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'''K. N. T. Sastry''' (born '''Kanaala Nanjunda Tirumala Sastry''') (5 September 1945 – 13 September 2018) was an Indian [[film criticism|film critic]], screenwriter, director, littérateur, and producer, known for his works predominantly in [[Telugu cinema]].<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/knt-sastry-conscientious-filmmaker/article24967357.ece |title=KNT Sastry: Conscientious filmmaker |publisher=The Hindu |date=2018-09-17 |accessdate=2020-01-07}}</ref> He has garnered six [[National Film Awards]], and three International honors.<ref name="rediff2004">{{Cite press release |title=How Kamli came alive onscreen |date=31 December 2004 |publisher=Rediff.com |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/nov/30sastry.htm |access-date=2012-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaac.us/NYIFF2016/directors-first-films.htm|title=NYIFF 2016|website=www.iaac.us}}</ref>


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'''K. N. T. Sastry''' (5 September 1945 – 13 September 2018) was an Indian [[film criticism|film critic]], screenwriter, director and producer, known for his works predominantly in [[Telugu cinema]], and few [[Kannada film]]s. He has garnered six [[National Film Awards]].<ref>{{Cite press release |title=How Kamli came alive onscreen |date=31 December 2004 |publisher=Rediff.com |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/nov/30sastry.htm |access-date=2012-08-25}}</ref>
He served as chairman of critics Jury at [[National Film Awards]].<ref name="asianfilmmarket2004">{{cite web|url=http://apm.asianfilmmarket.org/eng/database/view_ppp_history.asp?order_year=2004&idx=161&no=16 |title=Asian Project Market l 8 -11 October 2012 |publisher=Apm.asianfilmmarket.org |date=2009-05-28 |accessdate=2012-08-27}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="asianfilmmarket2004"/>


Sastry's [[Thilaadanam]] received "New Currents Award" at the 7th Busan International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biff.kr/Template/Builder/00000001/page.asp?page_num=4892 |title=Awards |website=Busan International Film Festival |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620083906/http://biff.kr/Template/Builder/00000001/page.asp?page_num=4892 |archive-date=20 June 2017 |access-date=27 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="rediff2004"/> 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]].<ref name="thehindu2">{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-film-shaanu-on-kids-and-their-dilemmas/article7912430.ece |title=A film ‘Shaanu’ on kids and their dilemmas |publisher=The Hindu |date=2015-11-24 |accessdate=2020-01-07}}</ref><ref name="thehindu1"/>
Sastry was the president of the Hyderabad Film Club from 2008 to 2011, and a film critic with more than thirty years of experience. He was a jury member for many international film festivals. He served as chairman of critics Jury at [[National Film Awards]] and has served as a Jury Member for Andhra Pradesh state [[Nandi Awards]].<ref name=autogenerated1>http://www.asiaticafilmmediale.it/en_schedafilm_view.php?id_config=5&id_scheda=323</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://apm.asianfilmmarket.org/eng/database/view_ppp_history.asp?order_year=2004&idx=161&no=16 |title=Asian Project Market l 8 -11 October 2012 |publisher=Apm.asianfilmmarket.org |date=2009-05-28 |accessdate=2012-08-27}}</ref> Sastry's [[Thilaadanam]] received "New Currents Award" at the 7th [[Busan International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.biff.kr/Template/Builder/00000001/page.asp?page_num=4892 |title=Awards |website=Busan International Film Festival |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620083906/http://biff.kr/Template/Builder/00000001/page.asp?page_num=4892 |archive-date=20 June 2017 |access-date=27 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title=How Kamli came alive onscreen |date=31 December 2004 |publisher=Rediff.com |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/nov/30sastry.htm |access-date=2012-08-25}}</ref>

==Noted Publications==
*[[V. Nagaiah]] A Monologue <ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=_kc1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT6&lpg=PT6&dq=knt+sastry+chitoor+nagaiah&source=bl&ots=ry6ThHkAiC&sig=ACfU3U2m5p3zB2aLeOK2pNsaD_9CMe46FQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiOmtL5uPHmAhUCzTgGHTk1CwAQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=knt%20sastry%20chitoor%20nagaiah&f=false |title=CHITTOOR V. NAGAIAH: A MONOGRAPH - K.N.T Sastry - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.co.in |date=2017-08-29 |accessdate=2020-01-07}}</ref>
*''Nalo Nenu'' a Monologue of [[Bhanumathi Ramakrishna]] <ref name="41stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/76_41stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=3 March 2012}}</ref>
*''Alanti Chalanchitram'' First 25 Years of Telugu cinema <ref name="43rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/74_43rdNfacatalogue.pdf|title=43rd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=3 March 2012}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! [[Film director|Director]]
! [[Film producer|Producer]]
! [[Screenwriter]]
! [[Actor]]
! Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2016 || ''Shaanu'' || {{yes}}|| ||{{yes}} || ||[[The Golden Elephant]] Festival<ref name="thehindu2"/>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2006|| ''[[Kamli (film)|Kamli]]'' || {{yes}} || ||{{yes}} || ||[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu]]<br>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2003|| ''Harvesting Baby Girls || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} || ||''Special Jury Award'' [[International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2000|| ''[[Thilaadanam]]'' || {{yes}} || ||{{yes}} || ||[[New York Indian Film Festival]]<br>''New Currents Award'' - 7th [[Busan International Film Festival]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1999|| ''Surabhi''|| {{yes}} || ||{{yes}} || ||''Documentary - Short Film''<br>[[Nandi Award for Best Documentary Film]]<br>[[National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1988|| ''[[Daasi]]'' || ||||{{yes}} || ||National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu<br>''Diploma of Merit award at Moscow Film Festival''
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1987 || ''[[Maa Ooru]]'' || || || {{yes}} || ||National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film<br>''Media Wave Award at the Hungary International festival of visual arts''<br>Best Film International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
|}


==Awards==
==Awards==
;National Film Awards
;National Film Awards
*[[National Film Award for Best Film Critic|Best Film Critic]] - 1989
*[[National Film Award for Best Film Critic]] - 1989
*[[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema|Best Book on Cinema]] (Publisher) - 1993 <ref name="41stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/76_41stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=3 March 2012}}</ref>
*[[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema]] (Publisher) - 1993<ref name="41stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/41st_nff_1994.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=3 March 2012}}</ref>
*[[National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema)|Special Jury Award / Special Mention - Book on Cinema]] - 1995 <ref name="43rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/74_43rdNfacatalogue.pdf|title=43rd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=3 March 2012}}</ref>
*[[National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema)]] - 1995
*[[National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film]] - 1999<ref name="47thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/47th_nff_2000.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=13 March 2012}}</ref>
*[[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director]] - 2002
*Best Ethnographic Film - 1999<ref name="47thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/70_47thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=13 March 2012}}</ref>
*[[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director|Best Debut Film of a Director]] - 2002
*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu]] - 2007
*[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|Best Feature Film in Telugu]] - 2007


;International Honours
;International Honours
*Special Jury Award, [[Kamli (film)|Harvesting Baby Girls]], at [[International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apoorvachitra.com/profiles.html |title=Kamli - My Daughter |publisher=Apoorvachitra.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-27}}</ref>
*Special Jury Award, [[Kamli (film)|Harvesting Baby Girls]], at [[International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apoorvachitra.com/profiles.html |title=Kamli - My Daughter |publisher=Apoorvachitra.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-27}}</ref>
*New Currents Award at the 7th [[Busan International Film Festival]] in South Korea
*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]]
*Fipresci Jury Member at [[Kinotavr]] film festival and [[Busan International Film Festival]]


;[[Nandi Awards]]
;[[Nandi Awards]]
*[[Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director|Best First Film of a Director]] - ''[[Thilaadanam]]'' (2001)
*[[Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director]] - ''[[Thilaadanam]]'' (2001)
*Best Documentary Film - ''Surabhi'' (1999)
*[[Nandi Award for Best Documentary Film]] - ''Surabhi'' (1999)<ref name=autogenerated1 />

;Jury Member
*Jury Member of [[Vladivostok]] International Film Festival 2003 and [[International Film Festival of India]]
*Five time Jury Member for ''Indian Panorama'' - ''International Film Festival of India''.
*Jury Member the [[Nandi Awards]], [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:35, 16 January 2020

K. N. T. Sastry
Born(1945-09-05)September 5, 1945
Andhra Pradesh, India
DiedSeptember 13, 2018(2018-09-13) (aged 73)
Occupation(s)Director
Writer
Film Critic

K. N. T. Sastry (5 September 1945 – 13 September 2018) was an Indian film critic, screenwriter, director and producer, known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema, and few Kannada films. He has garnered six National Film Awards.[1]

Sastry was the president of the Hyderabad Film Club from 2008 to 2011, and a film critic with more than thirty years of experience. He was a jury member for many international film festivals. He served as chairman of critics Jury at National Film Awards and has served as a Jury Member for Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards.[2][3] Sastry's Thilaadanam received "New Currents Award" at the 7th Busan International Film Festival.[4][5]

Awards

National Film Awards
International Honours
Nandi Awards
Jury Member

References

  1. ^ "How Kamli came alive onscreen" (Press release). Rediff.com. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b http://www.asiaticafilmmediale.it/en_schedafilm_view.php?id_config=5&id_scheda=323
  3. ^ "Asian Project Market l 8 -11 October 2012". Apm.asianfilmmarket.org. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Awards". Busan International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. ^ "How Kamli came alive onscreen" (Press release). Rediff.com. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  6. ^ "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  7. ^ "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Kamli - My Daughter". Apoorvachitra.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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