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56-624: Trivikram Srinivas (born Akella Naga Srinivasa Sarma ; 7 November 1971) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema . He is one of the highest-paid directors in South Indian cinema . He has garnered six state Nandi Awards for Best Dialogue Writer and two Filmfare Awards for Best Director . In 2015, he received the BN Reddy National Award for his contributions to Indian cinema. A university gold medalist with

112-473: A film school to get a bachelor's degree studying film or cinema. Film students generally study the basic skills used in making a film. This includes, for example, preparation, shot lists and storyboards, blocking, communicating with professional actors, communicating with the crew, and reading scripts. Some film schools are equipped with sound stages and post-production facilities. Besides basic technical and logistical skills, students also receive education on

168-454: A master's degree in nuclear physics , Trivikram initially had no plans to enter the entertainment industry, but his interest in film and Telugu literature led him to become a screenwriter and later a film director. He is known among the Telugu audience by the epithets "Maatala Maantrikudu" ( transl.  Wizard of Words ), and " Guruji " ( transl.  The Master ). His film craft

224-580: A Telugu TV news channel ABN Andhra Jyothi and a weekly magazine Navya . "about-us" . andhrajyothy.com . Retrieved 8 April 2023 . According to the Audit bureau of circulation for the H12022, Andhrajyothi had a circulation of 375,661, ranked at 17th place among daily newspapers in India. Its circulation during Q2 2019 was 664,352. Circulation dropped by 43.45% over three year period. Though initially started out as

280-417: A director, his writings set high standards in Telugu films, which his contemporaries found tough to match. During the filming of Nuvve Kavali , Trivikram narrated the script of Nuvve Nuvve to producer Sravanthi Ravi Kishore , who liked it and asked him if he could direct it. Trivikram accepted the offer and asked for some time as he needed more confidence. He commenced the direction of Nuvve Nuvve after

336-464: A distributor share of ₹ 19 crore in its total run, thus becoming a box office hit. Its satellite rights were sold for ₹ 4.5 crore. Following upon its initial recognition, the film was dubbed into Tamil , Malayalam , and Hindi , as well as being dubbed into Polish for a release in Poland as a Poszukiwany, becoming the first Telugu film released in Poland. Trivikram's third directorial, Jalsa , became

392-480: A flat fee for the project, as a weekly salary, or as a daily rate. A handful of top Hollywood directors made from $ 133.3 million to $ 257.95 million in 2011, such as James Cameron and Steven Spielberg , but the average United States film directors and producers made $ 89,840 in 2018. A new Hollywood director typically gets paid around $ 400,000 for directing their first studio film. The average annual salary in England

448-400: A general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write their own screenplays or collaborate on screenplays with long-standing writing partners. Other directors edit or appear in their films or compose music score for their films. A film director's task is to envisage

504-477: A gross over ₹ 250 crore. His next projects were Bheemla Nayak (2022) and Bro (2023), remakes for which he wrote the screenplay and dialogues, starring Pawan Kalyan alongside Rana Daggubati and Sai Dharam Tej respectively. His next directorial feature was the Mahesh Babu-starrer Guntur Kaaram (2024), marking their third collaboration. It received negative reviews from critics and

560-412: A leading Telugu newspaper. For the first time he uses his pen name "Trivikram" for the credit later it becomes popular through that name. It was his first and only story published so far. Rao liked his writing and assured him of work in the film Merupu (1996) but expressed that the producer would not be able to pay for his work. Trivikram then started working for the film, and after 10 days of work, when

616-414: A phone call, and it was during this time that Trivikram looked into a film script and understood the format of writing scenes anddialogues on paper. He was then given a narration of the story of Pavitra Bandham by Posani and was asked to come up with his own version of scenes. Impressed by the resultant work, he was employed as a writer, and thus began his writing career. Under the tutelage of Posani, during

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672-494: A recent trend of more attention to women directors in India, brought on partly by Amazon and Netflix moving into the industry. Of the movies produced in Nollywood , women direct only 2%. There are many different awards for film directing, run by various academies , critics associations , film festivals , and guilds . The Academy Award for Best Director and Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director are considered among

728-590: A stint of 20 months, Trivikram learned a lot and gained a vast experience in writing for films of all genres. Posani never treated Trivikram as a ghostwriter and always introduced him as his assistant writer or associate writer to others, such as directors E. V. V. Satyanarayana , Muthyala Subbaiah , and B. Gopal . Trivikram, who initially had no plans in writing for films, but instead had an interest in directing films, did not want to settle in his newfound role as an assistant or associate writer of others. He met actor Venu and producer Venkata Shyam Prasad and narrated

784-403: A way to translate a screenplay into a fully formed film, and then to realize this vision. To do this, they oversee the artistic and technical elements of film production. This entails organizing the film crew in such a way to achieve their vision of the film and communicating with the actors. This requires skills of group leadership, as well as the ability to maintain a singular focus even in

840-508: A yearly salary from ¥4 million to ¥10 million, and the Directors Guild of Japan requires a minimum payment of ¥3.5 million. Korean directors make 300 million to 500 million won for a film, and beginning directors start out making around 50 million won. A Korean director who breaks into the Chinese market might make 1 billion won for a single film. According to a 2018 report from UNESCO ,

896-736: Is a film criticism concept that holds that a film director's film reflects the director's personal creative vision, as if they were the primary "auteur" (the French word for "author"). In spite of—and sometimes even because of—the production of the film as part of an industrial process, the auteur's creative voice is distinct enough to shine through studio interference and the collective process. Some film directors started as screenwriters , film editors , producers , actors , or film critics , as well as directing for similar media like television and commercials. Several American cinematographers have become directors, including Barry Sonnenfeld , originally

952-399: Is identified by its creative and quick-witted dialogue, humorous content, fast-paced repartee mixed with action, mythological references, courtship drama, importance of women in the world, and issues in relationships. Some of his films are noted for integrating ideas from Hindu philosophy into mainstream popular cinema. In 2000, Trivikram wrote the dialogues for Nuvve Kavali , which won

1008-469: Is interlaced with original and subtle humor . His films are known for their creative and quick-witted dialogue. Idlebrain.com praised his 2002 directorial debut, Nuvve Nuvve , for "decimating the dullness and the dreariness" plaguing the characterization of actors in then Telugu fims. In early 2005, The Hindu compared Trivikram favourably with filmmaker Shankar . Trivikram packs his films with surprise action sequences and often projects two versions of

1064-554: Is its Managing Director and Renowned journalist N.Rahul Kumar is its Editor. It is the third-largest circulated Telugu daily, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) and is known for its dynamic political reporting. Andhra Jyothi has a vast reporting network in every nook and corner of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and also has a considerable presence in New Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Orissa, and Chhattisgarh. The group also owns

1120-714: Is £50,440, in Canada is $ 62,408, and in Western Australia it can range from $ 75,230 to $ 97,119. In France, the average salary is €4000 per month, paid per project. Luc Besson was the highest paid French director in 2017, making €4.44 million for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets . That same year, the top ten French directors' salaries in total represented 42% of the total directors' salaries in France. Film directors in Japan average

1176-725: The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu . His Telugu directorial debut film Nuvve Nuvve (2002) won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Silver). His other writing and directorial works include films such as Swayamvaram (1999), Chirunavvutho (2000), Nuvvu Naaku Nachav (2001), Manmadhudu (2002), Malliswari (2004), Athadu (2005), Jalsa (2008), Khaleja (2010), Julayi (2012), Attarintiki Daredi (2013), S/O Satyamurthy (2015), A Aa (2016), Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava (2018) and Ala Vaikuntapuramulo (2020). Trivikram Srinivas

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1232-1087: The Berlin/Brandenburg TV station RBB (Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting) and ARTE . In recent decades American directors have primarily been coming out of USC , UCLA , AFI , Columbia University , and NYU , each of which is known for cultivating a certain style of filmmaking. Notable film schools outside of the United States include Beijing Film Academy , Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City, Dongseo University in South Korea, FAMU in Prague, Film and Television Institute of India , HFF Munich , La Fémis in Paris, Tel Aviv University , and Vancouver Film School . Film directors usually are self-employed and hired per project based on recommendations and industry reputation. Compensation might be arranged as

1288-524: The Coen brothers' Director of Photography; Wally Pfister , cinematographer on Christopher Nolan 's three Batman films made his directorial debut with Transcendence (2014). Despite the misnomer, assistant director has become a completely separate career path and is not typically a position for aspiring directors, but there are exceptions in some countries such as India where assistant directors are indeed directors-in-training. Many film directors have attended

1344-467: The cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget . There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters , cinematographers , producers , film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline

1400-422: The director ensures that all individuals involved in the film production are working towards an identical vision for the completed film. The set of varying challenges they have to tackle has been described as "a multi-dimensional jigsaw puzzle with egos and weather thrown in for good measure". It adds to the pressure that the success of a film can influence when and how they will work again, if at all. Generally,

1456-435: The director works with the editor to edit the material into the director's cut . Well-established directors have the " final cut privilege ", meaning that they have the final say on which edit of the film is released. For other directors, the studio can order further edits without the director's permission. The director is one of the few positions that requires intimate involvement during every stage of film production . Thus,

1512-515: The entire script was complete except for the climax and asked Trivikram to come up with his own version of the climax. He then wrote and narrated it. Posani Krishna Murali , one of the established writers, who happened to be present there, was impressed with Trivikram's writing. However, they later lost contact with each other. Trivikram then worked as writer for a film-based program conducted by Gautam Raju in ETV . Raju connected him once again to Posani, who

1568-474: The film industry throughout the world has a disproportionately higher number of male directors compared to female directors, and they provide as an example the fact that only 20% of films in Europe are directed by women. 44% of graduates from a sample of European films schools are women, and yet women are only 24% of working film directors in Europe. However only a fraction of film school graduates aspire to direct with

1624-445: The film's pirated version, which has up to 90 minutes of the film being put up online a few days before its official release, the film became an industry hit. Attarinitki Daredi received positive reviews from critics according to International Business Times India , who called the film a "perfect family entertainer" in their review roundup. Trivikram then directed S/O Satyamurthy (2015), starring Allu Arjun and Samantha. The film

1680-471: The film. Khaleja opened to mixed reviews and underperformed at the box office. Trivikram provided the dialogues and screenplay for the film, Teen Maar (2011), starring Pawan Kalyan and Trisha in a remake of Love Aaj Kal . He then directed Julayi (2012) starring Allu Arjun and Ileana D'Cruz , and the film became a box-office hit. Next, he directed Attarintiki Daredi (2013), starring Pawan Kalyan , Samantha , and Pranitha Subhash . Despite

1736-456: The film. He added humor with the dialogues and incorporated new characters, including one for his actor friend Sunil. While Nuvve Kavali was getting done, he simultaneously penned the story and dialogues for his next venture, Chirunavvutho (2000). Nuvve Kavali released in late 2000 and went on to be a huge hit, as well as the highest grosser of its time. After the success of Swayamvaram and Nuvve Kavali (2000), Trivikram went on to write

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1792-438: The film. Producer Shyam, overcoming many obstacles and risks, produced and released the film on 22 April 1999, which then became a hit. The movie marked the official debut of Trivikram as a screenwriter. Despite the success of Swayamvaram , Trivikram had no interesting offers. He went back to Bhimavaram and lived there for over 1.5 months. He then received a call from Sravanthi Ravi Kishore to accompany him to Chennai for buying

1848-461: The hub of the Telugu film industry , was itself a big task. Trivikram finished his schooling at S.Ch.B.R.M. High School, and completed Intermediate, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree from D.N.R. College in Bhimavaram. He then moved to the city of Visakhapatnam to study for his master's degree at Andhra University . In the city he spent every day of his stay watching movies; all

1904-472: The majority entering the industry in other roles. In Hollywood, women make up only 12.6 percent of film directors, as reported by a UCLA study of the 200 top theatrical films of 2017, but that number is a significant increase from 6.9% in 2016. As of 2014, there were only 20 women in the Directors Guild of Japan out of the 550 total members. Indian film directors are also greatly underrepresented by women, even compared to other countries, but there has been

1960-504: The most anticipated film of the year 2008, with a release of 325 prints in 1000 theatres. The film's audio rights were sold to Aditya Music for ₹ 90  lakh , the highest for a Telugu film ever at the time. Jalsa became a major hit at box office and was the highest grossing Telugu film of 2008. Jalsa was followed by Khaleja (2010), Trivikram's second collaboration with Mahesh Babu after Athadu . Trivikram directed Babu in two Thums Up soft drink commercials to assist in promoting

2016-476: The most prestigious awards for directing, and there is even an award for worst directing given out during the Golden Raspberry Awards . Andhra Jyothi Andhra Jyothi ( Telugu : ఆంధ్రజ్యోతి ; lit.   ' The light of Andhra ' ) is the third largest circulated Telugu language daily newspaper of India sold mostly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana . It

2072-548: The nature of professional relationships that occur during film production. A full degree course can be designed for up to five years of studying. Future directors usually complete short films during their enrollment. The National Film School of Denmark has the student's final projects presented on national TV. Some film schools retain the rights for their students' works. Many directors successfully prepared for making feature films by working in television. The German Film and Television Academy Berlin consequently cooperates with

2128-415: The position of film director is widely considered to be a highly stressful and demanding one. It has been said that "20-hour days are not unusual". Some directors also take on additional roles, such as producing, writing or editing. Under European Union law, the film director is considered the "author" or one of the authors of a film, largely as a result of the influence of auteur theory . Auteur theory

2184-444: The release of another of his works as writer, Nuvvu Naaku Nachav , in late 2001. Nuvve Nuvve released in 2002, marking Trivikram's directorial debut. Although the film received critical acclaim and became successful at the box office, Trivikram was not completely happy with it and felt that the writer in him dominated the director in that film. Nuvve Nuvve was followed by the critically-acclaimed film Athadu (2005). It collected

2240-463: The remake rights of the Malayalam film Niram (1999), which would be remade as Nuvve Kavali . Taking only the essence of the film without its transcript, Trivikram rewrote the entire dialogue afresh, using only one dialogue from the original: "Nuvvendukuraa Naaku mundu I Love You cheppaledu?". ( transl.  Why haven't you told "I Love You" to me first? ), as he felt it captured the essence of

2296-407: The restrictions of the film's budget and the demands of the producer and studio (such as the need to get a particular age rating ). Directors also play an important role in post-production . While the film is still in production, the director sends " dailies " to the film editor and explains their overall vision for the film, allowing the editor to assemble an editor's cut . In post-production,

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2352-496: The room in the Punjagutta neighborhood as a memory by paying rent. Actor Sunil and Trivikram were friends since their early days in Bhimavaram. Both graduated from the D.N.R. College in Bhimavaram, Trivikram with B.Sc and Sunil with B.Com Fine Arts; both even married on the same day. In 2002, Trivikram married Sai Soujanya, niece of Telugu lyricist, Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry . The couple has two children. Trivikram's writing

2408-560: The same event (appearing at two different junctures in the film), showcasing two different perspectives towards the same incident. The female protagonists in his films ensure the majority of the laughs, whereas the male protagonists are guarded about their families and provide security. Self-respect and relationships-over-money issues also form major parts of his plots. Other roles (2002) (2005) (2008) (2010) (2012) (2013) (2015) (2016) (2018) (2018) (2020) (2024) Film director The film director gives direction to

2464-452: The shooting of the film shifted to a faraway location in Gandipet, he disassociated himself from the project, citing lack of money to travel. Actor Gautam Raju , a close friend of Sunil, then helped Trivikram in getting an opportunity in the industry. He introduced Trivikram to T. D. V. Prasad, who was then working on the film titled Akka! Bagunnava? (1996). Prasad narrated the story but said

2520-403: The sole superiors of the director are the producers and the studio that is financing the film, although sometimes the director can also be a producer of the same film. The role of a director differs from producers in that producers typically manage the logistics and business operations of the production, whereas the director is tasked with making creative decisions. The director must work within

2576-445: The story and dialogues for Chirunavvutho (2000), Nuvvu Naaku Nachav (2001), Manmadhudu (2002), Malliswari (2004), and Jai Chiranjeeva (2005). He also wrote dialogues for the Telugu film Vasu (2002). Trivikram even penned the lyrics for a song in the film Oka Raju Oka Rani (2003), and sang a portion of the song "Computers-u Arts-u Science-u" in his directorial debut Nuvve Nuvve (2002). Even before he became

2632-511: The story of Swayamvaram to them. They believed in the gist of his story, which Trivikram condensed into one single dialogue: "Prema ane swargam nundi, 7 adugula dooramlo vunde narakame pelli". ( transl.  From the Heaven called Love, 7 steps away lies the Hell called Marriage ). After listening to this dialogue, the film's director K. Vijaya Bhaskar insisted that he should write the dialogue for

2688-477: The stressful, fast-paced environment of a film set. Moreover, it is necessary to have an artistic eye to frame shots and to give precise feedback to cast and crew, thus, excellent communication skills are a must. Because the film director depends on the successful cooperation of many different creative individuals with possibly strongly contradicting artistic ideals and visions, they also need to possess conflict-resolution skills to mediate whenever necessary. Thus

2744-477: The while, he made sure his parents never knew of his intention to become a film director. He was also an avid reader and was so addicted to it that he used to get "a high while reading books". He completed his two-year M.Sc degree course in nuclear physics in 15 months and graduated with a gold medal from Andhra University. Trivikram then started to work as a high school teacher in Bhimavaram, teaching math , physics , and chemistry . His friend, actor Sunil , who

2800-603: Was a box office failure. In Hyderabad, as a group of aspirants for a career in films, Trivikram, Sunil , R. P. Patnaik , Chandra Siddhartha , Gopimohan , Dasaradh , and Venu all used to meet in a café called "Try Luck" and discuss about opportunities in films. Interestingly, they all started getting noticed in film industry only after the café went out of business. Patnaik came to Hyderabad to prepare for civil services and became Trivikram and Sunil’s roommate for many days. Gunasekhar also stayed with them as their roommate during his struggling days. As of 2016, Trivikram maintains

2856-431: Was a disaster at the box-office, while his Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava starring NTR Jr. and Pooja Hegde became a hit, collecting ₹ 95.2 crore distributor share worldwide. His 2020 film Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020), starring Allu Arjun and Pooja Hegde , became the fourth- highest grossing Telugu film of all time at the time of its release, collecting more than ₹ 152 crore distributor share worldwide with

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2912-468: Was born as Akella Naga Srinivasa Sharma into a Telugu Brahmin family, in Bhimavaram , Andhra Pradesh . During his childhood, he used to watch a lot of films, and thought of becoming a film director at age 14. He, however, had no plans for a career in films, as he thought it was impractical, considering his financial situation, which was such that even buying a ticket to travel from Bhimavaram to Hyderabad ,

2968-488: Was founded by K. L. N. Prasad , an Industrialist on 1 July 1960. It is also one of the oldest running Telugu language daily newspapers. It was taken over by Vemuri Radha Krishna , also known as R. K. in 2002 who also works as the Managing Director. It is published from 21 centers across the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. Vemuri Radhakrishna , a senior journalist turned entrepreneur

3024-433: Was released on 9 April 2015 to a general positive response. On a ₹ 40 crore ($ 6.23 million) budget, S/O Satyamurthy earned a distributor share of ₹ 51.9 crore ($ 8.1 million) and grossed ₹ 90.5 crore ($ 14.1 million). His romance film A Aa (2016) starring Nithiin and Samantha became above average. 2018 was a mixed bag for Trivikram, as his Agnyaathavaasi starring Pawan Kalyan, Keerthy Suresh , and Anu Emmanuel

3080-496: Was then in Chennai . Trivikram then took his remuneration of Rs. 3000/- from ETV and used it to travel to Chennai to meet Posani, who was then writing for the film Pavitra Bandham (1996). After meeting up with Posani, Trivikram was asked if he knew how to write scripts and dialogues, to which he said yes like an experienced professional, the fact being he did not know anything about it at all. Posani then went into another room to attend

3136-593: Was then struggling for chances in film industry, wanted someone to support him as a source of strength and requested Trivikram to join him in Hyderabad, to which he obliged. He then started taking classes for students there, living on the income from tuition fees, and spent his spare time trying to find opportunities for himself to enter the film industry. Srinivas met writer Kommanapalli Ganapathi Rao, and on his suggestion, published his short story "Road" in Andhra Jyothi ,

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