Chilkuri Sushil Rao

International award-winning Telugu documentary “Oscar Challagariga’ directed by Chilkuri Sushil  Rao  selected for Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival-2024 streaming online  International award-winning Telugu documentary “Oscar Challagariga’ directed by Chilkuri Sushil  Rao  selected for Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival-2024 streaming online Award winning documentary “Oscar Challagariga” produced and directed by documentary filmmaker Chilkuri Sushil Rao from Hyderabad is now streaming online for the public as part of the Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival-2024  organised by Lift-Off Global Network, Pinewood Studios, England.  The Telugu documentary was officially selected in the New Voice Shorts category. The streaming which began on February 12, 2024 will end on March 11, 2024. As many as 128 films from across the world have been selected in the category and are being streamed on Vimeo. During an online video interaction with filmmakers from different parts of the ...

Chilkuri Sushil Rao’s award winning documentary “Oscar Challagariga” selected for Berlin Lift Off Film Festival and Belgrade International Film Festival  The international award-winning documentary “Oscar Challagariga” produced and directed by Chilkuri Sushil Rao has been selected for Berlin Lift Off Film Festival and the Belgrade International Film Festival (BIFF). While the Belgrade International Film Festival will take place on April 10, 2024, the Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival will begin on February 12, 2024. The documentary “Oscar Challagariga” has won awards in the film festival circuit across the world. It won honours at the Cannes World Film Festival, the 12th Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival, and the International Film Festival of Andhra Pradesh. “The honour is really for the people of the village of Challagariga who celebrated the Oscar win of lyricist Subhash Chandrabose with great fervour and enthusiasm,” documentary film-maker Chikuri Sushil Rao said. Lyricist ...

Chilkuri Sushil Rao’s “Oscar Challagariga” submitted to Festival De Cannes for 77th Cannes Film Festival in May 2024 in Short Films Official selection  Chilkuri Sushil Rao’s “Oscar Challagariga” submitted to Festival De Cannes for 77th Cannes Film Festival in May 2024 in Short Films Official selection  Festival De Cannes has confirmed submission of "Oscar Challagariga" in the Short Films Official Selection registration. The film is produced and directed by Chilkuri Sushil Rao. The 77th Cannes Film Festival Festival de Cannes will take place from May 14 – 25 2024. At Cannes, short films feature in the Competition, at the end of which the Short Films Jury awards a Palme d’Or, and in the Short Film Corner, a platform dedicated to the art of shorts amidst the Marché du Film. These two entities operate in symbiosis to serve up an overarching snapshot of the international short film scene and foster ties between creative output and industry. From among the submissions for the S...

  Chilkuri Sushil Rao’s documentary “The Great Indian Tamarind Tree” to be screened at 7th International Folklore Film Festival, Kerala on Jan 10, 2024 Chilkuri Sushil Rao’s documentary “The Great Indian Tamarind Tree” to be screened at 7th International Folklore Film Festival, Kerala on Jan 10 “The Great Indian Tamarind Tree”, an English documentary produced and directed by Chilkuri Sushil Rao of Hyderabad, will be screened on January 10, 2024 at the 7th International Folklore Film Festival@India-Kerala-Thrissur. The documentary will be screened at the C Achutha Menon Government College, Thirssur, during the 1.30 pm to 4 pm schedule of screenings. The documentary is about how a large number of people climbed on to the tamarind tree at Afzalgunj and could save their lives during the 1908 floods in Hyderabad.  In the huge floods, hundreds of people lost their lives when the continuous downpour resulted in the Musi river being in spate. Chilkuri Sushil Rao’s documentary was sele...

  Indian documentary “Oscar Challagariga” by Chilkuri Sushil Rao on Oscar winner Telugu lyricist Subhash Chandrabose wins Best Documentary Short  at Cannes World Film Festival, France Indian documentary “Oscar Challagariga” by Chilkuri Sushil Rao on Oscar winner Telugu lyricist Subhash Chandrabose wins Best Documentary Short  at Cannes World Film Festival, France A Telugu documentary titled “Oscar Challagariga” on Oscar winner lyricist Kanukuntla Subhash Chandrabose has been declared winner in the Cannes World Film Festival, Cannes, French Riviera, France.  The results in various categories were announced on December 27. “Oscar Challagariga” was adjudged Best Documentary Short. The documentary from India, emerged winner from among the nominees, including two from the United States. “I am elated to know that the documentary “Oscar Challagariga” about me winning an Oscar and how my village Challagariga celebrated has received applause and attention,” lyricist Chandrabo...

 Mother was right Mother was right “Am I mistaken if I were to assume that you are Sushil Rao,” the stranger asked me. He seemed to be sure but still chose the polite way of confirming. When I responded by saying that it was me, it appeared he appreciated himself for guessing so well. While I was on the escalator, I wondered for a moment why the person had stood almost where the escalator landed at the platform of the metro station at Nagole. He may have his reasons, I told myself as I tried to walk past him. “మీరు సుశీల్ రావు కాదనుకుంటా?” he asked in Telugu. “That is me,” I confirmed to him. He was older than me, had a poise, was gentle, and friendly. “I recognised you but I still wanted to make sure,” he said. “I see your posts on social media. I particularly make it a point to notice in my feed when your posts about the courses you study show up in my feed,” he said. There was a reason why that mattered to him. As we sat on the train, he explained why that fascinated him. Every...

  De-dictionarise 'Failure' and 'Success'                                             De-dictionarise 'Failure' and 'Success' I am of the opinion that two words will have to be de-dictionarised. Is that a new word ‘de-dictionarised’ that I seem to have coined? Glad so. ‘Success’ and ‘failure’, I feel, are two lethal words capable of destroying the worlds of individuals that they so earnestly seek to build. I hold myself too guilty of using the words - occasionally though - with much reluctance,  but it may be inevitable on some occasions.  I would, rather, not have those words in my lexicon, at least. I, for sure, know a lot of people agree with me. And it is such like-minded who would be taking more interest in further reading this, perhaps to know how I am building an argument on which I am one with them. Will I achieve success? Will I stare at failure? I ha...