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Gunasekar (born 2 June 1964) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has directed films in action, romance, mythological, and historical drama genres. He has won a National Film Award, multiple Nandi Awards, and a Filmfare Award South.

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Gunasekar
Gunasekhar in 2015
Born	2 June 1964 (1964-06-02) (age 58)[1] Narsipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Director screenwriter producer
Spouse	Ragini
Children	2; including Neelima

Gunasekhar directed the mythological film Ramayanam (1997), which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film and was screened at the International Children's Film Festival of India.[2][3] His 2003 action film, Okkadu was huge commercial success becoming the highest grossing Telugu film of that year and was remade into various Indian languages.[4][5] His other notable films include Sogasu Chooda Tharamaa (1995), Choodalani Vundi (1998), Manoharam (2000), and Rudhramadevi (2015).

Career

Before venturing into mainstream film direction, Gunasekar worked as an associate director to D. V. Narsaraju, Kranthi Kumar, and Ram Gopal Varma.[6] Gunasekhar made his directorial debut with the socio-political Lathi (1992), for which he received the state Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director.

He directed the super-hit romance film, Sogasu Chooda Tharamaa (1995), which received the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film. In 1997, Gunasekhar directed the mythological film Ramayanam, which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film and was screened at the International Children's Film Festival of India.[2][3]

His next film was the action thriller Choodalani Vundi (1998), which introduced the DTS sound to the Telugu screen and was a box-office hit.[7] The film was later remade into Hindi as Calcutta Mail. He then directed the political thriller, Manoharam (2000), which again bagged the Nandi Award for Best Story, and the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film.

His 2003 action film, Okkadu was huge commercial success becoming the highest grossing Telugu film of that year and was remade into various Indian languages.[4][5] The 2004 drama film Arjun was screened at the International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section.[8]

His latest venture is the historical film, Rudhramadevi which was released in October 2015 to widely mixed reviews but despite that it became an average grosser of the year.[9][10][11]

Personal life

Gunasekher is married to Ragini, and the couple has two daughters – Neelima and Yukhta.[12]

Filmography and awards

Year	Film	Director	Producer	Screenwriter	Awards and Honors
1992	Laati	Yes		Yes	Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director[13]
1995	Sogasu Chooda Tharamaa	Yes		Yes	Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer
1997	Ramayanam	Yes		Yes	National Film Award for Best Children's Film International Children's Film Festival of India
1998	Choodalani Vundi	Yes		Yes
2000	Manoharam	Yes		Yes
2001	Mrugaraju	Yes		Yes
2003	Okkadu	Yes		Yes	Nandi Award for Best Director Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu
2004	Arjun	Yes		Yes	International Film Festival of India
2006	Sainikudu	Yes		Yes
2010	Varudu	Yes		Yes
2012	Nippu	Yes		Yes
2015	Rudhramadevi	Yes	Yes	Yes
2022	Shaakuntalam	Yes	Yes	Yes
TBA	Hiranya Kasyapa	Yes	Yes	Yes

References

External links

• home page
• Gunasekhar at IMDb

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