Sankalp Reddy (born October 20, 1984) is an Indian film director, and screenwriter who primarily works in

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films. He made his directorial debut with the war film ''Ghazi'' (2017) which won the

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for Best Feature Film in Telugu. Reddy later directed

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film ''

Antariksham 9000 KMPH ''Antariksham 9000 KMPH'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language science fiction adventure film written and directed by Sankalp Reddy. The film stars Varun Tej, Aditi Rao Hydari, Lavanya Tripathi, and Rahman while Srinivas Avasarala, Satya Dev, an ...

'' (2018).

Early life

Sankalp Reddy was born and brought up in

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. He graduated from

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and moved to

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for his MBA at

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. He later dropped out after a semester and joined

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, a top

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school in Australia, for pursuing MFA in film direction.http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141221/entertainment-tollywood/article/india’s-first-submarine-warfare-movie-coming-hyderabad

Career

Reddy researched about submarines about a year and decided to make a film on submarine. Later, he wrote a book titled ''The Blue Fish'' to keep the copyrights to make a film with himself. It later marked his feature film debut with '' Ghazi'' (2017)''.'' The film is inspired by true events from the

Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 Decem ...

. The submarine warfare film is an underwater tale of the courage and patriotism of the men aboard the Indian Submarine which destroyed the Pakistani when it ventured into Indian waters to destroy on the shore of R. K. Beach, Visakhapatnam. ''Ghazi'' was screened at the

Jagran Film Festival Jagran Film Festival (JFF) is perhaps the world's largest travelling film festival rooted in India, conducted since 2010. The festival is a Jagran Prakashan Group initiative aimed at promoting the appreciation of the cinematic art beyond the major m ...

, and garnered the

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several ...

at the

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2018. In 2018, Reddy directed the space thriller film

, starring

Varun Tej Konidela Varun Tej (born 19 January 1990) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. He made his debut as a lead in the film '' Mukunda'' (2014). He later starred in the critically acclaimed war film ''Kanche'' (2015), directed by Krish. He ...

Filmography

Awards

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Sankalp Living people Telugu film directors 1987 births Hindi-language film directors Indian experimental filmmakers Indian casting directors Indian male screenwriters Film directors from Telangana National Film Award (India) winners Screenwriters from Telangana 21st-century Indian film directors Santosham Film Awards winners Griffith Film School