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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>


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"/>
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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>


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>
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"/>

==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]] - 1989
*[[National Film Award for Best Film Critic|Best Film Critic]] - 1989
*[[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 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 – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema)]] - 1995
*[[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 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>
*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]] - 2002
*[[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]] - ''[[Thilaadanam]]'' (2001)
*[[Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director|Best First Film of a Director]] - ''[[Thilaadanam]]'' (2001)
*[[Nandi Award for Best Documentary Film]] - ''Surabhi'' (1999)<ref name=autogenerated1 />
*Best Documentary Film - ''Surabhi'' (1999)

;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 10:03, 26 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 (born 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, 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

Filmography

Year Film Director Producer Screenwriter Actor Notes
2016 Shaanu Yes Yes The Golden Elephant Festival[6]
2006 Kamli Yes Yes National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
2003 Harvesting Baby Girls Yes Yes Yes Special Jury Award International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
2000 Thilaadanam Yes Yes New York Indian Film Festival
New Currents Award - 7th Busan International Film Festival
1999 Surabhi Yes Yes Documentary - Short Film
Nandi Award for Best Documentary Film
National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film
1988 Daasi Yes National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
Diploma of Merit award at Moscow Film Festival
1987 Maa Ooru Yes 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

References

  1. ^ a b "KNT Sastry: Conscientious filmmaker". The Hindu. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "How Kamli came alive onscreen" (Press release). Rediff.com. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. ^ "NYIFF 2016". www.iaac.us.
  4. ^ a b "Asian Project Market l 8 -11 October 2012". Apm.asianfilmmarket.org. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Awards". Busan International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ^ a b "A film 'Shaanu' on kids and their dilemmas". The Hindu. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  7. ^ "CHITTOOR V. NAGAIAH: A MONOGRAPH - K.N.T Sastry - Google Books". Books.google.co.in. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  8. ^ a b "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  9. ^ a b "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  10. ^ "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  11. ^ "Kamli - My Daughter". Apoorvachitra.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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