Chandra Siddhartha

Chandra Siddarth is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema. He is known for his directorial works such as The Inscrutable Americans (2001) which premiered at Milan, New York, Atlanta, London and Kerala International Film Festivals. He received three state Nandi Awards for works such as Aa Naluguru (2004), and Andari Bandhuvaya (2010). In 1995, he produced Nirantharam which was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival. He served as Jury member at the 57th, 61st and 65th National Film Awards, as well as the 49th IFFI. ..served as jury member for Andhra pradesh state Nandi awards and South Indian cinematographers association movie awards.

Early life and career
Chandra Siddhartha was born to C. Poorna Chandra Rao and C. Sakunthala Devi. Siddhartha has attended Nizam College in Hyderabad and holds a degree in Telugu Literature, from Osmania University. He has worked as an Assistant director for the 1991 film Jaitra Yatra with Uppalapati Narayana Rao.

Awards

 * Nandi Awards
 * Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (director) - Aa Naluguru
 * Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for best home-viewing feature film - Andari Bandhuvaya
 * Nandi Special Jury Award - Andari Bandhuvaya 

Filmography

 * As director


 * As producer
 * Nirantharam (1995)
 * House Full