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'''Sekhar Kammula''' (born 4 February 1972) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works in [[Telugu cinema]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Sangeetha Devi Dundoo |url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/article3754204.ece |title=Life & Style : Return to innocence |work=The Hindu|date=12 August 2012 |access-date=18 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-27/news-interviews/45625585_1_film-poster-samantha-nenokkadine |title=Sekhar Kammula supports Samantha - Times of India |website=articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230041720/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-27/news-interviews/45625585_1_film-poster-samantha-nenokkadine |archive-date=30 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He has garnered two [[Filmfare Awards South]], and six state [[Nandi Awards]] for his directional works.<ref name="Kammula">{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007082350180400.htm&date=2007/08/23/&prd=mp& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115161003/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007082350180400.htm&date=2007/08/23/&prd=mp& |url-status=usurped |archive-date=15 January 2011 |title=Kammula |access-date=18 September 2012}}</ref> Sekhar Kammula was among the director's delegation to represent South [[Indian Cinema]] at the [[2011 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Prashanth Bhat |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-12/news-interviews/29532704_1_cannes-film-festival-telugu-film-nfdc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104212944/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-12/news-interviews/29532704_1_cannes-film-festival-telugu-film-nfdc |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 January 2014 |title=Sekhar Kammula at Cannes |date=12 May 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=18 September 2012}}</ref>
 
A [[Master of scienceScience]] and [[Master of Fine Arts]] holder from [[Rutgers University]] and [[Howard University]] respectively, Sekhar Kammula made his directorial debut with the [[Independent film|independent]] film ''[[Dollar Dreams (film)|Dollar Dreams]]'' (2000), which won him the [[Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director|National Film Award for Best First film of a director]]. The film was also screened at the [[International Film Festival of India]].<ref name="47thawardPDF">{{cite web |title=47th National Film Awards |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/47th_nff_2000.pdf |access-date=13 March 2012 |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref> Kammula went onto direct critically and commercially successful Telugu films like ''[[Anand (2004 film)|Anand]]'' (2004), ''[[Godavari (2006 film)|Godavari]]'' (2006), ''[[Happy Days (2007 film)|Happy Days]]'' (2007), [[Leader (2010 film)|''Leader'']] (2010), ''[[Fidaa]]'' (2017), and ''[[Love Story (2021 film)|Love Story]]'' (2021).
 
== Early life and education==