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

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. He is known for directing '' Yavarum Nalam'' (2009; ''13B'' in Hindi), ''

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'' (2011), '' Manam'' (2014), '' 24'' (2016), ''

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'' (2017) and ''

Nani's Gang Leader ''Nani's Gang Leader'' (also known simply as ''Gang Leader'') is a 2019 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by Vikram Kumar. Produced by Mythri Movie Makers, the film stars Nani (actor), Nani, Priyank ...

'' (2019).

Early life and career

Kumar graduated from

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in Chennai. In April 1997 he joined director

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, working on the Malayalam film '' Chandralekha'' as assistant director. He also worked under Priyadarshan in '' Doli Saja Ke Rakhna'' and '' Hera Pheri''. 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'' ('' 13B'' in Hindi). In 2014, he scripted and directed '' Manam'' 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. He then directed the box-office hits such as the science-fiction '' 24'' (2016), which won two awards at the 64th National Film Awards, and the comedy-thriller '' Gang Leader'' (2019).

Filmography

Films

Web series

Awards

;

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

Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...

* Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu - '' Manam'' (2014)

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

References

External links

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