Satish Kasetty (born as Kasetty Sathyanarayana and sometimes credited as K. Sathyanarayana) is an Indian film director who predominantly works in the

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Career

Kasetty is known for his debut directorial 2006 Telugu film ''

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'' for which he won the

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at the

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. The film dealt with the topic of teenage suicides due to peer pressure and stress caused by the education system. He shared the award with the producer of the film Policherla Venkata Subbiah. The jury presented the award to the film for ''"focusing on the need to re-examine the present-day education system that leads many young people to commit suicide".'' In 2009, Kasetty released his musical romantic film ''

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'', . It won the prestigious "Nandi" award, as the third best film. The Nightingale of the south india Chitra won the best singer award for the song "pallavinchani". The story of this film revolved around the lead character, played by actress

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, aspiring to sing for

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'' in their review of the film called it "appealing" and gave three out of five stars. Most recently Satish came up with his third film, Terror, a thriller featuring

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in the lead. The film went on to be released in February 2016 and received critical acclaim. Before turning a film director, Kasetty has also been a

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, event manager, choreographer and ad film maker. He was also the jury on the

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Filmography

(2006) *

(2009) * Terror (2016) * Mareechika (Filming)

References

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* Telugu film directors Living people Film directors from Hyderabad, India Screenwriters from Hyderabad, India 21st-century Indian film directors Directors who won the Best Film on Other Social Issues National Film Award Year of birth missing (living people) {{india-film-director-stub