Vikram Kumar
Indian film director and screenwriter
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Vikram K. Kumar is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu and Tamil cinema.[2] He is known for directing Yavarum Nalam (2009; 13B in Hindi), Ishq (2011), Manam (2014), 24 (2016), Hello (2017) and Nani's Gang Leader (2019).
Early life and career
Kumar graduated from Madras Christian College in Chennai. In April 1997 he joined director Priyadarshan, working on the Malayalam film Chandralekha as assistant director. He also worked under Priyadarshan in Doli Saja Ke Rakhna and Hera Pheri.[3]
In 1998, he directed his breakthrough non-feature film, Silent Scream, for which he won the National Film Award For Best Instructional Film.[4] He made his directorial debut in Telugu cinema industry with Ishtam in 2001, and then directed a bilingual movie in Tamil and Hindi languages, each with the same lead pair and separate supporting cast. The Tamil version was titled Yavarum Nalam while the Hindi version was titled 13B.[5]
In 2014, he scripted and directed Manam which was screened at the 45th International Film Festival of India in the Homage to Akkineni Nageswara Rao section on 29 November 2014. The film garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu.[6] He then directed the box-office hits such as the science-fiction 24 (2016), which won two awards at the 64th National Film Awards,[7] and the comedy-thriller Gang Leader (2019).[3]
Filmography
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Films
Web series
| Year | Title | Platform | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Dhootha | Amazon Prime Video |
Awards
- National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film (director) Silent Scream (1998)
- Santosham Best Film Award - Manam (2014)