Chilkuri Sushil Rao

Chilkuri Sushil Rao’s documentary “Oscar Challagiriga” on ‘Naatu Naatu” lyricist Chandrabose moves up into semi finals in Cannes World Film Festival, France A documentary on Oscar winner lyricist Kanukuntla Subhash Chandrabose has moved up into the semi finals category in the Cannes World Film Festival, France. The documentary titled "Oscar Challagariga" has been produced and directed by Hyderabad-based documentary filmmaker Chilkuri Sushil Rao. The Cannes World Film Festival in its monthly selections selected "Oscar Challagariga" as an official selection. In the next level, it entered the semi-finals category.  The documentary is about lyricist Kanukuntla Subhash Chandrabose who won the Oscar for best original song in the 95th Academy Awards.   It captures the atmosphere and celebrations in his village “Challagariga” in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district in Telangana, India,  which he visited for the first time on April 2, 2023 after winning the Oscar. He speaks abou...

  Chilkuri Sushil Rao’s documentary “Oscar Challagiriga” on ‘Naatu Naatu” lyricist Subhash Chandrabose wins award at 12th Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival Chilkuri Sushil Rao’s documentary “Oscar Challagiriga” on ‘Naatu Naatu” lyricist Subhash Chandrabose wins award at 12th Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival A documentary titled “Oscar Challagariga” produced and directed by Chilkuri Sushil Rao has won a Special Mention award at the 12th Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival held in Mumbai on December 10, 2023. Rambhul Singh, founder-director of Mini Box Office, which organised the festival announced the list of award winners on Sunday evening after the screenings were held. The jury comprised of film personalities both from India and abroad. The documentary is about lyricist Kanukuntla Subhash Chandrabose who won the Oscar for best original song in the 95th Academy Awards.   It captures the atmosphere and celebrations in his village “Challagariga” in J...

Chilkuri Sushil Rao’s documentary “Oscar Challagariga” selected for Cannes World Film Festival and Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival Chilkuri Sushil Rao’s documentary “Oscar Challagariga” selected for Cannes World Film Festival and Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival A documentary titled “Oscar Challagariga” produced and directed by Chilkuri Sushil Rao has been selected for two major international film festivals.  The   documentary is about lyricist Kanukuntla Subhash Chandrabose who won the Oscar for the best original song in the Academy Awards 2023. It captures the atmosphere and celebration in his village “Challagariga” in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district  in Telangana, India,  which he visited for the first time after winning the Oscar. He speaks about what effort it takes to achieve something in life. The documentary has been selected for the reputed  Cannes World Film Festival, France for its December 2023 monthly festival to be held in Canne...

  A documentary film titled “India’s GreenHeart Dusharla Satyanarayana” produced and directed by Chilkuri Sushil Rao was screened during the 4 th Nadi Utsav in Delhi on September 23.   The three-day programme from September 22-24 was organised by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (INGCA), Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Films on preservation of rivers and environment made by filmmakers from different parts of the country were screened during the festival. On the occasion, 69-year-old Dusharla Satyanarayana about whom “India’s GreenHeart Dusharla Satayanarayana” was made was honoured on the occasion. The documentary film is about how Dusharla raised a forest on 70-acre of his ancestral land in Raghavapuram near Suryapet in Telangana and has been preserved it for more than 60 years now. At the inauguration of the 4th Nadi Utsav, National Green Tribunal (NGT) chairman Justice Prakash Srivastava spoke about the importance of rivers for sustaining li...

 A documentary film titled “India’s GreenHeart Dusharla Satyanarayana” about 69-year-old Dusharla Satyanarayana, an  environmentalist from Suryapet in Telangana will be screened in Delhi. The documentary screening will also be followed by a discussion. The produced and directed by Hyderabad-based Chilkuri Sushil Rao will be screened at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture, Government of India during the 4 th Nadi Utsav being held from September 22-24 at INGCA, Janpath building, New Delhi. During the three-days, 15 documentaries made by filmmakers from across the country will be screened. As part of the Nadi Utsav, a national seminar on ‘Thanking the river: Revitalizing the harmony between human and river life’ will be held. This seminar aims to provide a platform to scholars, academicians, researchers and relevant stakeholders to deliberate and discuss the relevance of rivers and water bodies for all forms of life. The seminar also has an ...

  (Views expressed are personal) Kalvakuntala Chandrasekhar Rao has a weakness that only he can boast of. The man revels in looking at the mirror and say: “I dare. I dare you.” If the 69-year-old he hates anything, it is being a pale shadow of himself. No, he does not boxing in the dark. Nor pulling punches in the air. He loves playing his lofty shots in a packed stadium. He has a weakness for challenges. Accepting a gauntlet thrown at him is something he comfortably likes to ignore. It’s not his cup of tea. He’s not that type anymore to be provoked into retaliation. Of course, there were times when his bruised ego would make him dare the challenger only to beat a political opponent to pulp at the hustings. Point proved, he moves on. Now, the chief minister of Telangana has done something only he could have imagined in his wildest dreams. If he’s got to be a nightmare for his political opponent, he believes that only he should set   the rules. He is convinced that he’s t...

  https://youtube.com/shorts/R7z55l5TIpY?feature=share A Telugu music video from the documentary "Jai Ho! Mithrama" won the "Certificate of Excellence" at the 12th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival held on July 30, 2023. The song “Wangamarthy Maa Ooru” is sung by Chilkuri Sushil Rao. The lyrics were also penned by Chilkuri Sushil Rao and music provided by Beno Joseph Malogi of Kraftsmen media. Another version of the music video which was also screened in Bengaluru as part of the 12 th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival-2023 on June 30 received a ‘Certificate of Excellence’ at this film festival also. One version of the Telugu song was picturised in Hollywood with Samuel Stanley Jones Chilkuri. Rufus Simon of Los Angeles, California is the director of photography for the Hollywood version. The one-hour documentary “Jai Ho! Mithrama” is on the life of Chilkuri Samuel from Wangamarthy village in Nalgonda district of Telangana. The documentary was produced a...