Pushkar–Gayathri

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.

The couple has been in the industry since 2007. They have written and directed three feature Tamil films: Oram Po, Va- Quarter Cutting and Vikram Vedha. The first two films earned them a niche cult fan-club both in India and abroad. Vikram Vedha received strong positive reviews from critics, and won four Filmfare, Vijay and Norway Tamil Film Festival awards each.

Films

Year	Film
2007	Oram Po
2010	Va- Quarter Cutting
2017	Vikram Vedha

Awards


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

References

^ 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. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "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.

[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. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[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
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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)