Siddharth Katragadda
Siddharth Katragadda | |
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Born | 1972 Bangalore, India |
Pen name | Sid |
Occupation | Writer, Poet, Filmmaker, Artist, 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 Departers (screenplay) |
Notable awards | Quarterfinalist (Page Screenwriting Contest - 2016, Screecraft Drama Contest -2017, WeScreenplay Feature Contest-2017), Semi-finalist - Southern California Screenplay Contest - 2017, Runner-up San Diego Book Awards(Poetry) 2002 & 2003, Best Foreign Film for Varanasi- Downbeach Film Festival |
Relatives | Tripuraneni Gopichand, Tripuraneni Ramaswamy |
Website | |
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Siddharth Katragadda is a writer, filmmaker, artist and poet of Indian origin.
Writing
Katragadda's first Novel in Verse, Dark Rooms won an award at the San Diego Book Prize, 2002 (Poetry).[1] A sequel, The Other wife also won the same award in 2003.[2] Numerous articles written by him have been published on CNN.[3][4][5] [6] His work has appeared in Grey Sparrow Press (best new literary journal 2011),[7] A Generation Defining Itself, Carter Street Review, Eastown Fiction, WriteFromWrong Journal and numerous literary journals.[8][9][10][11]
His work has been reviewed in the journals like Book Review Asian Journal[12] and "One India",[13] [14]
Books
Year | Book | Genre | Awards |
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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unpublished | Blood Siblings | drama, literary fiction |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 |
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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" |
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Films
He is an award-winning filmmaker/screenwriter. His screenplay "The Departers" (aka The Mercy Machine) was a Quarterfinalist at the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, 2016,[24] the Screencraft Drama Contest 2017,[25] the WeScreenplay Screenplay Awards [26] - and Semi-finalist at the Southern California Screenplay Contest.[27] His short film "Varanasi" won the Best Foreign Film Award at the Atlantic City CineFest, New Jersey, 2013.[28][29] His short documentary, "The Indus Code" was shortlisted for the 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala. [30][31]
He has also worked as cinematographer, editor and lyricist in his films.
Filmography
Year | Film | Genre | Awards | Credited as | ||||
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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 | ||
2013 | America lo Amala (Short Film) | Short Film | 200K Views on YouTube' | Yes | Yes | Yes |
References
- ^ "Search - San Diego Public Library". bibliocommons.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Katragadda, Siddharth (1 January 2003). "The other wife: a novel in verse". PublishAmerica. Retrieved 16 February 2017 – via sandiego Library Catalog.
- ^ "Delhi gang rape victim dies: India does care about its women". cnn.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ CNN, By Sarah Brown. "'She could have been me': Action urged after Delhi gang rape case - CNN.com". cnn.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
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- ^ "Glimmer of hope for India's poorest girl students". cnn.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ https://grey-sparrow-press.com/9-summer-2011/.
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(help) - ^ "ARCHIVES SUMMER 2011". sharepoint.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "Eastown Fiction". eastownfiction.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "Cartier Street Review March 2011". issuu.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Poetry in Wilderness House Literary Review
- ^ "ASIAN JOURNAL a San Diego original. The 1st Asian Journal in Ca,USA. A Filipino American weekly. Online - Digital - Print Editions". asianjournalusa.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ https://www.boldsky.com/insync/pulse/2008/the-dark-rooms-review-220408.html?utm_source=/insync/pulse/2008/the-dark-rooms-review-220408.html&utm_medium=search_page&utm_campaign=elastic_search.
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(help) - ^ "The Other Wife: When You Take The Second Step". boldsky.com. 5 May 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "Siddharth Katragadda – Famous Indian Artist, Siddharth Katragadda Paintings - Mojarto". mojarto.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "Exhibition of paintings - by Siddharth Katragadda at Karnataka Chitra…". archive.is. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
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- ^ "Siddharth Katragadda – Famous Indian Artist, Siddharth Katragadda Paintings - Mojarto". indianartcollectors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ http://www.thecityguide.in/Bangalore/Central-Bangalore/Cunningham/Events/Group-Exhibition-SNINFS/EditorsNote/
- ^ "attend". thehindu.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ http://www.oceansideartwalk.org/artists/siddharth-katragadda Oceanside Art Walk Featured Artist
- ^ http://arti-artindia.blogspot.com/2013/09/siddharth-katragadda-guest-artist_19.html Artists of India Featured Artist
- ^ http://www.ocherart.com/view_artist.php?id=506 Ocher Art
- ^ "2016 Quarter-Finalists - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards: Screenplay Contests". pageawards.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ https://screencraft.org/2017/10/24/2017-drama-contest-quarter-finalists-announced/
- ^ WeScreenplay. "WeScreenplay - WeScreenplay Feature Contest WISC 2016 Quarter Finalists". wescreenplay.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "Home". socalscreenplay.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "Downbeach Film Festival/Atlantic City Cinefest 2013 : Home". festivalgenius.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "Varanasi". festivalgenius.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ http://iffk.in/idsffk/images/9th-Day.pdf
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
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