Siddharth Katragadda
Siddharth Katragadda | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 Bangalore, India |
| Pen name | Sid |
| Occupation | Filmmaker, Artist, Writer, Software Engineer |
| Nationality | US (India) |
| 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 | |
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in Verse, The Other wife also won the same award in 2003.[2] His first novel was finalist at the 2010 San Diego Awards (unpublished manuscript).[3][4] Numerous articles written by him have been published on CNN.[5][6][7] [8] His work has appeared in Grey Sparrow Press (best new literary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| unpublished | Blood Siblings | drama, literary fiction |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" |
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
- ^ San Diego Book Award for Dark Rooms
- ^ The Other Wife-Novel in Verse
- ^ San Diego Unpublished Manuscript Award
- ^ San Diego Unpublished Manuscript Award
- ^ Article on CNN -Delhi Rape
- ^ Article on CNN-Delhi Rape
- ^ http://prospectjournal.org/2013/01/30/she-said-no-he-heard-yes-americas-rape-culture/
- ^ Article on CNN – girl education in Bihar
- ^ https://greysparrowpress.sharepoint.com/Pages/Summer2011PoetryKatragadda.aspx
- ^ Poetry in Grey Sparrow Press
- ^ Poetry in Eastown fiction
- ^ Poetry in Carter Street Review
- ^ Poetry in Wilderness House Literary Review
- ^ Poetry in River Poets Journal
- ^ Book Review by Best Reviews
- ^ Asian Journal on Dark Rooms
- ^ Book Review-The Other Wife
- ^ Book Review by One India-The Other Wife
- ^ Siddharth Katragadda Painting Exhibition on Indian Art Collectors
- ^ Siddharth Katragadda Painting Exhibition Chitra Kala Parishad
- ^ Siddharth Katragadda at Art Walk San Diego
- ^ IndianArtCollectors.com
- ^ http://www.thecityguide.in/Bangalore/Central-Bangalore/Cunningham/Events/Group-Exhibition-SNINFS/EditorsNote/
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/attend/article5411694.ece
- ^ https://pageawards.com/past-winners/2016-winners/2016-quarter-finalists/
- ^ http://www.socalscreenplay.com/home.html
- ^ http://downbeach.festivalgenius.com
- ^ http://downbeach.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/varanasi_siddharthkatragadda_downbeach2013
- ^ Short Film wins special award at Russian Film Fest
- ^ http://iffk.in/idsffk/images/9th-Day.pdf
- ^ http://idsffk.keralafilm.com/informfilm.html
- ^ http://www.48hourfilm.com/en/sandiego/
- ^ http://germanyafterdark.com/index.php/official-selection/science-fiction?start=6