K.D. Satyam (born 29 December 1977) is an Indian film writer and film director. He wrote ''

Gattu ''Gattu'' is a 2012 Indian film written by K.D. Satyam and directed by Rajan Khosa. The film stars Mohammad Samad, Naresh Kumar, Zoya Arshad, Harshit Kaushik, Sarvasva Singh Pundir, and Jayanta Das. It premiered on 14 November 2011 at the 17th ...

'', a film that became a part of the list of India's

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nominations in 2012. He has also written and directed ''

Bollywood Diaries ''Bollywood Diaries'' is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by K.D.Satyam. It features Raima Sen, Salim Diwan, and Ashish Vidyarthi, along with Karuna Pandey and Vineet Kumar Singh. Produced by Dr. Sattar Diwan, the fil ...

''. The film was released on 26 February 2016.

Early life

Satyam was born in

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and graduated from

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in 2000. He then got a master's degree in Film Direction from Zee Institute of Media Arts and created short-films like ''Colours of Cinema'' and ''Hell or Heaven'' before starting his career in Bollywood.

Career

Satyam started his Bollywood career as a Making Director for ''

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'', which was directed by

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and featured

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and

Arjun Rampal Arjun Rampal (born 26 November 1972) is an Indian actor, model, film producer and television personality who works in Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Rajiv Rai's romance film ''Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat'' (2001) and has since gone on to ...

in lead roles. His directorial debut was ''Admissions Open'' casting Anupam Kher and

Ashish Vidyarthi Ashish Vidyarthi (born 19 June 1962) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Odia, Marathi and Bengali films. He is noted for his antagonist and character roles. In 1995, he received t ...

with music by

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. After that, he wrote ''

'' that was directed by

Rajan Khosa Rajan Khosa is an Indian writer-director-producer who has worked between the UK, Europe and India for much of his career. He is best known for his directorial venture ''Gattu'', which won at Berlin Film Festival. It won a Screen Award in India ...

and produced by the

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. His next film as writer and director is ''

'' with

Raima Sen Raima Sen (born Raima Dev Varma on 7 November 1979) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in the Hindi and Bengali films. Early life Raima Sen was born on 7 November 1979 in Bombay (now Mumbai) to Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Varma a ...

and

Salim Diwan Salim Diwan (born 12 May 1985) is an Indian Bollywood film actor who made his debut in ''Bollywood Diaries''. Early life Diwan was born in the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, India and was attached to local theatre groups during his schoo ...

in title roles.

Filmography

* 2006 Colours of Cinema (short) * 2008 Hell or Heaven (short) * 2009 ''

'' as making Director * 2010 ''Admissions Open'' as director * 2012 ''

'' as writer * 2016 ''

'' as writer and director * 2017 ''

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'' (''The Brawler'') as Screenwriter

Awards

*''

'' had been honored with a special mention at the 62nd the

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and won another two awards at the

Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) is an annual film festival held in Los Angeles, California. Established by Christina Marouda in 2003, as a nonprofit organization devoted to paving the way for a greater appreciation of Indian cinema

. *''Bollywood Diaries'' received "Special Jury Mention Award" at 6th Dada Saheb Phalke film festival Delhi. *''Bollywood Diaries'' received "Special Jury Award" at 2nd International Film festival of Shimla 2016. *Bollywood Diaries has won Best Feature Film in South Asian Panorama Category at Festival of Globe, San Francisco California. *''Bollywood Diaries'' has been officially selected for 7th Jagran Film Festival.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Satyam, K.D. Living people 1977 births Hindi-language film directors Annamalai University alumni