Occupation Indian Film editor Role Film Editor Years active 1983-present | Website www.sreekarprasad.com Children Akshay Akkineni Name A. Prasad Siblings L. V. Prasad | |
Full Name Akkineni Sreekar Prasad Relatives Akkineni Sanjeevi (father)L. V. Prasad (paternal uncle)Ramesh Prasad (cousin)Akshay Akkineni (son) Movies The Terrorist, Delhii Heights, Dejavu Nephews Ramesh Prasad, Anand Rao Prasad Similar People Santosh Sivan, P C Sreeram, Ravi K Chandran, Vishnuvardhan, Mani Ratnam | ||
National award winner film editor a sreekar prasad talks at indian panorama film festival 2016
Akkineni Sreekar Prasad, better known as Sreekar Prasad, is a Film editing professional, known for his works in Indian cinema. He works predominantly on Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English films. His last National Film Award for Best Editing was for his work on the feature film Firaaq (2008), directed by Nandita Das. He was included in the Limca Book of Records as People of the Year - 2013 for wide contribution to the Indian cinema in several languages and also for holding a record eight National Awards including a Special Jury Award.
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- National award winner film editor a sreekar prasad talks at indian panorama film festival 2016
- Career
- Personal life
- Awards
- References
Career
Sreekar Prasad was a graduate in Literature from University of Madras. He learned the art of film editing from his father in Telugu films. Though he started out with Telugu films, he rose to national acclaim through Malayalam and Tamil films. He has won the National Film Award for Best Editing seven times and owns one Special Jury Award, throughout a career spanning over two decades. Some of the notable editing works of Sreekar Prasad include Yodha (1992), Nirnayam (1995), Vaanaprastham (1999), Alaipayuthey (2000), Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Okkadu (2003), Aayitha Ezhuthu/Yuva (2004), Navarasa (2005), Anandabhadram (2005), Guru (2007), Billa (2007), Firaaq (2008), Pazhassi Raja (2009) and Talvar (2015).
Personal life
Sreekar Prasad was born to film editor Akkineni Sanjeevi, brother of Telugu film doyen L. V. Prasad.
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