Kumar G. Venkatesh

Venkatesh Kumar. G
Born Venkatesh Kumar. G
(1981-06-25) 25 June 1981
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation director, screenwriter
Years active 2012–present
Website www.studio18co.in

Venkatesh Kumar. G (Tamil: வெங்கடேஷ் குமார் .ஜி;born 25 June 1981) is an Indian Film director and screenwriter working in Tamil cinema. He rose to fame with his Short Film "White Dirt"[1] that won awards in International Film Festivals.He is known for his short films that are created on social awareness and now he makes his debut in Tamil film industry with his film Neelam,[2] which is based on a fisherman's life.His work "Moths" won the "Best Documentary" award in Indo-Russian Film Festival New Delhi 2013. ****. He represented India in an 8-member Delegation team that were invited to Russia by ROSSOTRUDINCHESTVO-Federal Agency for Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation. His Documentary "Kannadi Bommaigal"-Children of Light won the Best Documentary Award at the 6th Norway Tamil Film Festival 2015. In 2016 he Produced and Directed a Tamil Feature Film "Unakkul Naan" which was premiered at Norway and was released worldwide in April 2016.

Background

Venkatesh Kumar.G was born on 25 June 1981 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is a graduate of Physiotherapy from SRM College of Physiotherapy. While struggling as a director, he worked in many call centres, and simultaneously made his short films. Though he is a physio, his passion was in film making and he hardly practised his profession and got into film making and has directed 10 short films and 4 Documentaries so far, and of them four been nominated for International Film Festivals, such as the Western Union Short film Festival 2012, International Tamil Short Film Festival 2012, DBICA Tamil Short Film Festival 2012 and he won an award in BRICS international Film Festival 2012. He made his debut into Tamil film industry with Neelam,[3] which deals with an interesting aspect in the life of a fisherman.His work "Moths" won the "Best Documentary" award in Indo-Russian Film Festival New Delhi 2013. ****And His Documentary "Kannadi Bommaigal" Children of Light won the Best Documentary Award at the 6th Norway Tamil Film Festival 2015. In 2016 he Produced and Directed a Tamil Feature Film "Unakkul Naan" which was premiered at Norway and was released worldwide in April 2016. The Film was aired in Doordarshan on November 14th 2016 as Children's Day Special.

Other awards and recognition

Filmography

As director

Year Film Cast Genre
2013 Neelam Kishore Sree, Pavithra, Jagan Drama
2014 Kannadi Bommaigal Karthik Nagarajan, Jennifer, Vasagan Art Drama
2015 Unakkul Naan Karthik Nagarajan, Master.Sanjith, Apparao Feature Film

References

  1. ↑ "விகடன்.காம் இணையதள ரசிகர்களின் இந்திரபுரி !!!". En.vikatan.com. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Combo of fresh and renowned team for 'Neelam' – Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "Neelam Movie Launch – Tamil Event Video – Neelam | Movie Launch | Venkatesh | Kishore | Pavithra | Esha Meera | Renuka | Satish Chakravarthy | Mirattal Selva". Videos.behindwoods.com. Retrieved 10 November 2012.

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