Draft:Sai Rajesh Neelam
Sai Rajesh Neelam (Steven Shankar) | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nellore , Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Occupation(s) | Director, Writer & Producer |
| Years active | 2012 - present |
Sai Rajesh Neelam [1]is a director, screenwriter, Film producer who works primarily in Telugu cinema. Well known for directing low budget film's like Hrudaya Kaleyam, Kobbari Matta.Sai Rajesh Neelam is owner of Amrutha Productions, a film production house in Telugu Film Industry.[2] The film Hrudaya Kaleyam released with low expectations on 4 April 2014 in theaters.[3] Upon release, the film received largely negative reviews from critics and audience.[4]
Personal life
He is basically from Nellore and am a huge fan of Chiranjeevi. He used to watch loads of movies and wanted to make my career in film industry. He used to visit discussion board of idlebrain.com and used to express my opinions on films. That’s how He earned a lot of like-minded friends. He had networking with fans of various heroes across world. When he came to Hyderabad to search for career in film industry, He stayed with a few of the friends He made through idlebrain discussion board.
Career
He saw several serious videos of big heroes on youtube that give unintentional humor. These are pretty serious scenes in the film and people watch those videos to laugh their hearts out on youtube. He realised that people are looking for fun. He decided to make a film where hero is doing it seriously, but people get entertainment out of it. If he make such kind of film in a budget of 15 lacs, He would make revenue from youtube and satellite rights.
When he was looking for such a hero, he found Sampoornesh Babu who came to Prasad labs to watch a short film. He found him to be perfectly suitable for the role of hero. He narrated him the concept and asked if he would like to act in it. He replied me by saying that even if he is asked to act wearing only underwear in a busy road, he would do it.
He started looking out for funds and gathered 10 lacs from friends and well-wishers. They went to tank bund in early morning and did a secret photo shoot, He have prepared a Sampoornesh Babu birthday special poster design for Hrudaya Kaleyam and credited myself as ‘director: Steven Shankar’ (by combining the name sof Steven Spielberg and Tamil Shankar). We have shared that poster in facebook and made it reach lot of people. S. S. Rajamouli happened to see it and tweeted very positively about it on May 9. His tweet has created a lot of buzz for the film. It went viral on social media.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Hrudaya Kaleyam | Director,Producer,Writer |
| 2018 | Kobbari Matta | Producer, Writer,Story,Lyrics,Dialogues/Screenplay |
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References
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/sairazesh/
- ^ "Interview with (Steven Shankar)". idlebrain.com. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Hrudaya Kaleyam to release on April 4". The Times of India. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Hrudaya Kaleyam opens to great response". The Times of India. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ "Sampoo does it again with triple role in Kobbari Matta". Deccan Chronicle. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Tollywood actor Sampoornesh Babu creates record with 'Kobbari Matta' teaser". dnaindia.com. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Kobbari Matta Overseas Rights". idreampost.com. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ https://twitter.com/sairazesh?lang=en
- ^ http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/sairajesh.html
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Sai-Rajesh
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gs1FNboGyM
- ^ https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/sai-rajesh.html
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/hrudaya-kaleyam-an-experiment-says-director/article5902069.ece
Category:Living people
Category:Telugu people
Category:21st-century Indian people
Category:Telugu film directors
Category:People from Nellore district
Category:Telugu film producers
Category:Film directors from Andhra Pradesh
Category:Film producers from Andhra Pradesh
Category:Screenwriters from Andhra Pradesh