
screenwriter and film editor of Hindi films, best known for the films Munna Bhai MBBS (2003),
Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006) and 3 Idiots (2009), considered the highest-grossing hit Hindi film
by distributor-share. Rajkumar tried his luck as film editor for many years. He was doing good in
advertisement business but he wanted to make movies so he took break from advertisement and
started working with Vidhu Vinod Chopra. He worked on promos and trailers for 1942: A Love
Story.He edited promo's for Kareeb. He got big break as film editor with Mission
Kashmir.Rajkumar Hirani's first directorial venture was Munnabhai MBBS (2003) which is
considered a cult classic. His recent movies include: PK ( Bollywood - 2014) ,Celluloid Man (
Hollywood - 2013) ,Munnabhai Ki Aatma Katha ( Bollywood - 2012) ,Dakota Picture ( Kannada
- 2012)

Subash ghai
He is a master of portraying grandeur and rich themes in his films, which are delightful to watch.
Besides, he is also known as the showman of Hindi cinema, which gives us an idea of his skills
as a director. He enthralled us with some of the path breaking films such as Kalicharan, Karz,
Hero, Meri Jang, Karma, Ram Lakhan, Khalnaayak, Pardes and Taal under his flagship banner
of Mukta Arts Private Limited. His larger than life treatment and his narrative are the strongest
aspects of all his films. Not to forget, he also gave the most controversial yet popular song of
Bollywood, Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai.
CINEMATOGRAPHERS
Anil Mehta
Anil Mehta is a cinematographer, writer and director of Bollywood movies. He has studied
cinematography at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He has shot Khamoshi: The
Musical (1996), Lagaan (2001), Saathiya (2002) and Veer-Zaara (2004). Mehta's first feature
film, Aaja Nachle, was produced by Yash Raj Films. Released on 9 November 2007 the film
stars Madhuri Dixit (in her comeback film), Konkona Sen Sharma, Akshaye Khanna and Kunal
Kapoor. He won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for his work in Hum Dil De
Chuke Sanam (1999)
Balu Mahendran
Balanathan "Balu" Mahendran (born 20 May 1946 in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka) is an Indian
filmmaker, screenwriter, and cinematographer widely regarded as part of the first in a wave of
directors and screenwriters from the Chennai film industry who revitalized Tamil cinema. He
initially developed an early interest in photography. A cinematography graduate and a gold
medalist from the FTII in Pune. He started his film career as a cameraman for the Malayalam
film Nellu in 1974, which earned him the best cinematographer award from the Government of
Kerala. He has been chosen as the best cinematographer for as many as ten films. He pioneered
innovative camera style for colour in South India. He has won five National Film Awards and
three Filmfare Awards South for Best Director.
Binod Pradhan
Binod Pradhan (native of Kalimpong, Darjeeling district, West Bengal) is an acclaimed Indian
cinematographer whose creative visuals and cutting-edge imagery have left their mark on Indian
cinema. Some his award-winning works include 1942 A Love Story, Devdas, Rang De Basanti,
Mission Kashmir, Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and Puli (2010).
V. Manikandan
V. Manikandan (born January 1968) is a leading cinematographer hailing from Tamil Nadu. He
has worked as the cinematographer for a number of major box office hits in Hindi. Tamil and
Malayalam. He is an acclaimed ad film cinematographer with more than 3,000 ad films to his
credit. He won the Best Cinematographer award [filmfare award] for the movie Anniyan. His
debut movie was Atharmam (Tamil) in 1994. He has been congratulated by industry's most
acclaimed directors like Mani Ratnam and S. Shankar. V.Manikandan was nominated for Asia
Pacific Cine Awards(ASPA) for his work in Raavanan/Raavan in 2010 for Best
Cinematography.He has won Apsara award for best cinematography for Raavan in 2011.
P.C Sreeram
P. C. Sreeram (born 26 January) is a cinematographer and film director of the Chennai film
industry. A student of Madras Film Institute, Sreeram was much appreciated for his
cinematographic works and his directorial venture Kuruthipunal which was submitted by India as
its official entry to the Oscars. P. C. Sreeram has been a mentor of some of the top notch film
cinematographers in the Indian film industry, such as Jeeva, K. V. Anand, Tirru and K. V.
Guhan. Cinematographer K.Balasubramaniam started his film career by assisting Sreeram for
nearly 5 years. Sreeram stepped into direction in 1992, with the film Meera with actor Vikram in
lead role. He is considered to be one of greatest cinematographers in India.
Rajeev Ravi
Rajeev Ravi is an Indian cinematographer, director and film producer from Kochi (former
Cochin),Ernakulam district, Kerala state.
After graduating from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in 1997, he started his career
by assisting in the Malayalam-languagefilm, Pranayavarnangal (1998) shot by Santosh
Thundiyil. He debuted as an independent cinematographer with the film Chandni Bar(2001)
directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. Ravi is known for his collaboration with director Anurag
Kashyap. In 2013, he received the National Film Award for Best Cinematography, for Liar's
Dice. His notable work includes: Dev D, That girl in yellow boots, Gangs of Wasseypur,
Bombay talkies.
Ravi.K.Chandran
Ravi K. Chandran is an Indian cinematographer. He has frequently collaborated with leading
Indian filmmakers like Priyadarshan, Mani Ratnam, and Rajiv Menon and Sanjay Leela
Bhansali. Ravi has won two Filmfare Awards and one Southern Filmfare Award during his
career.
Tirru
Thirunavukarasu, Tirru, is a cinematographer in the Tamil film industry of India, specialising in
documentaries and advertising. Tirru's films are in the Tamil,Hindi and Malayalam languages.
He has worked for the veteran cinematographer P. C. Sriram and for Kamal Hassan (Raj Kamal
Productions). He also co-wrote the screenplay of the Malayalam film Mission 90 Days along
with director Major Ravi. His work includes Kanchivram, Krrish 3, Kireedam, Aalavandhan,
Hey Ram.
Santosh Sivan
Santosh Sivan is an Indian cinematographer, film director, actor and producer known for his
extensive work in Indian cinema.
Santhosh Sivan graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and went on to
completing 45 features and 41 documentaries. He was a founding member of the Indian Society
of Cinematographers (ISC) and is the most awarded director of photography (DP) in India. The
finest cinematographer in Indian cinema Santosh Sivan has become the first DOP (director of
photography) in Asia Pacific's to be awarded the prestigious American Society of
Cinematographers (ASC) membership. He was awarded the National Film Awards for Best
Cinematography four times, for the films Perumthachan (1991), Kaalapani (1996), Iruvar (1997),
and Dil Se.. (1998)
Rathnavelu. R
Randy Rathnavelu is an Indian cinematographer who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada
films including Thirumalai , Vaaranam Aayiram, and Enthiran.He graduated with a Bachelor of
Science degree in Physics as well as a DFTech in cinematography from the Film and Television
Institute of Tamil Nadu.
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHERS
Farah Khan
Farah Khan (born 9 January 1965) is an Indian film director, film
producer, actress and choreographer. She is best known for her choreographic work in
numerous Bollywood films. She has choreographed dance routines for more than a hundred
songs in over 80 Hindi films. Not only has she worked in Bollywood, but she's spreading her
wings out to China and Hollywood in films such as Perhaps Love and Marigold. Khan has won
the Filmfare Best Choreography Award six times, that itself speaks for her success in the field.
She has also won other awards for her work in various songs, including the films, Dilwale
Dulhania Le Jayenge, Dil To Pagal Hai, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Dil Chahta Hai, Dabaang, Student
of the Year, and many more. She has appeared in tons of television shows as a judge as
well: Indian Idol,Jhalak Dikhla Jaa, Nach Baliye 4, Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega,
and Just Dance. Farah Khan has acclaimed success not only as a choreographer, but as one of the
best known.
Saroj Khan
Saroj Khan will remain as one of the most prominent names in the industry. At an early age of
12, Saroj Khan happened to be choreographing dance sequences for Hindi movie actress thrice
her age. Her notable dance choreography includes performances from some of the most
fascinating, dancing sensations of India such as Madhuri Dixit, Aishverya Rai, Rekha, Sridevi
and more. Her popularity is also widespread for her Television appearance. She has been the jury
member of many popular dance reality shows in India. Saroj Khan received many appreciations
for her contribution in Bollywood dance, she has been awarded with National Awards for
Choreography, FilmFare Award, and American Choreography Award. Gulaab Gang is one of the
upcoming movie choreographed by Saroj Khan.
Kala
Kala is an Indian choreographer who has worked in all the regional film industries . She has
worked in over 4000 songs in various languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi,
Kannada, Oriya, Bengali, English, Italian and Japanese. She has referred to the "Kozhi Koovuthu
Neramachu" song in Azhagan as one of her leading pieces of work, while she was also handed
the opportunity to choreograph the Miss World 1996 Beauty Pageant held at Bangalore for
which she received a special award of excellence. Moreover she notes that a stage event in
Malaysia featuring Prashanth and seven heroines, propelled her into fame. She was awarded
the National Film Award for Best Choreography in 2000 for her folk dance sequeces in the
Malayalam film, Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal.
Prabhu Deva
Prabhu Deva, often credited as Prabhudheva is an Indian film actor, director and dance
choreographer known for his works predominantly
in Tamil,Telugu,Bollywood, Malayalam and Kannada films. In a career spanning twenty-five
years, he has performed and designed a wide range of dancing styles. He has garnered
two National Film Awards for Best Choreography; widely referred in the media
as Indian Michael Jackson.

Deva first appeared as a background dancer for a song in the 1988 Tamil film Agni
Natchathiram. Deva's first venture as a choreographer was Vetri Vizha (1989). He has since then
choreographed in over 100 movies. He also played the lead role in ABCD (Any Body Can
Dance), the first 3D dance film in India.

Raghavan Murugaiyan
Raghavan Murugaiyan (born 9 January 1976) is an Indian choreographer who has also appeared
in films as an actor, director,composer and playback singer. After making his debut as a
choreographer in 1993, he began looking for acting opportunities. He began his career as an
actor in 1998, in a Telugu film, aged 22. He adopted the name "Lawrence" in 2001, and worked
for many prominent actors and directors in Tamil cinema throughout his career. He got his
breakthrough with Telugu film Style and then Muni. Lawrence is also known for his
intricate hip-hop and westernised dance moves and has won 4 Filmfare Awards & 3 Nandi
Awards for best choreography .
Shimak Davar
One choreographer who has changed the way dance itself is perceived in India is Shiamak
Davar. Being the first to introduce styles like jazz and contemporary western forms, Shiamak
rapidly went on to become the most sought after choreographer of Bollywood. He proved his
mettle in his first film, Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), for which he won the Presidents National
award in choreography.
Having honoured prestigious designations like the Director of Choreography for the
Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and Delhi, he has done many successful tours and shows
like the IIFA awards, The Unforgettable Tour (2008), and The Shiamak Davar Tour. His dance
academy has also taught many current Bollywood stars like Shahid Kapoor and Varun Dhawan.
Vaibhavi Merchant
Vaibhavi Merchant is an Indian dance choreographer working in Bollywood films. She is the
granddaughter of choreographer B. Hiralal, and the elder sister of Shruti Merchant. She began
her career by assisting Chinni Prakash. She had her acting debut in
the Malayalam film Snehapoorvam Anna. Her first solo work was the choreography for the song
"Dhol Baaje" for the film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. She won a National Film Award for her
work. She took a short break from the industry and then returned with the song "'O Ri Chhori'" in
the 2001 film Lagaan. She continued to choreograph selected numbers in films such as Devdas
(2002 Hindi film), Baghban, Fida, Dhoom, Veer Zaara, Aaja Nachle and Rab Ne Bana Di
Jodi and Dhoom 3. She also choreographed the Australian musical The Merchants of
Bollywood , a musical written by Toby Gough about her family.
She has been a judge on the television dance show Nach Baliye 3, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season
3), Zara Nach Ke Dikha 2, and Just Dance.

Ganesh Acharya
Ganesh Acharya is an Indian choreographer and occasional film actor active in Bollywood. He
has choreographed for Bodyguardand Singham amongst others. He has also appeared in
numerous music videos for films. He opened out as a film actor with the 2013dance film ABCD:
Any Body Can Dance. Ganesh won national award for best choreography at 61st national awards
for his work for song "masthon ka jhund" from 2014 movie "Bhaag Milka Bhaag"
Ganesh choreographed five big films in the year 2006, namely Rang De Basanti, Phir Hera
Pheri, Golmaal, Omkara and Lage Raho Munnabhai.
The famous item song Chikni Chameli from 2012 film Agneepath featuring Katrina Kaif was
choreographed by Ganesh Acharya.
Brinda
Brinda Master is a well known dance choreographer from South India. She has her unique style
of filming a song. She makes stalwarts like Kamal Haasan, Rajnikant, Aishwarya Rai, and even
Prabhu Deva dance to her tunes . She was conferred with the National Award for Best
Choreography in 1999.
Longinus Fernandes
He is an Indian choreographer and dancer, who won the Film fare Best Choreography Award in
2009; and internationally, he is most known as the choreographer of the closing credits dance
sequence featuring Academy Award for Best Original Song winning song, Jai Ho and another
featuring O... Saya, also nominated in the same category, in the film Slumdog Millionaire
(2008).
MUSIC DIRECTORS
A.R Rahman
One of the most versatile and talented playback singers as well as composers that India has
today, A.R. Rahman is a music legend who needs no introduction. A music academy in himself,
Rahman has stolen the hearts of millions across the world with his stupendous and captivating
performances. With several achievements that he has brought to India, he is one man who stands
to be a unique and distinguished character amongst the best of the best. Rahman composed some
of the most memorable and exceptional music scores and soundtracks for both Indian and foreign
movies. He has been awarded the Rajat Kamal Award thrice again for 'Minsaara Kanavu' in
1997, 'Lagaan' in 2002, and 'Kannathil Muthamittal' in 2003, a record for any composer. His
popular films include 'Bombay', 'Kadhalan', 'Indira', 'Muthu', 'Love Birds', 'Rangeela', 'Taal', 'Dil
Se', 'Saathiya', 'Guru', and 'Rang De Basanti'. His style of music combined natural sounds with
classical, folk, jazz, reggae, soft rock and other varied styles of music. Rahman bagged two
Academy Awards and a Golden Globe, for internationally acclaimed Slumdog Mllionaire.
Vishal Dadlani
Music composer Vishal Dadlani was the winner of the IIFA Award for Best Background Score
for the film Godmother in 1999. However, he gained more recognition when, along with partner
Shekhar Ravjiani, he won the R D Burman Award for New Music Talent for the 2003 film
Jhankaar Beats. The duo has also been the recipients of Asian Film Award for Best Composer
for 2007 film Om Shanti Om.
Vishal Dadlani is an eminent music director in B-town and generally composes music with
partner Shekhar Ravjiani. Vishal started his career in the industry in 1999 and scored the music
for Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi, which became quite popular among music listeners. And then
came along Jhankaar Beats, which proved to be a major turning point of his career. The songs
of this film became chartbusters, and his efforts were materialized when he won the R D Burman
New Music Talent Award along with Shekhar.
Amit Trivedi
Amit Trivedi's musical journey started during his days at Rizvi College Mumbai where he joined
a fusion band called "OM". The band did few gigs and got an album released by Times Music
but the album failed due to poor promotion. Amit's struggle continued with ad-jingles,
background scores for TV serials and Theater. Singer Shilpa Rao introduced him to
director Anurag Kashyap who was looking for a composer for his ambitious project Dev.D.
Dev.D was the major turning point for him, earning accolades, fame and a National Film Award
for Best Music Direction. He also won two Filmfare and a Star Screen award for the same
movie. He continued working with his college band mate and lyricistAmitabh Bhattacharya in
Dev.D, Wake Up Sid (2009) and Udaan (2010) . He is also know for his music in films sich as
Queen, Lootera and Kai Po Che.
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian singer-songwriter, film score,
and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has
predominantly scored music for Tamil films. Being the youngest son of noted film
composer Ilaiyaraaja, he began his musical career in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film
score for Aravindhan. After initial struggle, he made his big break with the Thulluvadho
Ilamai soundtrack (2001), and evolved as one of Tamil cinema's most sought-after composers by
the mid-2000s. He has won two Filmfare Awards; the Best Music Director Award in 2004 for his
score in the drama 7G Rainbow Colony and Filmfare Special Award - South in 2009 for his
Telugu musical Oy!. Besides, he received six nominations for Filmfare Awards, one Tamil Nadu
State Film Award in 2006 and the Cyprus International Film Festival Award in 2006 for Raam,
becoming the only Indian composer to win it.
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Ilayaraja
Born and brought up in an obscure village near Kambam in Southern Tamil Nadu, Ilayaraja
became the first Asian to score a symphony for the London Philharmonic Orchestra, besides
scoring over 900 feature films in a period of 35 years. Raja, as he is popularly known and
affectionately called, comes from a family of musicians. He is regarded as one of the finest
music directors in India, Ilayaraja has composed more than 4500 songs in over 950 films in
many Indian languages. Debuting in Annakili, Ilayaraja has been in the industry for more than 30
years as a music director and has won four national awards including one for Best background
score for Pazhassi Raja which was released in 2009. He is a shining beacon of hope for many
budding composers.
Pritam Chakraborty
Pritam Chakraborty, better known as Pritam is one of the most successful music directors in
Bollywood these days. Born in Kolkata, Pritam is the son of Prabodh Chakraborty, who runs a
music school for children. Pritam got his first break in the movie 'Tere Liye'. Though the music
was well received, the film sank at the box office. However, in 2002, Pritam got the chance to
compose the music for Yashraj Films' 'Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai'. All the songs from that movie
were chartbusters and that was Pritam's first hard step in Bollywood Music.
Pritam successfully composes music for at least 10 films per year now and the popularity for
some of them have been quite huge. Dhoom, Dhoom 2, Gangster, Jab We Met, Life in a Metro,
Bhool Bhulaiya, Race and Billu are some of these blockbusters.
G. V. Prakash Kumar
G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has mainly
scored music for Tamil films. His first film was S Pictures' Veyil (2006) and he became popular
in Tamil cinema by the early 2010s. G.V has made himself a strong force to reckon with in the
industry that is not afraid to try new things. Despite being associated with non-commercial films
in the past he showed he could deliver the contemporary tunes in Saguni and Thaandavam. His
excellent work in Paradesi suggests was critically acclaimed. He has won a film fare award as
the Best Music director for the movie Aadukaaam
Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar is an Indian film composer, musician and singer in
the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi film industries. After working with several composers
as assistant and conductor, Vidyasagar made his debut as a film composer in the 1989 Tamil
filmPoomanam. Working for over 250 feature films, he is the recipient of the
prestigious National Award and five Filmfare Awards.
Vidyasagar became an independent music director with the song En Anbe in the 1989 Tamil
movie Poomanam. Though Vidyasagar started his music career with a Tamil film, he gained
recognition in the Tamil music industry at a later stage. He shifted base to Tollywood in 1993.
In 199495, Vidyasagar was selected by Tamil actor-director Arjun, with whom he worked for
many acclaimed musical films like Jai Hind, Karna and Subash. Vidyasagar composed some of
the music for Arjun Sarja's films with some melodic numbers like Malare and Padu
Padu.Vidyasagar is appreciated by other musicians for having a definite identity in his songs and
not getting involved in many plagiarism or copying activities.
Mechery Louis Ouseppachan
Mechery Louis Ouseppachan (born 13 September 1954), mononymously known
as Ousepachhan is an Indian film composer who mainly sets scores for Malayalam films. He is a
recipient of National Award, Filmfare Award and Kerala State Film Awards for his numerous
film soundtrack albums and background scores.
Ousephachan was born to Mechery Louis and Mathiri Paliakkara on 13 September 1954
in Ollur, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
[1]
He completed his formal education from Saint Thomas
College, Thrissur. He was interested in music and by the time he finished his formal education,
he had become an expert violinist. He started his music career as violinist in some music troupes.
Later he got the chance to be the violinist in concerts of renowned playback singer Madhuri. He
later became the violinist under music director Paravoor Devarajan master.
[1]
Then he moved
to Madras, Tamil Nadu where most of the recording works of Malayalam films were done. His
first work in the film industry was the film Eenam, for which he set the background score. He
composed the soundtrack for the film Aaravam (1979), however Kathodu Kathoram (1985),
directed by Bharathan is considered as his debut. Ouseppachan's work was noted for the film and
three songs from the film became super hits. These songs were noted also for the immense use of
violin.
Anirudh Ravichander
He is an Indian film composer and singer. He made his debut in the Tamil film, 3 directed
by Aishwarya R. Dhanush. The song, "Why This Kolaveri Di", that Anirudh had composed for
the Tamil film 3, went viral on YouTube

and has tracked more than 80 million views. All his
music albums have become hit the top chats. He is currently the most sought after music director
in the film industry. His music works comprises of Vanakkam Chennai, Ehtir Neechal, Maan
Karate, Kaththi, David, Velaiyilla Pattathari amd Irandaam Ullagam. His other independent work
incudes Chancey illa and Sachin anthem.

Koduri Keeravaani

Koduri Keeravaani, better known as M. M. Keeravaani under the alias Maragatha Mani (Tamil
cinema) and M. M. Kreem(Bollywood), is an Indian film music composer and playback singer,
who works in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindicinema. In 1997, he has garnered
the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the movie Annamayya. He has won eight
Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards, four Filmfare Awards South and a Tamil Nadu State Film
Award.
SOUND DESIGNERS
Resul Pookutty
Resul Pookutty is an Indian film sound designer, editor and mixer. He is well known for his
work in the film Slumdog Millionaire.
In 1995 he graduated from the FTII, Pune and moved to Mumbai to make his debut in sound
design for the film Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One. His big break was when he
worked on the film Black by Sanjay Leela Bhansali in 2005. Some other films he has worked on
include Zinda, Bluffmaster, Traffic Signal, Gandhi: My Father, Dus Kahaniyaan, Slumdog
Millionaire and Ghajini. Resul Pookutty launched himself internationally when he had the
opportunity to work with director Dany Boyle as a sound mixer for the film Slumdog
Millionaire. The film won him an Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing and the BAFTA
Award for Best Sound Mixing along with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke. In 2010 he was awarded
the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Some of the other awards he has won include the
Zee Cine Award for Best Audiography for the film Musafir, The National Film Award for his
work in Pazhassi Raja, and the Zee Cine Award for Best Sound Design in Ra.One
Vivk Sachidanad
He uses sound as a means of story telling, and not merely as a background prop, took shape. He
won the Indian National Film Award for the film Ksha Tra Gya(Best Audiography 2005) where
he demonstrated his innovative and occasionally iconoclastic approach to sound design. He
trained with renowned Sound Designers P M Satheesh and Academy Award winner Resul
Pookutty and developed his own style of sound mixing and design. He has been involved in a
number of successful Indian and internationally acclaimed projects.
Bishwadeep Chtterjee
For most of his career span spread across two decades, he has recorded and mixed songs/music
and sound tracks for films like Chachi 420, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas, Munnabhai
MBBS, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham etc, music albums like Silk Route, Ab Ke Sawan etc. and a
number of commercials. His award accolades include two IIAFA awards, a Filmfare award for
the films Devdas and Parineeta and a Screen Award for Best Sound Design for the Eklavya and a
National Award for Madras Caf. He has worked as a designer and technical consultant for
various recording studios and also has installations for music and post-production in Mumbai
and Kolkatta.. He has done the entire sound designing, mixing and music engineering for films
such as Chokher Bali, Raincoat, Antar Mahal, The Last Lear, Parineeta, Lage Raho Munnabhai,
Eklavya, Laga Chunari Mein Daag etc
H.Sridhar
H Sridhar engineered over 200 films and worked closely with directors like Mani Ratnam, K.
Balachandar, Bharathiraaja, Shankar, Kamal Hassan, P. C. Sreeram, Priyadarsan, Sibi Malayil
and Ramgopal Varma. Among Sridhar's many professional credits was the fact that he
engineered all songs and background scores for the renowned music director A. R. Rahman.
Some ground-breaking films to his credit are Roja, Gentleman, Kadhalan, Thiruda Thiruda,
Bombay, Duet, Mahanadi, Rangeela, Kuruthippunnal, Muthu, Indian, Minsaara Kanavu and
Iruvar. He also engineered the background music score and songs for the national award winning
films Kaala Paani for music director Ilaiyaraaja and Minasaara Kanavu for music director A R
Rahman. Sridhar was awarded the President's Gold Medal (The National Award for Best
Audiography) twice: for the film Mahanadi in 1994 and for Dil Se in 1999. Having pioneered the
use of Digital Sound for Indian films in the DTS format, Sridhar successfully completed six-
track surround sound mixing for more than 100 films . Sridhar also engineered and mixed
albums for international artists like George Harrison of The Beatles, John Neptune Kaizan,
Pandit Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain and L. Shankar.
Shaji koyeri
Shajith Koyeri is a sound designer in the field of sync sound technique and an experienced
creative sound designer in Indian cinema. An experienced "creative sound designer" and a
pioneer in the field of "sync sound technique", Shajith Koyeri has been the man behind many
successful executions of sync sound projects (synchronized sound recordings) in Indian cinema.
A National award winning sound designer for "Omkara", Shajith also won the prestigious Film
fare award for the same. Besides, he is also the recipient of the Star Screen Award for
"Kaminey". After having worked on over 70 films and successfully collaborating with
accomplished directors on their powerful scripts, Shajith is already being measured as a
proficient "creative sound designer" & "creative sound editor" in the Indian Film Industry.
A.S Laxmi Narayanan
A. S. Laxmi Narayanan (commonly referred to as Laxmi Narayanan) is an audiographer - sound
engineer, mixer and sound editor from Vellore in Tamil Nadu. He is based in A. R. Rahman's
studio, the Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios. He won the National Film Award for Best
Audiography for his work on the acclaimed feature film Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), directed
by Mani Ratnam.
Some of the films Narayanan has provided audiography for include Kannathil Muthamittal
(2002), Aayitha Ezhuthu (2004) and Bombay (1995). He has worked with fellow National Film
Award winning sound mixer and audiographer H. Sridhar.
Ganesh Gangdharan
Ganesh Gangadharan is a sound designer and sound editor working in the Indian film industry.
He is known for his work as a sound designer in the movie Dhoom 3 and as sound editor in more
than 30 movies. Some of his great work is in films like Rocket Singh-Salesman Of The Year,
Chak De! India and of course the Dhoom films.
ART DIRECTORS:
Bansi Chandragupta
Bansi Chandragupta is the person who not just changed the very look of Bengali films but his
influence as the foremost Indian art director who championed the cause of authenticity in the
design aspects of a film extended far beyond Bengali cinema.
Bansi Chandragupta, who was of Kashmiri Pandit lineage, was born in 1924, in the town of
Sialkot, now in Pakistan. He studied in Srinagar and from an early age wanted to be a painter. In
1947, Bansi got his first taste of art direction in films when he joined Subho Tagore as an
assistant in the film Abhijatri directed by Hemen Gupta. Subho Tagore left mid-way due to
artistic differences with Gupta and the film's producer-scriptwriter Jyotirmoy Roy. When his
replacement fell ill after a few days, the green-horn Bansi became the art director by default and
he did a pretty competent job. Subsequently he worked in a few minor Bengali commercial films
but his big break came in 1950 when he got an opportunity to assist the famous production
designer Eugene Lourie who was working in Jean Renoir's The River - a film which was being
shot in locales in and around Kolkata Although Bansi's realistic set designs in the film Bhor
Hoye Elo (1953) by Satyen Basu got much acclaim from the professionals in the Bengali film
industry, it was with Pather Panchali that his work broke new grounds in terms of materials,
authenticity and the role of art direction within the overall context of a film. The sets were
constructed outdoors and for the first time all notions of artificiality were discarded in creating
filmic decor - the outdoor sets of village huts, the costumes, the everyday utensils, the furniture,
the pictures of gods and goddesses and other props looked extremely genuine and perfectly in
synch with the characters' milieu and habits and more importantly matched perfectly with the
ethos of lyrical realism inherent in Pather Panchali. Another pioneering facet of this classic film
was that perhaps for the first time in India that sets, costumes and props were designed keeping
in mind aspects of camera movement, choice of lenses and the tonal variations in terms of black
and white cinematography.
Bansi Chandragupta's contribution to production design in India is significant for the innovations
he brought about in using diverse materials for constructing realistic sets and locales. He was the
first person to employ plaster of Paris - he used the flexibility of wet plaster with great effect. He
also developed a special material by sticking together thick brown-paper and cotton sheets to
make walls of the interiors he built. But his greatest ability was to re-create the 'lived-in look' -
the sets and properties therein had the look of daily use and showed the mark of time.
Bansi Chandragupta's interest in cinema was not limited to production design - he had a thorough
knowledge about all the technical and aesthetic aspects of filmmaking. He directed 3
documentaries produced by the Department of Tourism, Government of West Bengal of
whichGlimpses of West Bengal (1967) won the National Award for the Best News and Current
Affairs Film. He had definite ambitions to make a film of his own and before his sudden demise
had almost completed the screenplay and the pre-production work for his maiden effort as a film
director.

Sabu Cyril
Sabu Cyril is an Indian film art director. He has won National Film Award for Best Art
Direction four times and Filmfare Best Art Direction Award (including south) five times. His
latest work Enthiran, in which he also played an important role, has won him international
recognition. Over the years, he has emerged to be the most expensive and celebrated art director
in the country.
Sabu Cyril was born in Kerala and completed his schooling there. He graduated from
the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai(formerly Government School of Arts and Crafts,
Chennai).
From 1982 to 1988, he was a freelance graphics designer for companies such as Welcomgroup
Hotels, the Taj Group of Hotels, and Madura Coats. In 1988, he began his art director career, and
has directed more than 480 advertisements, 3 teleserials and 50 feature films
in Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada and designed several stage shows. In 1996, he
directed the stage design for the Miss World beauty pageant. He also worked as one of the 2nd
unit directors in the 1990 film Iyer the Great.
His received National awards for Best Production Desginer in the movies Thenmavin
Kombath,Kaalapaani, Om Shanti Om and Enthiran.

Thota Tharani
Thota Tharani is an Indian film art director and production designer who has worked in Tamil
cinema, Telugu cinema, Malayalam cinema Kannada cinema and Bollywood. As of 2013, he has
won two National Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South and four Tamil Nadu State Film
Awards. His work consists of paintings, murals, paper collages, wooden montages, and
installations and so on.
His work was very much appreciated

in films such as Nayagan, Indian the two films fetched him
a National Film Award. His recent works include Dasavathaaram, Kanthaswamy and Leader.
He has worked in more than 100 feature films as a production designer, including three foreign
productions: Pondichry, Dernier Comptoir Des Indes (French), Hanuman (French)
and Branchie (Italian). His expertise in magnificent and larger than life sets has been well
appreciated and awarded
.
His realistic

sets forNayagan are awe inspiring

and the grandeur of the
sets he created for Thiruda Thiruda and Mudhalvan added to the flavour of the films
In addition to being an art director, Thota Tharani has worked as a Production designer and in the
art department in various films.
Thota Tharrani completed his Graduate Diploma in Mural Painting in 1971 and subsequently
was offered a Fellowship from the Government of France to study Print-making. Additionally,
he completed print making courses from the Royal College of Arts, London and New Delhi.
Nitish roy
Nitish Roy is an Indian film art director, production designer, and costume designer in Hindi
cinema and a Bengali Film Director, who is also known for his work with art
cinema directors, Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen and Govind Nihlani, Hindi mainstream cinema,
directors like Rajkumar Santoshi, as well as international directors like Mira Nair and Gurinder
Chadha.After graduation from the Government Art College, Kolkatta, Nitish Roy began his
career as a commercial artist in an advertising agency and in his spare time, would design
interiors for friends and acquaintances as well. His designs for exhibition pavilions fetched him
appreciation and awards too. The hunger to do more creative work and the enthusiasm to break
away from the traditional and conventional norms. He has won three National film awards for
Art Direction for Kharij, Mandi and Lekin.
R. Vermen
Ratna Verman Shetty Mostly credited as R.Verman is a noted Indian Art director.
Born in Mangalore, Verman is an alumnus of J. J. School of Art, Mumbai. After completing his
education he started his own publicity designing and cine advertising business company called
Takshila. During this time his major clients were Navketan films and Verman worked on
production houses of films like Jewel Thief and Guide.
While working as a publicity designer Verman became interested in art direction and worked as
an assistant of noted art director Sudhendu Roy for few years before becoming a full fledged art
director. Verman worked on production houses of films like Jewel Thief and Guide.So far he has
worked on more than 350 films mostly in Hindi cinema. He has won the Filmfare award for best
art direction twice for the films Hum (1992) and Angaar (1993).
Nikhil Baran sengupta
Art director and production designer Nikhil Baran Sengupta popularly known as Nikhil da
among the film fraternity hardly needs an introduction.
A pioneer for the Oriya film industry, Nikhil da has the enviable distinction of working for more
than 100 films in three languages Oriya, Bengali and Hindi and with 35 directors. He is lone
member of the Oriya film industry to work with stalwarts like Aparna Sen, Buddhadeb Dasgupta,
Manmohan Desai, Amol Palekar, Prasant Nanda, Biplab Roy Choudhury, Nitai Palit, Govind Tej
and Raju Mishra.
Winner of three State Awards for art direction Hakim Baboo, Janani and Hisab Nikas his
distinct debut came with Oriya film industrys first colour film Gapa Helebi Sata.
Born a year prior to Indian Independence, Nikhil had his schooling in Ranihat High School in
Cuttack. He later studied science in Ravenshaw College but his heart was with the world of art
that took him to Kolkata to study art in Government College of art and Crafts there.
Upon completion of his studies in 1969, he worked with a number of advertising firms as a
visualiser and as an illustrator for several magazines. He delved into painting and held a few
exhibitions of his works. However, once he got into the film industry, he did not have any time
to look back.
Now based in Bhubaneswar, Nikhil loves to paint water colours at his leisure.
The jury of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award in recognition of his services and eminence has
great pleasure in nominating Shri Nikhil Baran Sengupta for the award in the category of
Eminent Person in Cinema for the year 2008.
T. Muthuraj
T. MuthuRaj (born July 29, 1969, Coimbatore, India). is an Indian film production designer. He
entered the film industry after completing his B.Sc. degree in fine arts as first assistant to Sabu
Cyril after which he has served as production designer in critically acclaimed and celebrated
films in major Indian languages. His big break came in the 1997 Malayalam
film Guru starring Mohanlal and Suresh Gopi, directed by Rajiv Anchal, for which he received
theKerala State Film Award for Best Art Director.Muthuraj has since worked in such path
breaking hits as Arputha Theevu, Angaditheru, Pazhasi Raja,Irumbukottai Murattu
Singham and Avan Ivan. He has contributed to the success of 43 feature films and 185
commercials. He has won many film awards for best art direction and for his creative works. His
latest work is Nanban (2012) directed by Shankar, which has won huge appreciation from all
quarters.

Samir Chanda
Samir Chanda was an Indian art director and production designer across Indian cinema,
including Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Tamil, most known for his work in films like Yodha
(1992), Dil Se.. (1998), Guru (2007), Omkara (2006), Rang De Basanti (2006), and Raavan
(2010).

He also directed a Bengali film, Ek Nadir Galpo (2008) starring Mithun Chakraborty. It was
Indian entries for the Asian, African and Latin American Competition segment of the 38th
International Film Festival of India (IFFI), in Goa He was awarded the National Film Award for
Best Art Direction four times, including Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero
(2005) directed by Shyam Benegal.A trained painter from Government College of Art & Craft,
Kolkata, he moved to Mumbai and started his career as an assistant to noted art director Nitish
Roy working in films like, Mandi (1983) by Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen. Subsequently started
handling films independently as art director and production designer, with Subhash Ghai's Ram
Lakhan (1989). Over the years he worked with directors like Shyam Benegal, Sangeeth Sivan,
Vishal Bhardwaj, Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, Gautam Ghosh and Mani Ratnam.For film Delhi-6
directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Chanda recreated inner lanes of Old Delhi at Sambhar
town in Rajasthan, as it has similar architecture. Later, for some scenes, historic Jama Masjid
was digitally added to the frame as a backdrop.Wasiq Khan, who later did Gangs of Wasseypur
(2012) and Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013), started his career as an assistant art director
with Chanda in films, Mani Ratnam's Iruvar (1997) and Shyam Benegal's Hari-Bhari (2000),
before starting out on his own.He died in Mumbai on 18 August 2011, at the age of 53.
Reportedly, he suffered a drug reaction to a painkiller he had taken for a toothache earlier that
day, and suffered a heart attack. He was rushed to a hospital in Malad, Mumbai, where he died
within an hour.

Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Nitin Chandrakant Desai is a noted Indian art director and production designer of Indian cinema
turned film and television producer, most known for his work in films like, Lagaan (2001),
Jodhaa Akbar (2008), Devdas (2002) and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999). During his career
spanning twenty years, he has worked with directors like Ashutosh Gowarikar, Vidhu Vinod
Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani and Sanjay Leela Bhansali.In 2002, he turned film producer with
Chandrakant Productions' Desh Devi, a devotional film on the Devi Mata of Kutch.

He has won National Film Award for Best Art Direction four times, and Filmfare Best Art
Direction Award three times. In 2005, he opened his ND Studios spread over 52 acres (21 ha) at
Karjat, Navi Mumbai, near Mumbai, which has since hosted movies like Jodha Akbar, Traffic
Signal as also Color's reality show Big Boss.In Marathi, he has produced a biopic movie
Balgandharva released in May 2011. He has also produced a reality TV show "Marathi Paul
Padte Pudhe", which provides a platform for young talent. Concept is similar to America's Got
Talent.Currently he is working on Amol Gupte's "Sapno Ko Ginte Ginte", and after producing
Chittod Ki Rani Padmini Ka Johur (2009) TV series, he is now producing historic TV series, Taj
Mahal and Baji Rao Mastani. In 2011,he also debuted as a lead actor by the Marathi film 'Hello
Jai Hind' directed by Gajendra Ahire. He received National award for his work as an art director
in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Lagaan, Devdas and Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar.

Wasiq Khan
Wasiq Khan (born 1975) is a noted Indian production designer and art director, who works in
Bollywood (Hindi cinema). He is known for his gritty-realism in Anurag Kashyap films like
That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011) and Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), besides working in
mainstream masala films like Dabangg (2010), Raanjhanaa (2013), and Goliyon Ki Raasleela
Ram-Leela (2013) directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Khan was brought up in Delhi, his father was an engineer by profession. He graduated from
Faculty of Fine Arts at Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi in 1996. During his college days,
he met Samir Chanda during a shoot of Ketan Mehta's film Sardar (1993).
After completing his graduation in 1996, Khan left for Mumbai with a business card of Samir
Chanda. However unable to contact Chanda, he managed to get a job as a backdrop painter with
art director Ratnakar Phadke at Kamalistan Studios.After a few months, he did meet Chanda,
who hired him as an assistant for the production of Tamil period drama, Iruvar (1997), which
was directed by Mani Ratnam and Hari-Bhari (2000) directed by Shyam Benegal. Chanda is
known for his realism in films like Dil Se.. (1998), Guru (2007), Omkara (2006) and Rang De
Basanti (2006). In 1999, Chanda recommended his name to Anurag Kashyap for Last Train to
Mahakali, a 1999 television short film for Star Bestsellers series on Star Plus. This became
Khan's first break as an independent production designer. Next he worked, Matrubhoomi (2003).
He also worked in Kashyap's directorial debut, Paanch which was made in 2003, however never
got released. Subsequently, he worked with Kashyap's noir-influenced films, Black Friday
(2004) set in the 1993 Bombay bombings, No Smoking (2007), Gulaal (2009), That Girl in
Yellow Boots (2010), however it was his work in Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), that got him
recognition. Though, he didn't work on Kashyap's Dev.D (2009), Khan work colloboration with
Kashyap has played a key role in establishing the distinctive visual language of Kashyap's films.

He worked in genres ranging from thrillers like Milan Luthria's Taxi No. 9211 (2006), Raj
Kumar Gupta's Aamir (2008) to art films Dharm (2007) directed by Bhavna Talwar, which won
the National Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. His breakthrough into
mainstream Bollywood came with Salman Khan starrer Wanted (2009) directed by Prabhu Deva.
This was followed another action hit Dabangg (2010) also starring Salman Khan. Since he
doesn't use software, for the film he drew over 100 sketches detailing out every set in the
film.Meanwhile he also worked on romantic comedies, like Tanu Weds Manu (2011), Ladies vs
Ricky Bahl (2011) and Raanjhanaa (2013). For 2010 sleeper hit Tere Bin Laden (2010), the
Abbottabad city in Pakistan was recreated in Film City, Mumbai.Also in the same year, for
Sanjay Dutt-starrer Lamhaa (2010), sets of Kashmir erected in Film City, Mumbai, where the
film is set. For this two truckloads of chinar tree leaves were brought in from Kashmir.
Akshay Kumar-starrer Rowdy Rathore (2012) directed by Prabhu Deva was co-produced by
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, whose next project Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013) for which
elaborate sets were created in Mumbai, where the film was shot for 10 months.
For his style he uses work of Peruvian-born painter Boris Vallejo as reference, as he believes "It
contains everything, realism, surrealism, and colours playing against each other. I never look at
other movies. He has been the only inspiration since college." His upcoming projects include,
Bhootnath Returns, a sequel to Bhoothnath (2008), a biopic on the political prisoner Sarabjit
Singh, a Hindi remake of the Tamil film Ramanaa (2002), and 21 Topon ki Salaami.

EDITORS:

Sreekar Prasad
Akkineni Sreekar Prasad (born 8 January 1952) better known as Sreekar Prasad is a National
Award winning Film editing professional, known for his works in Indian Cinema.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.

Sreekar Prasad was a graduate in Literature from University of Madras. He learned the art of
film editing from his father in Telugu films. 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. 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).

Sreekar Prasad was born to film editor Akkineni Sanjeevi, brother of Telugu film doyen L. V.
Prasad. He has received 8 national awards for his work in Raakh, Rag ,
Nauka Caritramu,The Terrorist,Vaanaprastham,Kannathil Muthamittal and Firaaq.

M.S Mani

M. S. Mani is an Indian film director and editor in Malayalam movies. He won National award
twice in 1990 and 1992 for editing the films Nakhashatangal and Iyyer The Great and Kerala
State Award in 1972 for editing.He joined the film industry in 1948 and his first film was
Ashaadeepam.He has edited more than 300 movies. His famous works as editor includes
Kathapurushan, Vidheyan, Sargam, Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Anantharam and Amritham
Gamaya all that went noticed at the national level.He also edited many Hindi and Tamil films.
He also directed seven films, including Doctor, Sathyabhama, Subaida, Thalirukal, Vilakkapatta
Bandhangal and Jalakannyaka. He was a popular Malayalam movie director during 1980s.


He hails from Poojapura in Thiruvananthapuram. He was born on November 1926 to
Mrithyunjaya Ayyar and Balambal. He died on March 9, 2008 at the Sree Ramachandra Hospital
in Chennai, following hearty diseases on Saturday. He was 81 and is survived by wife
Seethamani and only son, Karthik.

B.Lenin

B. Lenin is an editor, writer and director who has worked in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films.
He is the son of A. Bhimsingh, a Tamil film maker. Lenin entered the film industry as an
assistant editor and went on to work in numerous projects before becoming an independent
editor. He made his debut as a full-fledged editor through J. Mahendran's Uthiripookkal in 1979.
After a few films, Lenin started working with his long-time assistant V. T. Vijayan and the duo
has so far worked in over hundred films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi films
apart from an English film, Eli My Friend. As of 2013, Lenin has won five National Film
Awards including the awards for Best Direction and Best Editing. He was the chairman of the
Film Federation of India of India in 2011.
Lenin was born in a family consisting of eight children. His father A. Bhimsingh was a well
known director in Tamil and Hindi films. Lenin has a younger brother named B. Kannan who is
a cinematographer. Lenin started his career as an associate director of his father and assisted
editing in many of his films. He also had experience as a lab technician and sound engineering
department as well. After several films as working as an assistant Lenin made his debut as an
independent editor in in 1979 through Uthiripookkal, a Tamil film directed by J. Mahendran.
Although he started as an independent editor he associated himself with his assistant V. T.
Vijayan and the duo went on to work together in a number of films during the 80s and 90s
including Nayakan, Geethanjali, Anjali and Kadhalan, which won them the National Film Award
for Best Editing.He made his directional debut in 1983 through Ethanai Konam Ethanai Paarvai
(1983) and went on to direct four feature films and four non-feature films. His short film Knock-
out (1992) was critically acclaimed as it went on to win the Islamia critics Award for Best Short
Film at the Cairo International Film Festival.It also won the National Film Award for Best First
Non-Feature Film of a Director for Lenin.The jury noted, "The director has given us a powerful
insight into the labyrinth of the human mind faced with a disaster situation".Three years later, he
directed his second short film tilted Kutravali which won the Best Editing at the 43rd National
Film Awards. In 2002, Lenin made Ooruku Nooruper. The film fetched him the Best Direction
award apart from winning the Best Regional Film (Tamil).The film dealt with capital punishment
and was received with critical response.He has also directed a few TV serials including Solladi
Sivasakthi. Lenin has held important positions such as the jury member of 57th National Film
Awards (2010) and the chairman of Oscar selection committee (of FFI) in 2011.

Suresh Urs

Suresh Urs is an Indian film editor who works predominantly in the South Indian cinema. He has
edited over 700 films and 40 documentaries and television shows. Urs is well known for his
association with directors like Girish Karnad, Mani Ratnam, Shankar Nag, T. S. Nagabharana,
Girish Kasaravalli, P. Vasu, Bala, Saran and Baraguru Ramachandrappa. He was awarded the
National Film Award for Best Editing for his work in Bombay (1995),he is also a recipient of
five Karnataka State Film Awards and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. He was also honored
to win the Karnataka State Rajyotsava Prashasti.

Renu Saluja

Renu Saluja (5 July 195216 August 2000) was an Indian film editor. In the 1980s and 1990s,
she worked with both mainstream and art house Hindi cinema directors, including Govind
Nihalani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Sudhir Mishra, Shekhar Kapoor, and Mahesh Bhatt, Vijay Singh.
Her work encompassed multiple feature films, documentaries, short films, and television series.

Renu was a four-time winner of National Film Award for Best Editing for Parinda (1989),
Dharavi (1991), Sardar (1993) and Godmother (1999) besides winning Filmfare Award for Best
Editing again for Parinda (1989) and 1942: A Love Story (1994).

Renu was born into a Punjabi family. Renu applied to direction program of the Film and
Television Institute of India Pune in 1974, but was not accepted into the program and ended up
in the editing program instead. She graduated in 1976 and entered the film editing arena in India,
which, at that time, was dominated by men.

She first edited, Vidhu Vinod Chopras diploma film, Murder at Monkey Hill (1976), which
went on to win the National Film Award for the Best Experimental Film in 1977-78. Once out of
the FTII, Renu made her debut,with batch mate Saeed Akhtar Mirza's Albert Pinto Ko Gussa
Kyon Ata Hai (1980), followed by with Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Sazaye Maut (1981), then another
batch-mate Kundan Shah's comedy classic, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), where her work received
its first real acclaim. Her early work was in parallel cinema with her FTII colleagues - Vidhu
Vinod Chopra, Saeed Mirza, Kundan Shah, and Ashok Ahuja.

The first offer that Renu got from outside the circle of 'FTII' filmmakers was Govind Nihalani's
Ardh Satya, filmed in 1983. After Ardh Satya, her career took off and she even did a stint with
Doordarshan.

Parinda made by Vidhu Vinod Chopra was perhaps the first mainstream film that Renu edited
and on which she also assisted. Unlike the smaller films which were made in one schedule,
where she would get the entire film in front of her before she commenced editing, Parinda was
shot over a period of three years as it depended on star dates, availability of locations, etc.

In the 1990s Renu was involved in both mainstream cinema and the new crop of 'different indie
films' that appeared following the success of Hyderabad Blues. Some of the well-known films
that Renu edited include Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983), Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1993), Bandit
Queen (1995), Pardes (1997), Rockford (1999) and Hey Ram (2000), Nagesh Kukunoor's
Bollywood Calling and finally Calcutta Mail released in 2003 was her last edited film.

She died in Mumbai, on 16 August 2000, after ailing from stomach cancer for some time.

N.B Srikanth
N. B. Srikanth is an Indian film editor, working primarily in the Tamil film industry. He has
mostly worked together with Praveen K. L. on several successful Tamil films, most notably for
Venkat Prabhu's directorials.The duo won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Editor in
2008 for Saroja.He won the National Film Award for Best Editing for the film Aaranya
Kaandam.

Namrata Rao
Namrata Rao (born 1981) is an Indian film editor, who works in Hindi cinema, where starting
with Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008), she edited films like Ishqiya (2010), Band Baaja Baaraat
(2010) and Kahaani (2012).She is most famous for editing and acting in the film Love Sex aur
Dhokha (2010) for which she received the Filmfare Award for Best Editing in 2011. She
received National Film Award for Best Editing and Filmfare Award for Best Editing for the
crtically acclaimed Kahaani (2012).

Born to a middle-class family in Delhi, she obtained a degree in IT, but left the field to pursue
film.She started her career as a graphic designer, also worked with NDTV for a while, before
deciding to study film making at Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata.

Kishore Te.

Kishore Te is an Indian film editor. He has worked in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. For his
work in Aadukalam (2011), he won the National Film Award for Best Editing.

At age 21, Kishore joined film editors B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan as an assistant. He worked for
more than 70 Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films as an assistant editor. His first independent film as
an editor was the Tamil film Eeram (2009) produced by Shankar and directed by Arivazhagan.

Bina Paul

Bina Paul is an award-winning Indian film editor. She has mainly worked on Malayalam-
language films.

Bina Paul was born in 1961 to a Malayali father (M P Paul) and a Kannadiga mother (Sarada).
She was brought up in Delhi. She completed editing course from Film and Television Institute of
India, Pune. She is married to the famous cinemotographer Venu ISC. She holds the post of
Artistic Director of International Film Festival of Kerala. She won a national film award for her
editing work in the movie Mitr, my friend. Her other best works includes Bioscope, Daya and
Saayahnam

Anthony

Anthony (born Llwellyn Anthony Gonsalves on 11 September 1973 in Chennai, India) is a Tamil
film editor. He has worked in over twenty Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu language films. This
makes him one of the few editors to have worked for the three biggest film industries in India.
His notable work includes Kaakha Kaakha, Madarsipattinam, varnaam aayiram, vinaithandi
varuvaayo, sillunu oru kadhal, Manmadhan, Enthiran, Nanban, Kochadaiyaan etc