User:Teshee Venkatesh

I am Teshee Venkatesh, Founder & Chairman of "Art & Audience Cinema Institute".

I have worked with very well known Film makers such as Sri Rajendra Singh Babu, B. Subbarao, Dinesh Babu, Sai Prakash, Ha Su Rajashekhar, Ramnath Rugwedi, K Raghavedra Rao (telugu), Raj Kishore, Music Directors such as Nada Brahma Hamsalekha, Rajan - Nagendra, Chi Udaya Shankar, R N JayaGopal, Cinematographers such as V K Murthy, S Prakash, Gauri Shankar, D V Rajaram, Editors like Sri Gautam Raju, Suresh Urs, B S Kemparaju, and many such Technicians, Directors, Writers, Producers, Distributors, Exhibitors and as well as with our Karnataka Legends Dr. RAJKUMAR, Dr. VISHNUVARDHAN, Dr. AMBARISH, Dr. ANANTNAG, Bharati Vishnuvardhan, Balakrishna, SP balasubramaniam, Jaya Sudha, Suhasini, Malashree, Sangeeta, KS Ashwath, Prakash Raj, Sai Kumar, Roja, Julie Lakshmi, Ramesh Arvind, Dr. SHIVRAJKUMAR, Telugu stars Sri. AKKINENI NAGARJUN, Amala, as an Assistant and an Associate Director for 14 years.

After having acquired such rich experience of 14 years with them, I then went on to become an Independent Director and Producer through my debut movie "Bangalore Bundh" in 2003.

I have served as The President of Karnataka Film Director's Association(2019-2022), President of Directors Film Bazaar DFB-2020 (First Introduced and initiated in the history of South Indian Film Industry in Bengaluru at the time of BIFFES-2020 @ Sheraton Grand, Orion Mall),

Secretary of Directors Association (2015),

Executive Committee Member of karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce(2017-18) and currently still serving as a member of Kannada Film Producers Association (2023), as an executive member of the KFCC.

I carry with me an overall experience of 35 years in the Kannada Film Industry.

During this tenure, I have been fortunate enough to have seen through the ups and downs, the in- and-out of this Industry. From which, an idea was born and is now named as "Art & Audience" (Kale Matthu Prekshaka).

I am launching "Art & Audience", A National Level Cinema Institute, with the Vision to retain our Indian Culture, tradition, Language all Artforms in order to pave path for our next generation of aspiring film makers/ actors/Technicians.