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DIRECTORS:

Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray directed 36 , including feature films, documentaries and shorts.. Ray received many major awards in his career, including 32 Indian National Awards, a number of awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies, and an honorary Academy Award in 1992. Satyajit Ray's films are both cinematic and literary at the same time; using a simple narrative, usually in a classical format, but greatly detailed and operating at many levels of interpretation. His first film, ( of the little road, 1955) established his reputation as a major film director, winning numerous awards including Best Human Document, Cannes, 1956 and Best Film, Vancouver, 1958. It is the first film of a trilogy - The Apu Trilogy - a three-part tale of a boy's life from birth through manhood. The other two films of this trilogy are Aparajito (The Unvanquished, 1956) and Apur Sansar (The World of Apu, 1959).

His later films include Jalsaghar (The Music Room, 1958), Devi (The Goddess, 1960), Teen Kanya (Two Daughters, 1961), (The Lonely Wife, 1964), Nayak (The Hero, 1966), Asani Sanket (Distant Thunder, 1973), Shatranj Ke Khilari(The Chess Players, 1977), Ghare Baire (The Home and the World, 1984), Ganashatru (An Enemy Of The People, 1989) and Shakha Prashakha (Branches Of The Tree, 1991). Agantuk (The Stranger, 1991) was his last film.

Mahesh Bhatt is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed movies, such as Arth, , Janam, Naam, and . He was later the writer of numerous commercial films in a range of genres, from dramas like and comedies like Duplicate, though he was mostly recognised for thrillers like Inteha, Jism, Murder and Woh . Bhatt's films show an unusual engagement with the psychological damage arising from infringement of social norms, situations which are characteristic deep mental/emotion damage and trauma. These films provided challenges of characterization to their actors, who included both parallel and mainstream stars. Bhatt is known for taking inspiration from Hollywood movies into films. He has always been criticized for the same. Bhatt is known for making both art films with realistic topics and commercial films which include a wide division of action, comedies and thrillers.

Raj Kapoor

Kapoor has been dubbed "a great showman," and a filmmaker in the purest Romantic tradition, as he strove to entertain as well as address social themes close to his heart. Awaara dealt with the question of what forms an individual's moral grounding, ("nurture or nature") while incorporating comedy and stirring love scenes; in 420 (1955) he addressed issues of poverty, unemployment and national pride in the new Indian state at the same time maintaining the audience's interest in the romantic plot. While never revolutionary in tone, many of his films explore the ability of the individual to overcome economic and environmental injustice while maintaining his/her innocence and integrity. He is quoted as believing that the individual's struggles ultimately lead to the desire for love, to care and be cared for. The Government of honoured him with the in 1971 and the Award in 1987 – the highest award for cinematic excellence in India. In 2001, he was honoured with “Best Director of the Millennium” by Stardust Awards. He was named “Showman of the Millennium” by Star in 2002.

Mani Ratnam

The man who revolutionized Tamil-language cinema, is the biggest director in and one of the most respected directors in all of India. Each of his films contain its own unique style, with beautifully photographed and unique back-lighting. However, his films contain substance as well as style--Ratnam has dealt with a wide variety of topics, from the classic Indian love story to political thrillers. Ratnam has won several film awards, including six . In addition to these, he is a recipient of a number of awards at various international film festivals. He is well known for his "terrorism trilogy" consisting of (1992), (1995) and Dil Se.. (1998). His other notable film include Mouna Raagam, Geethanjali, Kannathil Miuthammaital, and .

Mira nair An Indian director, who successfully carved a niche for herself in the realms of short films, documentaries and feature films with her intense, novel, and at times controversial approach, 's feat in the domain of film-making remains unparalleled to this day. Some of her best celluloid feats include her debut documentary 'India Cabaret', the zingy 'Salaam Bombay', the award-winning interracial love story '', and much-loved ''. Mira's movies are never short of creative excellence, be it be about strip-teasers in 'India Cabaret', the eyebrow-raising tale of 'Kama Sutra: A Tale Of Love', or her biographical foray on the life of in the film 'Amelia'. Mira has never cowed from broaching into the unfamiliar territory, a thing that has come to be the USP of her films today. A recipient of several prestigious national and international awards and nominations, Films like 'Salaam Bombay', 'Monsoon Wedding', 'Vanity Fair' and 'The Namesake', and recognitions like and UNESCO awards are just a few feathers in her cap.‟

Yash chopra

A maestro in truest sense, weaved magic with is epic love stories and redefined the idea of love and passion for Indian audiences in his films. There was always more to him than Swiss mountains, tulip gardens, fluttering chiffon saris and exotic locales. Rightfully called as king of romance, he was also considered as the hippest and trendiest director of his era. Yash Chopra was always ahead of his times, a progressive director and so were all his character. There is poignance and an understated relevance in all his films right from to his last venture, which gives him an irreplaceable pedestal in the Indian celluloid.

Shankar

The Shankar Story is a simple saga of a man‟s passion – a passion that takes him from the comfortable confines of a conventional job, to the challenging world of cinema. It is the story of an ordinary person whose life assumes extraordinary dimensions with the sheer strength of his creative contribution.

Born on August 17th, to Shanmugham and Muthulakshmi, Director Shankar‟s life seems straight out of the films. A Diploma Engineer, his monotonous, though hassle-free job as a Quality Control Supervisor, brought a void that could be filled only by a creatively satisfying career. The urge to unleash his creativity led him to the world of theatre, where he honed his skills as a writer and performer. The transition to 70 mm was just a question of time, and soon enough Director Shankar joined as an assistant to Director S.A. Chandrasekhar. As worked as asst director for 17 films including 5 hindi films and also worked as an associate director for 2 film with his friend pavithran, Director Shankar learnt the tricks of the trade.The rest, as they say, is history.

In just a short span of time, Director Shankar has risen to the ranks of India‟s best-known directors, with his movies among the biggest grossers of this generation. His films have also made waves abroad, and he is among the rare Indian film-makers whose work has been an official entry to oscar. Director Shankar‟s innate ability to feel the audience‟s pulse is what makes his movies so memorable. His socially relevant themes have earned him an Honorary Doctorate from the M.G.R.University, Tamilnadu.

From Director Shankar to Doctor Shankar, he has literally scripted his success story; his script- writing skills form the backbone of his runaway hits. His fervour for films transcends direction – his production banner and audio S Musics stand testimony to his passion for different facets of movie-making. As Director Shankar continues to regale his audiences with one blockbuster after another, may this be one success story that never sees „the end‟ . Shankar‟s filmography includes Nanban, , , Boys, Sivaji, Enthian,,Nayak, Gentleman, Indian and Kaadhalan.

Bala:

Bala is an Indian Tamil film director, screenwriter and film producer, working in the Tamil film industry. Widely credited with having revolutionised , he is best known for his realistic, yet dark and disturbing films, considered landmark films, that have garnered high critical acclaim. He has received several awards and recognition for his work, including the National Film Award for Best Direction for his fourth feature film . Bala was born on 11 July 1966 in Periyakulam, district, , India. He studied Tamil Literature at The American College in . He admitted, that, as a youngster, he was not interested in studies and had dopped in his college days and was considered by many as he won't come up in life. At certain point he determined to prove himself to the society. After a struggling period he came to and entered the cinema industry. Then soon he became one of the finest directors in the Tamil Film Industry, cause of his directing skills. He started his film career as an assistant director for the famous National Film Award–winning director and cinematographer , where a close friendship between the two grew. Bala is known for his later success. He made his directorial debut with Sethu in 1999, that gave a break to , the film's lead actor, who was also struggling in the Tamil film industry for almost a decade without a hit and recognition. More than 60 distributors saw the film and hesistated to screen it because of its tragic ending. But after multiple preview shows, the film was released on a low profile without any advertisement. But after the first days the film started running to packed houses just through 'word of mouth'. The film was said to have initiated a 'new wave' as it received raving reviews and became a huge hit. Its stupendous success led to remakes in (Huchcha), Telugu () and Hindi (Tere Naam) languages. Bala's next film was which gave a career boost to Surya. His third film Pithamagan broke all the sentiments which were prevailing in Tamil cinema. In 2009 he released Naan Kadavul in Tamil featuring and for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Director. His recent projects, Avan Ivan and Paradesi also became blockbuster hits.

Raj Kumar Hirani

Rajkumar Hirani (born 1962) is a National Award and Award winning Indian Director, screenwriter and film editor of Hindi films, best known for the films Bhai MBBS (2003), Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006) and (2009), considered the highest-grossing hit Hindi film by distributor-share. tried his luck as film editor for many years. He was doing good in advertisement business but he wanted to make movies so he took break from advertisement and started working with . He worked on promos and trailers for 1942: A Love Story.He edited promo's for . He got big break as film editor with Mission .'s first directorial venture was Munnabhai MBBS (2003) which is considered a cult classic. His recent movies include: PK ( - 2014) , ( Hollywood - 2013) ,Munnabhai Ki Aatma Katha ( Bollywood - 2012) ,Dakota Picture ( Kannada - 2012)

Subash ghai He is a of portraying grandeur and rich themes in his films, which are delightful to watch. Besides, he is also known as the showman of Hindi cinema, which gives us an idea of his skills as a director. He enthralled us with some of the path breaking films such as , Karz, Hero, Meri Jang, Karma, Lakhan, Khalnaayak, Pardes and Taal under his flagship banner of Private Limited. His larger than life treatment and his narrative are the strongest aspects of all his films. Not to forget, he also gave the most controversial yet popular song of Bollywood, „Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai‟. CINEMATOGRAPHERS

Anil Mehta

Anil Mehta is a cinematographer, writer and director of Bollywood movies. He has studied cinematography at the Film and Television Institute of India, . He has shot Khamoshi: The Musical (1996), (2001), Saathiya (2002) and Veer-Zaara (2004). Mehta's first feature film, , was produced by . Released on 9 November 2007 the film stars (in her comeback film), , and Kunal Kapoor. He won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for his work in (1999) ”

Balu

Balanathan "Balu" Mahendran (born 20 May 1946 in Batticaloa, ) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and cinematographer widely regarded as part of the first in a wave of directors and screenwriters from the Chennai film industry who revitalized Tamil cinema. He initially developed an early interest in photography. A cinematography graduate and a gold medalist from the FTII in Pune. He started his film career as a cameraman for the film Nellu in 1974, which earned him the best cinematographer award from the Government of . He has been chosen as the best cinematographer for as many as ten films. He pioneered innovative camera style for colour in South India. He has won five National Film Awards and three South for Best Director.

Binod Pradhan (native of Kalimpong, Darjeeling district, ) is an acclaimed Indian cinematographer whose creative visuals and cutting-edge imagery have left their mark on Indian cinema. Some his award-winning works include 1942 A Love Story, , , , Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and (2010). ”

V. Manikandan

V. Manikandan (born January 1968) is a leading cinematographer hailing from Tamil Nadu. He has worked as the cinematographer for a number of major box office hits in Hindi. Tamil and Malayalam. He is an acclaimed ad film cinematographer with more than 3,000 ad films to his credit. He won the Best Cinematographer award [filmfare award] for the movie Anniyan. His debut movie was Atharmam (Tamil) in 1994. He has been congratulated by industry's most acclaimed directors like Mani Ratnam and S. Shankar. V.Manikandan was nominated for Pacific Cine Awards(ASPA) for his work in / in 2010 for Best Cinematography.He has won Apsara award for best cinematography for Raavan in 2011. ”

P.C Sreeram

P. C. Sreeram (born 26 January) is a cinematographer and film director of the Chennai film industry. A student of Madras Film Institute, Sreeram was much appreciated for his cinematographic works and his directorial venture Kuruthipunal which was submitted by India as its official entry to the Oscars. P. C. Sreeram has been a mentor of some of the top notch film cinematographers in the Indian film industry, such as , . V. , and K. V. Guhan. Cinematographer K.Balasubramaniam started his film career by assisting Sreeram for nearly 5 years. Sreeram stepped into direction in 1992, with the film Meera with actor Vikram in lead role. He is considered to be one of greatest cinematographers in India. ”

Rajeev

Rajeev Ravi is an Indian cinematographer, director and film producer from (former Cochin),Ernakulam district, Kerala state.

After graduating from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in 1997, he started his career by assisting in the Malayalam-languagefilm, Pranayavarnangal (1998) shot by Santosh Thundiyil. He debuted as an independent cinematographer with the film Chandni Bar(2001) directed by . Ravi is known for his collaboration with director . In 2013, he received the National Film Award for Best Cinematography, for Liar's Dice. His notable work includes: Dev D, That girl in yellow boots, , Bombay talkies.

Ravi.K.Chandran

Ravi K. Chandran is an Indian cinematographer. He has frequently collaborated with leading Indian filmmakers like , Mani Ratnam, and and . Ravi has won two Filmfare Awards and one Southern Filmfare Award during his career.

Tirru

Thirunavukarasu, Tirru, is a cinematographer in the Tamil film industry of India, specialising in documentaries and advertising. Tirru's films are in the Tamil,Hindi and Malayalam languages. He has worked for the veteran cinematographer P. C. Sriram and for Kamal Hassan (Raj Kamal Productions). He also co-wrote the screenplay of the Malayalam film Mission 90 Days along with director . His work includes Kanchivram, 3, Kireedam, , .

Santosh Sivan

Santosh Sivan is an Indian cinematographer, film director, actor and producer known for his extensive work in Indian cinema.

Santhosh Sivan graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and went on to completing 45 features and 41 documentaries. He was a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC) and is the most awarded director of photography (DP) in India. The finest cinematographer in Indian cinema Santosh Sivan has become the first DOP (director of photography) in Asia Pacific's to be awarded the prestigious American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) membership. He was awarded the National Film Awards for Best Cinematography four times, for the films Perumthachan (1991), Kaalapani (1996), (1997), and Dil Se.. (1998) Rathnavelu. R

Randy Rathnavelu is an Indian cinematographer who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada films including Thirumalai , Vaaranam Aayiram, and .He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics as well as a DFTech in cinematography from the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu.

DANCE CHOREOGRAPHERS

Farah Khan

Farah Khan (born 9 January 1965) is an Indian film director, film producer, actress and choreographer. She is best known for her choreographic work in numerous Bollywood films. She has choreographed dance routines for more than a hundred songs in over 80 Hindi films. Not only has she worked in Bollywood, but she's spreading her wings out to China and Hollywood in films such as Perhaps Love and Marigold. Khan has won the Filmfare Best Choreography Award six times, that itself speaks for her success in the field. She has also won other awards for her work in various songs, including the films, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, , , , Dabaang, , and many more. She has appeared in tons of television shows as a judge as well: Indian Idol,Jhalak Dikhla Jaa, Nach Baliye 4, Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega, and Just Dance. Farah Khan has acclaimed success not only as a choreographer, but as one of the best known.

Saroj Khan

Saroj Khan will remain as one of the most prominent names in the industry. At an early age of 12, Saroj Khan happened to be choreographing dance sequences for Hindi movie actress thrice her age. Her notable dance choreography includes performances from some of the most fascinating, dancing sensations of India such as Madhuri Dixit, Aishverya Rai, , and more. Her popularity is also widespread for her Television appearance. She has been the jury member of many popular dance reality shows in India. Saroj Khan received many appreciations for her contribution in Bollywood dance, she has been awarded with National Awards for Choreography, FilmFare Award, and American Choreography Award. is one of the upcoming movie choreographed by Saroj Khan.

Kala

Kala is an Indian choreographer who has worked in all the regional film industries . She has worked in over 4000 songs in various languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada, Oriya, Bengali, English, Italian and Japanese. She has referred to the "Kozhi Koovuthu Neramachu" song in Azhagan as one of her leading pieces of work, while she was also handed the opportunity to choreograph the Miss World 1996 Beauty Pageant held at for which she received a special award of excellence. Moreover she notes that a stage event in featuring and seven heroines, propelled her into fame. She was awarded the National Film Award for Best Choreography in 2000 for her folk dance sequeces in the Malayalam film, Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal.

Prabhu

Prabhu Deva, often credited as Prabhudheva is an Indian film actor, director and dance choreographer known for his works predominantly in Tamil,Telugu,Bollywood, Malayalam and Kannada films. In a career spanning twenty-five years, he has performed and designed a wide range of dancing styles. He has garnered two National Film Awards for Best Choreography; widely referred in the media as Indian Michael Jackson.

Deva first appeared as a background dancer for a song in the 1988 Tamil film Agni Natchathiram. Deva's first venture as a choreographer was Vetri Vizha (1989). He has since then choreographed in over 100 movies. He also played the lead role in ABCD (Any Body Can Dance), the first 3D dance film in India.

Raghavan Murugaiyan

Raghavan Murugaiyan (born 9 January 1976) is an Indian choreographer who has also appeared in films as an actor, director,composer and playback singer. After making his debut as a choreographer in 1993, he began looking for acting opportunities. He began his career as an actor in 1998, in a Telugu film, aged 22. He adopted the name "Lawrence" in 2001, and worked for many prominent actors and directors in Tamil cinema throughout his career. He got his breakthrough with Telugu film Style and then Muni. Lawrence is also known for his intricate hip-hop and westernised dance moves and has won 4 Filmfare Awards & 3 Nandi Awards for best choreography .

Shimak Davar

One choreographer who has changed the way dance itself is perceived in . Being the first to introduce styles like and contemporary western forms, Shiamak rapidly went on to become the most sought after choreographer of Bollywood. He proved his mettle in his first film, Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), for which he won the President‟s National award in choreography.

Having honoured prestigious designations like the Director of Choreography for the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and , he has done many successful tours and shows like the IIFA awards, The Unforgettable Tour (2008), and The Shiamak Davar Tour. His dance academy has also taught many current Bollywood stars like and .

Vaibhavi Merchant

Vaibhavi Merchant is an Indian dance choreographer working in Bollywood films. She is the granddaughter of choreographer B. Hiralal, and the elder sister of Shruti Merchant. She began her career by assisting . She had her acting debut in the Malayalam film Snehapoorvam Anna. Her first solo work was the choreography for the song "Dhol Baaje" for the film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. She won a National Film Award for her work. She took a short break from the industry and then returned with the song "'O Ri Chhori'" in the 2001 film Lagaan. She continued to choreograph selected numbers in films such as Devdas (2002 Hindi film), Baghban, Fida, , Veer Zaara, Aaja Nachle and and . She also choreographed the Australian musical The Merchants of Bollywood , a musical written by Toby Gough about her family.

She has been a judge on the television dance show Nach Baliye 3, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 3), Zara Nach Ke Dikha 2, and Just Dance.

Ganesh Acharya is an Indian choreographer and occasional film actor active in Bollywood. He has choreographed for Bodyguardand amongst others. He has also appeared in numerous music videos for films. He opened out as a film actor with the 2013dance film ABCD: Any Body Can Dance. Ganesh won national award for best choreography at 61st national awards for his work for song "masthon ka jhund" from 2014 movie "Bhaag Milka Bhaag"

Ganesh choreographed five big films in the year 2006, namely Rang De Basanti, Phir Hera Pheri, Golmaal, Omkara and Lage Raho Munnabhai.

The famous item song Chikni Chameli from 2012 film Agneepath featuring was choreographed by Ganesh Acharya.

Brinda

Brinda Master is a well known dance choreographer from South India. She has her unique style of filming a song. She makes stalwarts like , Rajnikant, Rai, and even dance to her tunes . She was conferred with the National Award for Best Choreography in 1999.

Longinus Fernandes

He is an Indian choreographer and dancer, who won the Film fare Best Choreography Award in 2009; and internationally, he is most known as the choreographer of the closing credits dance sequence featuring Academy Award for Best Original Song winning song, Ho and another featuring O... Saya, also nominated in the same category, in the film (2008).

MUSIC DIRECTORS

A.R Rahman

One of the most versatile and talented playback singers as well as composers that India has today, A.R. Rahman is a music legend who needs no introduction. A music academy in himself, Rahman has stolen the hearts of millions across the world with his stupendous and captivating performances. With several achievements that he has brought to India, he is one man who stands to be a unique and distinguished character amongst the best of the best. Rahman composed some of the most memorable and exceptional music scores and soundtracks for both Indian and foreign movies. He has been awarded the Rajat Kamal Award thrice again for 'Minsaara Kanavu' in 1997, 'Lagaan' in 2002, and '' in 2003, a record for any composer. His popular films include 'Bombay', '', 'Indira', '', 'Love Birds', 'Rangeela', 'Taal', 'Dil Se', 'Saathiya', 'Guru', and 'Rang De Basanti'. His style of music combined natural sounds with classical, folk, jazz, reggae, soft rock and other varied styles of music. Rahman bagged two and a Golden Globe, for internationally acclaimed Slumdog Mllionaire.

Vishal Dadlani

Music composer Dadlani was the winner of the IIFA Award for Best Background Score for the film Godmother in 1999. However, he gained more recognition when, along with partner , he won the R D Burman Award for New Music Talent for the 2003 film . The duo has also been the recipients of Asian Film Award for Best Composer for 2007 film .

Vishal Dadlani is an eminent music director in B-town and generally composes music with partner Shekhar Ravjiani. Vishal started his career in the industry in 1999 and scored the music for „Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi‟, which became quite popular among music listeners. And then came along „Jhankaar Beats‟, which proved to be a major turning point of his career. The songs of this film became chartbusters, and his efforts were materialized when he won the R D Burman New Music Talent Award along with Shekhar.

Amit Trivedi

Amit Trivedi's musical journey started during his days at Rizvi College where he joined a fusion band called "OM". The band did few gigs and got an released by but the album failed due to poor promotion. Amit's struggle continued with ad-jingles, background scores for TV serials and Theater. Singer introduced him to director Anurag Kashyap who was looking for a composer for his ambitious project Dev.D. Dev.D was the major turning point for him, earning accolades, fame and a National Film Award for Best Music Direction. He also won two Filmfare and a Star Screen award for the same movie. He continued working with his college band mate and lyricistAmitabh Bhattacharya in Dev.D, (2009) and Udaan (2010) . He is also know for his music in films sich as , and Kai Po Che.

Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian singer-, , and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil films. Being the youngest son of noted film composer , he began his musical career in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan. After initial struggle, he made his big break with the Thulluvadho Ilamai soundtrack (2001), and evolved as one of Tamil cinema's most sought-after composers by the mid-2000s. He has won two Filmfare Awards; the Best Music Director Award in 2004 for his score in the drama 7G Rainbow Colony and Filmfare Special Award - South in 2009 for his Telugu musical Oy!. Besides, he received six nominations for Filmfare Awards, one Tamil Nadu State Film Award in 2006 and the International Award in 2006 for Raam, becoming the only Indian composer to win it.[3]

Ilayaraja

Born and brought up in an obscure village near Kambam in Southern Tamil Nadu, Ilayaraja became the first Asian to score a symphony for the Philharmonic Orchestra, besides scoring over 900 feature films in a period of 35 years. Raja, as he is popularly known and affectionately called, comes from a family of musicians. He is regarded as one of the finest music directors in India, Ilayaraja has composed more than 4500 songs in over 950 films in many Indian languages. Debuting in , Ilayaraja has been in the industry for more than 30 years as a music director and has won four national awards including one for Best background score for Pazhassi Raja which was released in 2009. He is a shining beacon of hope for many budding composers.

Pritam Chakraborty

Pritam Chakraborty, better known as Pritam is one of the most successful music directors in Bollywood these days. Born in , Pritam is the son of Prabodh Chakraborty, who runs a music school for children. Pritam got his first break in the movie 'Tere Liye'. Though the music was well received, the film sank at the box office. However, in 2002, Pritam got the chance to compose the music for Yashraj Films' 'Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai'. All the songs from that movie were chartbusters and that was Pritam's first hard step in Bollywood Music. Pritam successfully composes music for at least 10 films per year now and the popularity for some of them have been quite huge. Dhoom, , , , Life in a Metro, Bhool Bhulaiya, and Billu are some of these blockbusters.

G. V. Prakash Kumar

G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has mainly scored music for Tamil films. His first film was S Pictures' (2006) and he became popular in Tamil cinema by the early 2010s. G.V has made himself a strong force to reckon with in the industry that is not afraid to try new things. Despite being associated with non-commercial films in the past he showed he could deliver the contemporary tunes in Saguni and . His excellent work in Paradesi suggests was critically acclaimed. He has won a film fare award as the Best Music director for the movie Aadukaaam

Vidyasagar

Vidyasagar is an Indian film composer, musician and singer in the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi film industries. After working with several composers as assistant and conductor, Vidyasagar made his debut as a film composer in the 1989 Tamil filmPoomanam. Working for over 250 feature films, he is the recipient of the prestigious National Award and five Filmfare Awards.

Vidyasagar became an independent music director with the song En Anbe in the 1989 Tamil movie Poomanam. Though Vidyasagar started his music career with a Tamil film, he gained recognition in the Tamil music industry at a later stage. He shifted base to Tollywood in 1993.

In 1994–95, Vidyasagar was selected by Tamil actor-director Arjun, with whom he worked for many acclaimed musical films like Jai Hind, and Subash. Vidyasagar composed some of the music for 's films with some melodic numbers like Malare and Padu Padu.Vidyasagar is appreciated by other musicians for having a definite identity in his songs and not getting involved in many plagiarism or copying activities.

Mechery Louis Mechery Louis Ouseppachan (born 13 September 1954), mononymously known as Ousepachhan is an Indian film composer who mainly sets scores for Malayalam films. He is a recipient of National Award, Filmfare Award and for his numerous film soundtrack and background scores.

Ousephachan was born to Mechery Louis and Mathiri Paliakkara on 13 September 1954 in Ollur, Thrissur, Kerala, India.[1] He completed his formal education from Saint Thomas College, Thrissur. He was interested in music and by the time he finished his formal education, he had become an expert violinist. He started his music career as violinist in some music troupes. Later he got the chance to be the violinist in concerts of renowned playback singer Madhuri. He later became the violinist under music director Paravoor Devarajan master.[1] Then he moved to Madras, Tamil Nadu where most of the recording works of Malayalam films were done. His first work in the film industry was the film Eenam, for which he set the background score. He composed the soundtrack for the film Aaravam (1979), however Kathodu Kathoram (1985), directed by Bharathan is considered as his debut. Ouseppachan's work was noted for the film and three songs from the film became super hits. These songs were noted also for the immense use of violin.

Anirudh Ravichander

He is an Indian film composer and singer. He made his debut in the Tamil film, 3 directed by Aishwarya R. . The song, "Why This Kolaveri Di", that Anirudh had composed for the Tamil film 3, went viral on YouTube and has tracked more than 80 million views. All his music albums have become hit the top chats. He is currently the most sought after music director in the film industry. His music works comprises of Vanakkam Chennai, Ehtir Neechal, Maan Karate, , David, Velaiyilla Pattathari amd Irandaam Ullagam. His other independent work incudes “Chancey illa” and anthem.

Koduri Keeravaani

Koduri Keeravaani, better known as M. M. Keeravaani under the alias Maragatha Mani (Tamil cinema) and M. M. Kreem(Bollywood), is an Indian film music composer and playback singer, who works in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindicinema. In 1997, he has garnered the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the movie Annamayya. He has won eight state Nandi Awards, four Filmfare Awards South and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award.

SOUND DESIGNERS

Resul Pookutty

Resul Pookutty is an Indian film sound designer, editor and mixer. He is well known for his work in the film Slumdog Millionaire.

In 1995 he graduated from the FTII, Pune and moved to Mumbai to make his debut in sound design for the film Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One. His big break was when he worked on the film Black by Sanjay Leela Bhansali in 2005. Some other films he has worked on include Zinda, Bluffmaster, Traffic Signal, Gandhi: My Father, Kahaniyaan, Slumdog Millionaire and Ghajini. Resul Pookutty launched himself internationally when he had the opportunity to work with director Dany Boyle as a sound mixer for the film Slumdog Millionaire. The film won him an Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing and the BAFTA Award for Best Sound Mixing along with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke. In 2010 he was awarded the by the . Some of the other awards he has won include the Zee Cine Award for Best Audiography for the film Musafir, The National Film Award for his work in Pazhassi Raja, and the Zee Cine Award for Best Sound Design in Ra.One

Vivk Sachidanad

He uses sound as a means of story telling, and not merely as a background prop, took shape. He won the Indian National Film Award for the film Ksha Tra Gya(Best Audiography 2005) where he demonstrated his innovative and occasionally iconoclastic approach to sound design. He trained with renowned Sound Designers P M Satheesh and Academy Award winner Resul Pookutty and developed his own style of sound mixing and design. He has been involved in a number of successful Indian and internationally acclaimed projects.

Bishwadeep Chtterjee

For most of his career span spread across two decades, he has recorded and mixed songs/music and sound tracks for films like Chachi 420, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas, Munnabhai MBBS, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham etc, music albums like Silk Route, Ab Ke Sawan etc. and a number of commercials. His award accolades include two IIAFA awards, a Filmfare award for the films Devdas and Parineeta and a Screen Award for Best Sound Design for the Eklavya and a National Award for Madras Café. He has worked as a designer and technical consultant for various recording studios and also has installations for music and post-production in Mumbai and Kolkatta.. He has done the entire sound designing, mixing and music engineering for films such as Chokher Bali, Raincoat, Antar Mahal, The Last Lear, Parineeta, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Eklavya, Laga Chunari Mein Daag etc

H.Sridhar

H Sridhar engineered over 200 films and worked closely with directors like Mani Ratnam, K. Balachandar, Bharathiraaja, Shankar, Kamal Hassan, P. C. Sreeram, Priyadarsan, and Ramgopal Varma. Among Sridhar's many professional credits was the fact that he engineered all songs and background scores for the renowned music director A. R. Rahman. Some ground-breaking films to his credit are Roja, Gentleman, Kadhalan, Thiruda Thiruda, Bombay, Duet, Mahanadi, Rangeela, Kuruthippunnal, Muthu, Indian, Minsaara Kanavu and Iruvar. He also engineered the background music score and songs for the national award winning films Kaala Paani for music director Ilaiyaraaja and Minasaara Kanavu for music director A R Rahman. Sridhar was awarded the President's Gold Medal (The National Award for Best Audiography) twice: for the film Mahanadi in 1994 and for Dil Se in 1999. Having pioneered the use of Digital Sound for Indian films in the DTS format, Sridhar successfully completed six- track surround sound mixing for more than 100 films . Sridhar also engineered and mixed albums for international artists like George Harrison of The Beatles, John Neptune Kaizan, Pandit , and L. Shankar.

Shaji koyeri

Shajith Koyeri is a sound designer in the field of sync sound technique and an experienced creative sound designer in Indian cinema. An experienced "creative sound designer" and a pioneer in the field of "sync sound technique", Shajith Koyeri has been the man behind many successful executions of sync sound projects (synchronized sound recordings) in Indian cinema. A National award winning sound designer for "Omkara", Shajith also won the prestigious Film fare award for the same. Besides, he is also the recipient of the Star Screen Award for "". After having worked on over 70 films and successfully collaborating with accomplished directors on their powerful scripts, Shajith is already being measured as a proficient "creative sound designer" & "creative sound editor" in the Indian Film Industry.

A.S Laxmi Narayanan

A. S. Laxmi Narayanan (commonly referred to as Laxmi Narayanan) is an audiographer - sound engineer, mixer and sound editor from in Tamil Nadu. He is based in A. R. Rahman's studio, the Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios. He won the National Film Award for Best Audiography for his work on the acclaimed feature film Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), directed by Mani Ratnam.

Some of the films Narayanan has provided audiography for include Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Aayitha Ezhuthu (2004) and Bombay (1995). He has worked with fellow National Film Award winning sound mixer and audiographer H. Sridhar.

Ganesh Gangdharan

Ganesh Gangadharan is a sound designer and sound editor working in the Indian film industry. He is known for his work as a sound designer in the movie Dhoom 3 and as sound editor in more than 30 movies. Some of his great work is in films like Rocket Singh-Salesman Of The Year, Chak De! India and of course the Dhoom films.

ART DIRECTORS:

Bansi Chandragupta

Bansi Chandragupta is the person who not just changed the very look of Bengali films but his influence as the foremost Indian art director who championed the cause of authenticity in the design aspects of a film extended far beyond Bengali cinema.

Bansi Chandragupta, who was of Kashmiri Pandit lineage, was born in 1924, in the town of Sialkot, now in . He studied in Srinagar and from an early age wanted to be a painter. In 1947, Bansi got his first taste of art direction in films when he joined Subho Tagore as an assistant in the film Abhijatri directed by Hemen Gupta. Subho Tagore left mid-way due to artistic differences with Gupta and the film's producer-scriptwriter Jyotirmoy Roy. When his replacement fell ill after a few days, the green-horn Bansi became the art director by default and he did a pretty competent job. Subsequently he worked in a few minor Bengali commercial films but his big break came in 1950 when he got an opportunity to assist the famous production designer Eugene Lourie who was working in Jean Renoir's The River - a film which was being shot in locales in and around Kolkata Although Bansi's realistic set designs in the film Bhor Hoye Elo (1953) by Satyen Basu got much acclaim from the professionals in the Bengali film industry, it was with Pather Panchali that his work broke new grounds in terms of materials, authenticity and the role of art direction within the overall context of a film. The sets were constructed outdoors and for the first time all notions of artificiality were discarded in creating filmic decor - the outdoor sets of village huts, the costumes, the everyday utensils, the furniture, the pictures of gods and goddesses and other props looked extremely genuine and perfectly in synch with the characters' milieu and habits and more importantly matched perfectly with the ethos of lyrical realism inherent in Pather Panchali. Another pioneering facet of this classic film was that perhaps for the first time in India that sets, costumes and props were designed keeping in mind aspects of camera movement, choice of lenses and the tonal variations in terms of black and white cinematography.

Bansi Chandragupta's contribution to production design in India is significant for the innovations he brought about in using diverse materials for constructing realistic sets and locales. He was the first person to employ plaster of Paris - he used the flexibility of wet plaster with great effect. He also developed a special material by sticking together thick brown-paper and cotton sheets to make walls of the interiors he built. But his greatest ability was to re-create the 'lived-in look' - the sets and properties therein had the look of daily use and showed the mark of time.

Bansi Chandragupta's interest in cinema was not limited to production design - he had a thorough knowledge about all the technical and aesthetic aspects of filmmaking. He directed 3 documentaries produced by the Department of Tourism, Government of West Bengal of whichGlimpses of West Bengal (1967) won the National Award for the Best News and Current Affairs Film. He had definite ambitions to make a film of his own and before his sudden demise had almost completed the screenplay and the pre-production work for his maiden effort as a film director.

Sabu Cyril

Sabu Cyril is an Indian film art director. He has won National Film Award for Best Art Direction four times and Filmfare Best Art Direction Award (including south) five times. His latest work Enthiran, in which he also played an important role, has won him international recognition. Over the years, he has emerged to be the most expensive and celebrated art director in the country.

Sabu Cyril was born in Kerala and completed his schooling there. He graduated from the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai(formerly Government School of Arts and Crafts, Chennai).

From 1982 to 1988, he was a freelance graphics designer for companies such as Welcomgroup Hotels, the Taj Group of Hotels, and Madura Coats. In 1988, he began his art director career, and has directed more than 480 advertisements, 3 teleserials and 50 feature films in Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada and designed several stage shows. In 1996, he directed the stage design for the Miss World beauty pageant. He also worked as one of the 2nd unit directors in the 1990 film Iyer the Great.

His received National awards for Best Production Desginer in the movies Thenmavin Kombath,Kaalapaani, Om Shanti Om and Enthiran.

Thota Tharani

Thota Tharani is an Indian film art director and production designer who has worked in Tamil cinema, , and Bollywood. As of 2013, he has won two National Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South and four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. His work consists of paintings, murals, paper collages, wooden montages, and installations and so on.

His work was very much appreciated in films such as Nayagan, Indian the two films fetched him a National Film Award. His recent works include Dasavathaaram, Kanthaswamy and Leader. He has worked in more than 100 feature films as a production designer, including three foreign productions: Pondichéry, Dernier Comptoir Des Indes (French), (French) and Branchie (Italian). His expertise in magnificent and larger than life sets has been well appreciated and awarded. His realistic sets forNayagan are awe inspiring and the grandeur of the sets he created for Thiruda Thiruda and Mudhalvan added to the flavour of the films

In addition to being an art director, Thota Tharani has worked as a Production designer and in the art department in various films.

Thota Tharrani completed his Graduate Diploma in Mural Painting in 1971 and subsequently was offered a Fellowship from the Government of France to study Print-making. Additionally, he completed print making courses from the Royal College of Arts, London and New Delhi.

Nitish roy

Nitish Roy is an Indian film art director, production designer, and costume designer in Hindi cinema and a Bengali Film Director, who is also known for his work with art cinema directors, Benegal, and Govind Nihlani, Hindi mainstream cinema, directors like , as well as international directors like Mira Nair and Gurinder Chadha.After graduation from the Government Art College, Kolkatta, Nitish Roy began his career as a commercial artist in an advertising agency and in his spare time, would design interiors for friends and acquaintances as well. His designs for exhibition pavilions fetched him appreciation and awards too. The hunger to do more creative work and the enthusiasm to break away from the traditional and conventional norms. He has won three National film awards for Art Direction for Kharij, Mandi and Lekin.

R. Vermen

Ratna Verman Shetty Mostly credited as R.Verman is a noted Indian Art director.

Born in Mangalore, Verman is an alumnus of J. J. School of Art, Mumbai. After completing his education he started his own publicity designing and cine advertising business company called „Takshila‟. During this time his major clients were Navketan films and Verman worked on production houses of films like Jewel Thief and Guide.

While working as a publicity designer Verman became interested in art direction and worked as an assistant of noted art director Sudhendu Roy for few years before becoming a full fledged art director. Verman worked on production houses of films like Jewel Thief and Guide.So far he has worked on more than 350 films mostly in Hindi cinema. He has won the Filmfare award for best art direction twice for the films Hum (1992) and (1993).

Nikhil Baran sengupta

Art director and production designer Nikhil Baran Sengupta – popularly known as Nikhil da among the film fraternity – hardly needs an introduction.

A pioneer for the Oriya film industry, Nikhil da has the enviable distinction of working for more than 100 films in three languages – Oriya, Bengali and Hindi – and with 35 directors. He is lone member of the Oriya film industry to work with stalwarts like , , Manmohan Desai, , Prasant , Biplab Roy Choudhury, Nitai Palit, Govind Tej and Raju Mishra.

Winner of three State Awards for art direction – Hakim Baboo, Janani and Hisab Nikas – his distinct debut came with Oriya film industry‟s first colour film Gapa Helebi Sata.

Born a year prior to Indian Independence, Nikhil had his schooling in Ranihat High School in Cuttack. He later studied science in Ravenshaw College but his heart was with the world of art that took him to Kolkata to study art in Government College of art and Crafts there.

Upon completion of his studies in 1969, he worked with a number of advertising firms as a visualiser and as an illustrator for several magazines. He delved into painting and held a few exhibitions of his works. However, once he got into the film industry, he did not have any time to look back.

Now based in , Nikhil loves to paint colours at his leisure.

The jury of Guru Award in recognition of his services and eminence has great pleasure in nominating Shri Nikhil Baran Sengupta for the award in the category of “ Eminent Person” in Cinema for the year 2008.

T. Muthuraj

T. MuthuRaj (born July 29, 1969, , India). is an Indian film production designer. He entered the film industry after completing his B.Sc. degree in fine arts as first assistant to Sabu Cyril after which he has served as production designer in critically acclaimed and celebrated films in major Indian languages. His big break came in the 1997 Malayalam film Guru starring and Suresh Gopi, directed by Rajiv Anchal, for which he received theKerala State Film Award for Best Art Director.Muthuraj has since worked in such path breaking hits as Arputha Theevu, Angaditheru, Pazhasi Raja,Irumbukottai Murattu Singham and Avan Ivan. He has contributed to the success of 43 feature films and 185 commercials. He has won many film awards for best art direction and for his creative works. His latest work is Nanban (2012) directed by Shankar, which has won huge appreciation from all quarters.

Samir Chanda was an Indian art director and production designer across Indian cinema, including Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Tamil, most known for his work in films like Yodha (1992), Dil Se.. (1998), Guru (2007), Omkara (2006), Rang De Basanti (2006), and Raavan (2010).

He also directed a Bengali film, Ek Nadir Galpo (2008) starring . It was Indian entries for the Asian, African and Latin American Competition segment of the 38th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), in He was awarded the National Film Award for Best Art Direction four times, including Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2005) directed by .A trained painter from Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, he moved to Mumbai and started his career as an assistant to noted art director Nitish Roy working in films like, Mandi (1983) by Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen. Subsequently started handling films independently as art director and production designer, with 's (1989). Over the years he worked with directors like Shyam Benegal, Sangeeth Sivan, , Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, Gautam Ghosh and Mani Ratnam.For film Delhi-6 directed by , Chanda recreated inner lanes of Old Delhi at Sambhar town in , as it has similar architecture. Later, for some scenes, historic Jama Masjid was digitally added to the frame as a backdrop.Wasiq Khan, who later did Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) and Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013), started his career as an assistant art director with Chanda in films, Mani Ratnam's Iruvar (1997) and Shyam Benegal's -Bhari (2000), before starting out on his own.He died in Mumbai on 18 August 2011, at the age of 53. Reportedly, he suffered a drug reaction to a painkiller he had taken for a toothache earlier that day, and suffered a heart attack. He was rushed to a hospital in Malad, Mumbai, where he died within an hour.

Nitin Chandrakant Desai Nitin Chandrakant Desai is a noted Indian art director and production designer of Indian cinema turned film and television producer, most known for his work in films like, Lagaan (2001), (2008), Devdas (2002) and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999). During his career spanning twenty years, he has worked with directors like Ashutosh Gowarikar, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani and Sanjay Leela Bhansali.In 2002, he turned film producer with Chandrakant Productions' Devi, a devotional film on the Devi Mata of Kutch.

He has won National Film Award for Best Art Direction four times, and Filmfare Best Art Direction Award three times. In 2005, he opened his ND Studios spread over 52 acres (21 ha) at Karjat, Navi Mumbai, near Mumbai, which has since hosted movies like Jodha Akbar, Traffic Signal as also Color's reality show Big Boss.In Marathi, he has produced a biopic movie Balgandharva released in May 2011. He has also produced a reality TV show "Marathi Paul Padte Pudhe", which provides a platform for young talent. Concept is similar to America's Got Talent.Currently he is working on Amol Gupte's "Sapno Ko Ginte Ginte", and after producing Chittod Ki Rani Ka Johur (2009) TV series, he is now producing historic TV series, Taj Mahal and Baji Rao Mastani. In 2011,he also debuted as a lead actor by the Marathi film 'Hello Jai Hind' directed by Gajendra Ahire. He received National award for his work as an art director in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Lagaan, Devdas and Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar.

Wasiq Khan Wasiq Khan (born 1975) is a noted Indian production designer and art director, who works in Bollywood (Hindi cinema). He is known for his gritty-realism in Anurag Kashyap films like That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011) and Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), besides working in mainstream masala films like (2010), (2013), and Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013) directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Khan was brought up in Delhi, his father was an engineer by profession. He graduated from Faculty of Fine Arts at Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi in 1996. During his college days, he met Samir Chanda during a shoot of 's film Sardar (1993). After completing his graduation in 1996, Khan left for Mumbai with a business card of Samir Chanda. However unable to contact Chanda, he managed to get a job as a backdrop painter with art director Ratnakar Phadke at Kamalistan Studios.After a few months, he did meet Chanda, who hired him as an assistant for the production of Tamil period drama, Iruvar (1997), which was directed by Mani Ratnam and Hari-Bhari (2000) directed by Shyam Benegal. Chanda is known for his realism in films like Dil Se.. (1998), Guru (2007), Omkara (2006) and Rang De Basanti (2006). In 1999, Chanda recommended his name to Anurag Kashyap for Last Train to Mahakali, a 1999 television short film for Star Bestsellers series on Star Plus. This became Khan's first break as an independent production designer. Next he worked, Matrubhoomi (2003). He also worked in Kashyap's directorial debut, which was made in 2003, however never got released. Subsequently, he worked with Kashyap's noir-influenced films, Black Friday (2004) set in the 1993 Bombay bombings, No Smoking (2007), Gulaal (2009), That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010), however it was his work in Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), that got him recognition. Though, he didn't work on Kashyap's Dev.D (2009), Khan work colloboration with Kashyap has played a key role in establishing the distinctive visual language of Kashyap's films.

He worked in genres ranging from thrillers like 's Taxi No. 9211 (2006), Raj Kumar Gupta's Aamir (2008) to art films Dharm (2007) directed by Bhavna Talwar, which won the National Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. His breakthrough into mainstream Bollywood came with starrer Wanted (2009) directed by Prabhu Deva. This was followed another action hit Dabangg (2010) also starring Salman Khan. Since he doesn't use software, for the film he drew over 100 sketches detailing out every set in the film.Meanwhile he also worked on romantic comedies, like Tanu Weds Manu (2011), (2011) and Raanjhanaa (2013). For 2010 sleeper hit Tere Bin Laden (2010), the Abbottabad city in Pakistan was recreated in Film City, Mumbai.Also in the same year, for -starrer Lamhaa (2010), sets of Kashmir erected in Film City, Mumbai, where the film is set. For this two truckloads of chinar tree leaves were brought in from Kashmir. -starrer (2012) directed by Prabhu Deva was co-produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, whose next project Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013) for which elaborate sets were created in Mumbai, where the film was shot for 10 months. For his style he uses work of Peruvian-born painter Boris Vallejo as reference, as he believes "It contains everything, realism, surrealism, and colours playing against each other. never look at other movies. He has been the only inspiration since college." His upcoming projects include, Bhootnath Returns, a sequel to Bhoothnath (2008), a biopic on the political prisoner Sarabjit Singh, a Hindi remake of the Tamil film (2002), and 21 Topon ki Salaami.

EDITORS:

Sreekar Prasad Akkineni Sreekar Prasad (born 8 January 1952) better known as Sreekar Prasad is a National Award winning professional, known for his works in Indian Cinema.He works on Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English films. His last National Film Award for Best Editing was for his work on the feature film (2008), directed by . He was included in the Limca Book of Records as People of the Year - 2013 for wide contribution to the Indian cinema in several languages and also for holding a record 8 National Awards including a Special Jury Award.

Sreekar Prasad was a graduate in Literature from . He learned the art of film editing from his father in Telugu films. Though he started out with Telugu films, he rose to national acclaim through Malayalam and Tamil films. He has won the National Film Award for Best Editing seven times and owns one Special Jury Award, throughout a career spanning over two decades. Some of the notable editing works of Sreekar Prasad include Yodha (1992), Nirnayam, Vaanaprastham (1999), (2000), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Okkadu (2003), Aayitha Ezhuthu and (2004), (2005), (2005), Guru (2007), Billa (2007), Pazhassi Raja (2009), and (2012).

Sreekar Prasad was born to film editor Akkineni Sanjeevi, brother of Telugu film doyen L. V. Prasad. He has received 8 national awards for his work in Raakh, Rag , Nauka Caritramu,The Terrorist,Vaanaprastham,Kannathil Muthamittal and Firaaq.

M.S Mani

M. S. Mani is an Indian film director and editor in Malayalam movies. He won National award twice in 1990 and 1992 for editing the films Nakhashatangal and Iyyer The Great and Kerala State Award in 1972 for editing.He joined the film industry in 1948 and his first film was Ashaadeepam.He has edited more than 300 movies. His famous works as editor includes Kathapurushan, Vidheyan, Sargam, Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Anantharam and Amritham Gamaya all that went noticed at the national level.He also edited many Hindi and Tamil films. He also directed seven films, including Doctor, Sathyabhama, Subaida, Thalirukal, Vilakkapatta Bandhangal and Jalakannyaka. He was a popular Malayalam movie director during 1980s.

He hails from Poojapura in . He was born on November 1926 to Mrithyunjaya Ayyar and Balambal. He died on March 9, 2008 at the Sree Ramachandra Hospital in Chennai, following hearty diseases on Saturday. He was 81 and is survived by wife Seethamani and only son, .

B.Lenin

B. Lenin is an editor, writer and director who has worked in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. He is the son of A. Bhimsingh, a Tamil film maker. Lenin entered the film industry as an assistant editor and went on to work in numerous projects before becoming an independent editor. He made his debut as a full-fledged editor through J. Mahendran's Uthiripookkal in 1979. After a few films, Lenin started working with his long-time assistant V. T. Vijayan and the duo has so far worked in over hundred films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi films apart from an English film, Eli My Friend. As of 2013, Lenin has won five National Film Awards including the awards for Best Direction and Best Editing. He was the chairman of the Film Federation of India of India in 2011. Lenin was born in a family consisting of eight children. His father A. Bhimsingh was a well known director in Tamil and Hindi films. Lenin has a younger brother named B. Kannan who is a cinematographer. Lenin started his career as an associate director of his father and assisted editing in many of his films. He also had experience as a lab technician and sound engineering department as well. After several films as working as an assistant Lenin made his debut as an independent editor in in 1979 through Uthiripookkal, a Tamil film directed by J. Mahendran. Although he started as an independent editor he associated himself with his assistant V. T. Vijayan and the duo went on to work together in a number of films during the 80s and 90s including , Geethanjali, and Kadhalan, which won them the National Film Award for Best Editing.He made his directional debut in 1983 through Ethanai Konam Ethanai Paarvai (1983) and went on to direct four feature films and four non-feature films. His short film Knock- out (1992) was critically acclaimed as it went on to win the Islamia critics Award for Best Short Film at the Cairo International Film Festival.It also won the National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director for Lenin.The jury noted, "The director has given us a powerful insight into the labyrinth of the human mind faced with a disaster situation".Three years later, he directed his second short film tilted Kutravali which won the Best Editing at the 43rd National Film Awards. In 2002, Lenin made Ooruku Nooruper. The film fetched him the Best Direction award apart from winning the Best Regional Film (Tamil).The film dealt with capital punishment and was received with critical response.He has also directed a few TV serials including Solladi . Lenin has held important positions such as the jury member of 57th National Film Awards (2010) and the chairman of Oscar selection committee (of FFI) in 2011.

Suresh Urs

Suresh Urs is an Indian film editor who works predominantly in the South Indian cinema. He has edited over 700 films and 40 documentaries and television shows. Urs is well known for his association with directors like , Mani Ratnam, , T. S. Nagabharana, , P. Vasu, Bala, and Baraguru Ramachandrappa. He was awarded the National Film Award for Best Editing for his work in Bombay (1995),he is also a recipient of five State Film Awards and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. He was also honored to win the Karnataka State Rajyotsava Prashasti.

Renu Saluja

Renu Saluja (5 July 1952–16 August 2000) was an Indian film editor. In the 1980s and 1990s, she worked with both mainstream and art house Hindi cinema directors, including , Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Mishra, Shekhar Kapoor, and Mahesh Bhatt, Singh. Her work encompassed multiple feature films, documentaries, short films, and television series.

Renu was a four-time winner of National Film Award for Best Editing for (1989), (1991), Sardar (1993) and Godmother (1999) besides winning Filmfare Award for Best Editing again for Parinda (1989) and 1942: A Love Story (1994).

Renu was born into a Punjabi family. Renu applied to direction program of the Film and Television Institute of India Pune in 1974, but was not accepted into the program and ended up in the editing program instead. She graduated in 1976 and entered the film editing arena in India, which, at that time, was dominated by men.

She first edited, Vidhu Vinod Chopra‟s diploma film, Murder at Monkey Hill (1976), which went on to win the National Film Award for the Best Experimental Film in 1977-78. Once out of the FTII, Renu made her debut,with batch mate Saeed 's Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980), followed by with Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Sazaye Maut (1981), then another batch-mate 's comedy classic, (1983), where her work received its first real acclaim. Her early work was in with her FTII colleagues - Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Saeed Mirza, Kundan Shah, and Ashok Ahuja.

The first offer that Renu got from outside the circle of 'FTII' filmmakers was Govind Nihalani's , filmed in 1983. After Ardh Satya, her career took off and she even did a stint with Doordarshan.

Parinda made by Vidhu Vinod Chopra was perhaps the first mainstream film that Renu edited and on which she also assisted. Unlike the smaller films which were made in one schedule, where she would get the entire film in front of her before she commenced editing, Parinda was shot over a period of three years as it depended on star dates, availability of locations, etc.

In the 1990s Renu was involved in both mainstream cinema and the new crop of 'different indie films' that appeared following the success of Blues. Some of the well-known films that Renu edited include Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983), (1993), (1995), Pardes (1997), Rockford (1999) and Hey Ram (2000), Kukunoor's and finally Calcutta Mail released in 2003 was her last edited film.

She died in Mumbai, on 16 August 2000, after ailing from stomach cancer for some time.

N.B Srikanth N. B. Srikanth is an Indian film editor, working primarily in the Tamil film industry. He has mostly worked together with Praveen K. L. on several successful Tamil films, most notably for 's directorials.The duo won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Editor in 2008 for Saroja.He won the National Film Award for Best Editing for the film Aaranya Kaandam.

Namrata Rao (born 1981) is an Indian film editor, who works in Hindi cinema, where starting with Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! (2008), she edited films like (2010), (2010) and (2012).She is most famous for editing and acting in the film (2010) for which she received the Filmfare Award for Best Editing in 2011. She received National Film Award for Best Editing and Filmfare Award for Best Editing for the crtically acclaimed Kahaani (2012).

Born to a middle-class family in Delhi, she obtained a degree in IT, but left the field to pursue film.She started her career as a graphic designer, also worked with NDTV for a while, before deciding to study film making at Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata.

Kishore Te.

Kishore Te is an Indian film editor. He has worked in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. For his work in (2011), he won the National Film Award for Best Editing.

At age 21, Kishore joined film editors B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan as an assistant. He worked for more than 70 Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films as an assistant editor. His first independent film as an editor was the Tamil film (2009) produced by Shankar and directed by Arivazhagan.

Bina Paul

Bina Paul is an award-winning Indian film editor. She has mainly worked on Malayalam- language films.

Bina Paul was born in 1961 to a father (M P Paul) and a Kannadiga mother (Sarada). She was brought up in Delhi. She completed editing course from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. She is married to the famous cinemotographer ISC. She holds the post of Artistic Director of International Film Festival of Kerala. She won a national film award for her editing work in the movie Mitr, my friend. Her other best works includes Bioscope, Daya and Saayahnam

Anthony

Anthony (born Llwellyn Anthony Gonsalves on 11 September 1973 in Chennai, India) is a Tamil film editor. He has worked in over twenty Tamil, Malayalam, and films. This makes him one of the few editors to have worked for the three biggest film industries in India. His notable work includes , Madarsipattinam, varnaam aayiram, vinaithandi varuvaayo, sillunu oru kadhal, Manmadhan, Enthiran, Nanban, Kochadaiyaan etc