Siddharth Katragadda

Siddharth Katragadda
Born 1972
Bangalore, India
Pen name Sid
Occupation Filmmaker, Artist, Writer, Software Engineer
Nationality US (India)
Ethnicity Indian
Alma mater University of Texas, Arlington, The Frank Anthony Public School, Bengaluru, St. Joseph's College, Bangalore
Period 2002–present
Notable works Dark Rooms, The Other Wife, Varanasi (film), The Mercy Machine (screenplay)
Notable awards Quaterfinalist - Page Screewriting Awards, Semi-finalist - Southern California Screenplay Contest, Runner-up San Diego Book Awards(Poetry) 2002 & 2003, Best Foreign Film for Varanasi- Downbeach Film Festival
Relatives Tripuraneni Gopichand, Tripuraneni Ramaswamy
Website
www.siddharthfilms.com

Siddharth Katragadda is an artist, filmmaker, writer and poet of Indian origin.

Writing

Katragadda's first book, Dark Rooms: A Novel in Verse, was published in September 2002 and was a runner-up award for the San Diego Book Prize, 2002.[1] His second Novel in Verse, The Other wife also won the same award in 2003.[2] His first novel was finalist at the 2010 San Diego Awards (unpublished manuscript).[3][4] Numerous articles written by him have been published on CNN.[5][6][7] [8] His work has appeared in Grey Sparrow Press (best new literary journal 2011),[9] A Generation Defining Itself, Carter Street Review, Eastown Fiction, WriteFromWrong Journal and numerous literary journals.[10][11][12] [13] [14] His work has been reviewed in the journals like "The Best Reviews",[15] Book Review Asian Journal[16] and "One India"[17]Book Review by One India – Dark Rooms[18]

Books

Year Book Genre Awards
2002 Dark Rooms poetry, novel in verse Runners-up San Diego Book Awards
2003 The Other Wife poetry, novel in verse Runners-up San Diego Book Awards
unpublished Blood Siblings drama, literary fiction

Painting

An emerging painter, he has held various painting exhibitions in India and in America. He has been painting since he was ten. He believes that an artist's primary objective should be to capture a culture – and that a culture, or ethnicity, can be best understood through its women. He paints colourful and elaborately dressed, voluptous, dark Indian women, paying equal attention to their omnipresent bindis and resplendent ornaments as he does to their draped saris and brilliant blouses. His portraits are as abstract as they are figurative. He tends to abstract away from facial features, and lays more emphasis on the way a culture has sculpted the woman as a whole, especially the colours, which are depicted in brightest of colours – reds, saffrons and yellows – the most essential Indian colours. His paintings have been featured at Chitra Kala Parishath, Kalarasa Gallery (Bangalore), Art Walk (San Diego), IndianArtCollectors.com, Mixture ShowRoom (San Diego), Paintings Etc. (Singapore), Chlorophyll (Chandigarh) and IndianPainters.net. One of his paintings is in the private collection of Mani Ratnam.His paintings are collected worldwide.

Exhibitions

Year Gallery Solo/Group Show
2009 Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore Solo
2009 Palm Meadows, Bangalore Solo
2010 San Diego Bay Group Art Walk San Diego
2010 Mixture Gallery, San Diego Group "Mixture"
2012 IndianArtCollectors.com Solo "Feature Artist"
2013 Renaissance Gallerie, Bangalore Group "The Parrot"
2014 Kalarasa, Bangalore Group "Eclectic Collections - 30 emerging Indian Artists"
2014 Kensington Art Gallery, Bangalore Group "Boutiful Art - Juried by Christine Knocke"
2015 Wine Vault, San Diego Solo "The Woman"

[19][20][21][22] [23] [24]

Films

He is an award winning filmmaker/screenwriter. His screenplay was a Quarterfinalist at the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, 2016.[25] and Semi-finalist at the Southern California Screenplay Contest.[26] His short film "Varanasi" won the Best Foreign Film Award at the Atlantic City CineFest, New Jersey, 2013.[27][28] His short film "Flight Delayed" won a prize award at the '9th Multimatograf Film Festival', Vologda, Russia.[29] His short documentary, "The Indus Code" was shortlisted for the 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala. [30][31] His short film "The Interpreter" won an award for Best Special Effects and was officially selected to be screened at Germany After Dark Horror Fest.[32][33] He has also worked as cinematographer, editor and lyricist in his films.

Filmography

Year Film Genre Awards Credited as
director Producer Screenwriter
2013 Varanasi (Short) romance, drama Best Foreign Film, Downbeach Film Festival, New Jersey Yes Yes Yes
2013 The Girl Upstairs (Featurette) romance, drama Official entry: 2nd Delhi Film Festival Yes Yes Yes
2013 The Indus Code (Short Documentary) documentary Official entry: 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala Yes Yes Yes

References

  1. San Diego Book Award for Dark Rooms
  2. The Other Wife-Novel in Verse
  3. San Diego Unpublished Manuscript Award
  4. San Diego Unpublished Manuscript Award
  5. Article on CNN -Delhi Rape
  6. Article on CNN-Delhi Rape
  7. http://prospectjournal.org/2013/01/30/she-said-no-he-heard-yes-americas-rape-culture/
  8. Article on CNN – girl education in Bihar
  9. https://greysparrowpress.sharepoint.com/Pages/Summer2011PoetryKatragadda.aspx
  10. Poetry in Grey Sparrow Press
  11. Poetry in Eastown fiction
  12. Poetry in Carter Street Review
  13. Poetry in Wilderness House Literary Review
  14. Poetry in River Poets Journal
  15. Book Review by Best Reviews
  16. Asian Journal on Dark Rooms
  17. Book Review-The Other Wife
  18. Book Review by One India-The Other Wife
  19. Siddharth Katragadda Painting Exhibition on Indian Art Collectors
  20. Siddharth Katragadda Painting Exhibition Chitra Kala Parishad
  21. Siddharth Katragadda at Art Walk San Diego
  22. IndianArtCollectors.com
  23. http://www.thecityguide.in/Bangalore/Central-Bangalore/Cunningham/Events/Group-Exhibition-SNINFS/EditorsNote/
  24. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/attend/article5411694.ece
  25. https://pageawards.com/past-winners/2016-winners/2016-quarter-finalists/
  26. http://www.socalscreenplay.com/home.html
  27. http://downbeach.festivalgenius.com
  28. http://downbeach.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/varanasi_siddharthkatragadda_downbeach2013
  29. Short Film wins special award at Russian Film Fest
  30. http://iffk.in/idsffk/images/9th-Day.pdf
  31. http://idsffk.keralafilm.com/informfilm.html
  32. http://www.48hourfilm.com/en/sandiego/
  33. http://germanyafterdark.com/index.php/official-selection/science-fiction?start=6

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