Chilkuri Sushil Rao

Senior journalist Chilkuri Sushil Rao has been honoured with the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ (Jeevana Saphalya Puraskaram). The award was presented to him by former Speaker S Madhusudana Chary at Ravindra Bharathi in Hyderabad on April 20 at the awards presentation ceremony organised by Sealwel Corporation and Shrutilaya Arts Academy, Hyderabad.  The 55-year-old Sushil Rao has been a journalist for the last 35 years. Since 1988, he has worked for different newspapers, including Deccan Chronicle. He was among the first television journalists when private television channels were launched in India. In 1995-96, he was an anchor for a programme titled ‘Business Time’ presented on Gemini TV. Sushil Rao is also among the first journalists to write for a news website. He wrote for Rediff-on-the-net news website in 1997. Sushil Rao is  currently Editor-Special Reports, The Times of India, Hyderabad. He was part of the launch team of The Times of India, Hyderabad edition in the year 2...

  I have been awarded a Certificate by the Maulana Azad National Urdu University for attending a workshop on “Documentary Film Making”.    The Instructional Media Centre, MANUU in association with Indian Documentary Producers’ Association (IPDA), Mumbai conducted the workshop on ‘Documentary Film Making’ from March 16-18, 2023. Mohammed Mujahid Ali, Producer-1, IMC was the workshop convenor and Rizwan Ahmed, Director, IMC was the workshop director. The certificates were presented by MANUU Vice-Chancellor Syed Ainul Hasan at the ceremony attended by Ishtiaque Ahmed, Registrar on March 18, 2023. The resource persons for the workshop were Sanskar Desai, Filmmaker, script writer and President of Indian Documentary Producers Association, Kamlesh K Mishra, award winning writer-director, and documentary filmmaker Santosh Pathare. The topics covered during the workshop included: Introduction to documentaries. Types of documentaries and genres. How to conceptualize a...

  Cricketer Mohammed Siraj ,  Boxer Nikhat Zareen, Journalist Chilkuri Sushil Rao among recipients of NSI Global Council awards    International cricketer Mohammed Siraj of the Indian cricket team from Hyderabad, and international boxer Nikhat Zareen are among the recipients of the NSI Global Council awards which were presented in Hyderabad on March 18, 2023. Home minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali presented the awards to all the recipients at a function at Hotel Taj Deccan. The awards have been instituted by NSI Global Council chairman Nawab Shaik Ibrahim who is also the Trade commissioner, India Tunisia Trade Council in association with Mohammed Imran (Kabeer Khan), national secretary, Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Forum, with headquarters in Delhi. The “International Legendary awards” are being given to honour those individuals who have made the country proud with the significant achievements,” Nawab Shaik Ibrahim said. “The awardees were picked and chosen bas...

  Chilkuri Sushil Rao’s documentary “Swapnika” wins special award at 7th Indian World Film Festival in Hyderabad Chilkuri Sushil Rao’s documentary film titled “Swapnika” has won international recognition at the 7th Indian World Film Festival-23 held in Hyderabad on March 19, 2023. In the festival organised by MiniBoxOffice, Greater Noida, National Capital Region, nearly 200 entries in different categories were received from across the globe.  The documentary “Swapnika” was awarded with the “Certificate of Excellence – Special Festival Mention”. The award was given away by D C Singh, chief advisor and Rambhul Singh, festival director.  The film festival had entries from several countries including Spain, Argentina, Sweden, US, UK, India, Switzerland, Brazil, Belgium, Chile, South Korea, Denmark and Germany which won awards.  Another short documentary made by Chilkuri Sushil Rao titled “Nostalgia” has been given a ‘Certificate of Excellence” at the IWFF-23. The film is...

  Chilkuri Sushil Rao’s documentaries ‘Swapnika” and “Nostalgia” to be screened at 7 th  World Film Festival-23 at Hyderabad on March 19 Two documentaries “Swapnika” and “Nostalgia” made by documentary film maker Chilkuri Sushil Rao have been selected for the 7 th  Indian World Film Festiva -23  in Hyderabad on March 19, 2023.  The two films will be screened during the film festival. Festival director Rambhul Singh informed that the event will take Best Western Ashoka at Lakdikapul, in Hyderabad. During the film festival, feature films, documentaries, short documentaries and videos will be screened. The festival is being organised by Mini Box Office, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR. The documentary ‘Swapnika’ made by Chilkuri Sushil Rao is about a girl by the name Swapnika. She hails from Andhra Pradesh. She lost both her hands as a result of an electrocution incident when she was a child. With her determination and never-give-up spirit, Swapnika completed her degree s...

  “India’s GreenHeart Dusharla Satyanarayana” moves up into semi-finalist category of Cannes World Film Festival   A documentary titled “India’s GreenHeart Dusharla Satyanarayana” directed by Chilkuri Sushil Rao of Hyderabad, India, has moved up into the semi-finalist category at the Cannes World Film Festival to be held at Cannes, French Riviera, France on April 17, 2023. The entry is in the best director – documentary short. The documentary was earlier accepted as a submission for the film. “India’s GreenHeart Dusharla Satyanarayana” is about 69-year-old Dusharla Satyanarayana, a nature lover and environmentalist who created a forest on his 70 acre of ancestral land at Raghavapuram near Suryapet town in Telangana, India. He started developing the forest more than six decades ago and preserves it. In the Telangana International Film Festival (TIFF) held in December 2022 in Hyderabad, the documentary won the Special Jury Award and was screened at Prasad Labs Preview Theatr...

  Profile of   Chilkuri Sushil Rao, Journalist.  Chilkuri Sushil Rao from Hyderabad has been a journalist since 1988.  He has been with The Times of India, Hyderabad since its launch in Hyderabad from the year 2000. He is Editor-Special Reports and focuses on covering Defence, Indian diaspora across the world, the Telugu film industry, socially relevant subjects and Telangana state. He has covered several elections during his career as a journalist, including interviewing national leaders and doing investigative reports. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 and has completed 36 years in journalism in 2024. He is a gold medalist in bachelor’s in Communication and Journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad. He also did his Master’s in journalism from the same department. In the socially relevant stories that he has written, Chilkuri Sushil Rao wrote reports highlighting the plight of women...