K. N. T. Sastry Explained

K. N. T. Sastry
Birth Date:5 September 1945
Occupation: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

A Monologue[7]

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorProducerScreenwriterNotes
2016 Shaanu The Golden Elephant Festival
2006Kamli National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
2003Harvesting Baby Girls Special Jury Award International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
2000Thilaadanam New York Indian Film Festival
New Currents Award - 7th Busan International Film Festival
1999SurabhiDocumentary - Short Film
Nandi Award for Best Documentary Film
National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film
1988Daasi National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
Diploma of Merit award at Moscow Film Festival
1987 Maa Ooru 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
International Honours
Nandi Awards[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KNT Sastry: Conscientious filmmaker . The Hindu . 2018-09-17 . 2020-01-07.
  2. How Kamli came alive onscreen . 31 December 2004 . Rediff.com . 2012-08-25.
  3. Web site: NYIFF 2016. www.iaac.us.
  4. Web site: Asian Project Market l 8 -11 October 2012 . Apm.asianfilmmarket.org . 2009-05-28 . 2012-08-27 . 25 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225054833/http://apm.asianfilmmarket.org/eng/database/view_ppp_history.asp?order_year=2004&idx=161&no=16 . dead .
  5. Web site: Awards . Busan International Film Festival . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170620083906/http://biff.kr/Template/Builder/00000001/page.asp?page_num=4892 . 20 June 2017 . 27 June 2017.
  6. Web site: A film 'Shaanu' on kids and their dilemmas . The Hindu . 2015-11-24 . 2020-01-07.
  7. Book: Sastry . K. N. T. . Chittoor V. Nagaiah: A Monograph . 2017-08-29 . 9788123025438 . 2020-01-07.
  8. Web site: 41st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 3 March 2012.
  9. Web site: 43rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 3 March 2012.
  10. Web site: 47th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 13 March 2012.
  11. Web site: Kamli - My Daughter . Apoorvachitra.com . 2012-08-27 . 7 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120407105628/http://www.apoorvachitra.com/profiles.html . dead .
  12. Web site: నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008). A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. 21 August 2020. (in Telugu)

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