Vikram K. Kumar is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in

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and

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. In 1998, he directed his breakthrough non-feature film, ''Silent Scream'', for which he won the National Film Award For Best Instructional Film. He made his directorial debut in Telugu cinema industry with '' Ishtam'' in 2001, and then directed the Tamil movie, ''

Yavarum Nalam ''Yavarum Nalam'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language horror film written and directed by Vikram Kumar. The film stars R. Madhavan and Neetu Chandra. Produced by Suresh Balaje and George Pius, the film was simultaneously filmed and released ...

'' ('' 13B'' in Hindi). In 2014, he scripted and directed ''

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'' which was screened at the 45th

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in the ''Homage to Akkineni Nageswara Rao'' section on 29 November 2014. The film garnered the

Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu ''Filmfare'' is an Indian English-language fortnightly magazine published by Worldwide Media. Acknowledged as one of Indian most popular entertainment magazines, it publishes pieces involving news, interviews, photos, videos, reviews, events, an ...

. He then directed the box-office hits such as the science-fiction '' 24'' (2016), which won two awards at the

64th National Film Awards The 64th National Film Awards was an award ceremony during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2016 in the Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 7 April 2017, and ...

, and the comedy-thriller '' Gang Leader'' (2019).

Early career

Kumar graduated from

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in Chennai. In April 1997 he joined director

Priyadarshan Priyadarshan (born 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam and Hindi films, while also having done six films in Tamil and two films in Telugu. He has done about 31 films in H ...

, working on the Malayalam film '' Chandralekha'' as assistant director. He also worked under Priyadarshan in ''

Doli Saja Ke Rakhna ''Doli Saja Ke Rakhna'' () is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language romance film directed by Priyadarshan, with Akshaye Khanna and Jyothika in lead roles. The plot is adapted from the Malayalam film ''Aniyathipraavu''. The music was composed by A. R ...

'' and '' Hera Pheri''.

Filmography

Films

Web Series

Awards

;

National Film Awards The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorat ...

* National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film (director) ''Silent Scream'' (1998) ;

Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Indian film industry encompassing ...

* Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu - ''

'' (2014) Santosham Film Awards * Santosham Best Film Award - ''

'' (2014)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Vikram Tamil film directors Telugu film directors Filmfare Awards South winners Living people 20th-century Indian film directors Film directors from Chennai Screenwriters from Chennai 21st-century Indian film directors Year of birth missing (living people) Santosham Film Awards winners