Ok Viswanath Memorial Quick Movie Contest: Indica Photos to announce the winners in Hyderabad
File photograph of director Ok Viswanath
Indica Photos, a seven-year-old organisation based by Hari Vadlamani, is organising a brief movie contest in reminiscence of legendary director Ok Viswanath and shall be saying the winners on November 8 at Prasad Labs Preview Theatre, Hyderabad.
In April 2023, entries had been invited from aspiring filmmakers and movie college students. From the 1169 registrations acquired from 11 international locations, 177 movies made the primary minimize and 20 had been shortlisted by the organisation’s programming group headed by Nikita Hattangady. These movies had been then evaluated by a panel consisting of administrators Bharath Kamma, Kasinadhuni Nagendra, Vivek Athreya and singer Parthu Nemanigaru.
Eight movies have been chosen for the ultimate nominations and the highest three successful movies shall be screened on November 8.
The eight movies are Ananya by Aishwarya Perambai, Kittu Katha by Nikhil Kumar Reddy, Navarasa Madhanam by Prudhvi Raj Thumula, Sangamam by Prakash Vakkalanka, Sivaagna by Shanmukha Karthik, Sivaagnya by Sistla VMK, Sreekaram by Srini Prabhala and Ram Mohan Komanduri, and The Imam by Saba Mumtaz.
Danji Thotapalli, co-founder of Indica Photos, says the movies had been chosen after months of analysis and Ok Viswanath’s son Ok Nagendra joined the group and offered his inputs throughout the course of.
The ultimate shortlist of eight movies are being judged by a jury consisting of producers Allu Aravind, Shobu Yarlagadda, actor and danseuse Manju Bhargavi and actor Radhika Sarathkumar.
The three successful filmmakers shall be awarded a money prize of ₹5,00,000 every. Awards for finest actor, finest youngster actor, finest track, finest story and finest oroduction can even be awarded.
Indica Photos platforms visible arts professionals to assist produce constructive content material celebrating Indic and indigenous civilisational thought. The organisation additionally conducts an annual movie competition known as Indic Movie Utsav. The fourth Indic Movie Utsav will start on November 9 with a screening of director Sandeep Mohan’s Danny Goes Aum at Prasad Labs Preview Theatre. The movies which might be part of this competition, from November 9 to 12, could be seen on-line at https://indica.photos. The competition will characteristic eight narrative options, 12 documentaries and 32 quick movies. The competition will shut with a screening of writer-director Sripal Sama’s English-Telugu movie How Is That for a Monday?
