Priyadarshini Ram is an Indian advertising executive, actor, and

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filmmaker. He won

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for

Manodu ''Manodu'' () is a 2006 Indian Telugu action-drama film directed by Priyadarshini Ram in his directorial debut and starring Bharat, Radhika and himself. The film was released on 24 February 2006. Priyadarshini Ram won Nandi Special Jury Award fo ...

(2006) for his directorial making of the film.

Early life

Although Ram was born in

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, he was educated in

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and

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. He graduated from

Nizam College The Nizam College is a constituent college of Osmania University established in 1887 during the reign of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, in Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, Telangana. History The Nizampur University College was originally the "Mirsar ...

in 1980 and then received admission to

Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies is the Department of Management Studies of the University of Mumbai. The institute is named after industrialist and philanthropist, Jamnalal Bajaj. Programmes JBIMS offers full-time Masters in ...

. Unfortunately, his father died at the age of 13, so he could not pursue the course since he had to stay with his mother.

Career

Ram wrote a lot during his college days. His inclination towards creative writing got him into the field of advertising. He got a major break when he got an assignment to do advertising campaigns nationwide for acclaimed national political leaders in various languages. His company received an acquisition offer by multinational advertising agency Grey America. They could not accept it because they wanted to move the firm to

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

. He could not go because he had to support his mother. Ram lost out on opportunities because he preferred to work in Hyderabad and the advertising capital of India had always been Mumbai. He emerged as a filmmaker with ''

'' and then with '' Toss'' in

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. He appeared on screen in ''Toss'' during a dance sequence with

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. He appeared in a guest appearance in the film ''

Missamma ''Missamma'' () is a 1955 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by L. V. Prasad. It was produced by Nagi Reddi and Chakrapani on Vijaya Productions banner. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao, Savitri, Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Jam ...

'' directed by Neelakanta. He did voice for

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in ''Toss''.

Filmography

References

External links

An Interview With Priyadarshini Ram
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