Pushkar–Gayatri

Pushkar & Gayatri
Pushkar & Gayatri
Nationality	Indian
Education	Master of Fine Arts in Film Making
Alma mater	Under-Grad: Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai Gayatri Post-Grad.: Northwestern University, Chicago Pushkar Post-Grad.: University of New Orleans
Occupation	Directors & Screenplay writers
Years active	2007 – 2017

Pushkar and Gayatri are a husband and wife filmmaker duo from India. They are the only married couple directors in Asia and are a part of a small community worldwide. Their films are noted for their unique style and technical finesse.

Probably most famous for their 2017 film, Vikram Vedha, the couple has been in the industry since 2007. They have, till date, written and directed three feature Tamil movies - Oram Po, Va- Quarter Cutting and Vikram Vedha. The first two movies earned them a niche cult fan-club both in India and abroad while their third movie has received strong positive reviews from critics.

Films

Year	Film	Role	Actors	Language
2007	Oram Po	Writers & Directors	Arya, Lal and Pooja Umashankar	Tamil
2010	Va- Quarter Cutting	Writers & Directors	Shiva, S.P.B. Charan and Lekha Washington	Tamil
2017	Vikram Vedha	Writers & Directors	R.Madhavan, Vijay Sethupathi and Shraddha Srinath	Tamil

Awards

Listed below are the list of awards and the recognition by Pushkar and Gayatri, in the national and international platforms


Year	Awards	Title	Category	Result	ref
2008	Ad Club Awards Madras	Oram Po	Best Movie Trailer	Won
2017	Provoke Awards	Vikram Vedha	Best Director	Won
2017	Brew Awards	Vikram Vedha	Best Director	Won
2017	Chennai International Film Festival	Vikram Vedha	Second Best Tamil Feature Film	Won	^[1]
2017	Technofes Awards	Vikram Vedha	Best Story	Nominated
2018	Vikatan Awards	Vikram Vedha	Best Screenplay	Won	^[2]
2018	Vijay TV Awards	Vikram Vedha	Best Director, Best Director	Won	^[3]
2018	Filmfare Awards South	Vikram Vedha	Best Director	Won	^[4]
2018	Behindwoods Awards	Vikram Vedha	Best Director	Won	^[5]
2018	South Indian International Movie Awards -2018	Vikram Vedha	Best Film	Won

IMDb's Top 10 Indian Movies 0f 2017: Ranked No.1 in the IMDb rating https://www.imdb.com/list/ls027291205/
Tokyo Film Festival: Screened under the 'World Cinema' category http://2017.tiff-jp.net/en/lineup/works.php?id=148
Prague Indian Film Festival: Screened during the festival

References

Review in The Hindu: http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/vikram-vedha-review-grey-matter/article19325872.ece
Pushkar & Gayatri's Interview with Baradwaj Rangan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ3fXHHETbg
Interview in Scroll.in:https://thereel.scroll.in/842793/it-is-nothing-like-any-other-tamil-film-pushkar-gayathri-on-vikram-vedha

External links

^ BollywoodLife. "Vikram Vedha, Vijay Sethupathi win top honours at 15th Chennai International Film Festival". Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards (2018)". IMDb. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Vijay Awards 2018: Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Mersal, Vikram Vedha Win Big; Check Out The Complete List of Winners Here | LatestLY". Latestly. 09:00:57 am IST Jun, 4, 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-31. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "65th Filmfare Awards South winners: Vikram Vedha, Baahubali 2 and Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum win big". The Indian Express. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "Winners list of Behindwoods Gold Medal Awards 2018". Behindwoods. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

Rajinikanth on Vikram Vedha: "http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rajinikanth-praises-vikram-vedha-madhavan-vijay-sethupathi/1/1012017.html"
Vikram Vedha Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/vikramvedha?lang=en
Tokyo Film Festival: http://2017.tiff-jp.net/en/lineup/works.php?id=148
Prague Film Festival: http://www.kinosvetozor.cz/en/program/filmy/9240/Vikram-Vedha/

[1] BollywoodLife. "Vikram Vedha, Vijay Sethupathi win top honours at 15th Chennai International Film Festival". Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[2] "Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards (2018)". IMDb. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[3] "Vijay Awards 2018: Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Mersal, Vikram Vedha Win Big; Check Out The Complete List of Winners Here | LatestLY". Latestly. 09:00:57 am IST Jun, 4, 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-31. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[4] "65th Filmfare Awards South winners: Vikram Vedha, Baahubali 2 and Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum win big". The Indian Express. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[5] "Winners list of Behindwoods Gold Medal Awards 2018". Behindwoods. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director
1972–1990	P. Madhavan (1972) A. C. Tirulokchandar (1973) K. Balachander (1974) K. Balachander (1975) S. P. Muthuraman (1976) S. P. Muthuraman (1977) Bharathiraja (1978) Mahendran (1979) K. Balachander (1980) K. Balachander (1981) Balu Mahendra (1982) A. Jagannathan (1983) K. Balachander (1984) Fazil (1985) Mani Ratnam (1986) Bharathiraja (1987) Balu Mahendra (1988) K. Balachander (1989) Mani Ratnam (1990)
1991–2010	Mani Ratnam (1991) K. Balachander (1992) Shankar (1993) Shankar (1994) Mani Ratnam (1995) Agathiyan (1996) Cheran (1997) Cheran (1998) Bala (1999) Rajiv Menon (2000) Cheran (2001) Mani Ratnam (2002) Bala (2003) Cheran (2004) Shankar (2005) Vasanthabalan (2006) Ameer Sultan (2007) M. Sasikumar (2008) Priyadarshan (2009) Vasanthabalan (2010)
2011–present	Vetrimaaran (2011) Balaji Sakthivel (2012) Bala (2013) AR Murugadoss (2014) Mohan Raja (2015) Sudha Kongara (2016) Pushkar–Gayathri (2017)