Kumar G. Venkatesh

Venkatesh Kumar. G is an Indian Film director and screenwriter working in Tamil cinema. He rose to fame with his Short Film White Dirt that won awards in International Film Festivals.He is known for his short films that are created on social awareness and now he makes his debut in Tamil film industry with his film Neelam, which is based on a fishermans life.His work Moths won the Best Documentary award in IndoRussian Film Festival New Delhi 2013. . He represented India in an 8member Delegation team that were invited to Russia by ROSSOTRUDINCHESTVOFederal Agency for Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation. His Documentary Kannadi BommaigalChildren of Light won the Best Documentary Award at the 6th Norway Tamil Film Festival 2015.

Venkatesh Kumar.G was born onJune 1981 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is a graduate of Physiotherapy from SRM College of Physiotherapy. While struggling as a director, he worked in many call centres, and simultaneously made his short films. Though he is a physio, his passion was in film making and he hardly practised his profession and got into film making and has directedshort films andDocumentaries so far, and of them four been nominated for International Film Festivals, such as the Western Union Short film Festival 2012, International Tamil Short Film Festival 2012, DBICA Tamil Short Film Festival 2012 and he won an award in BRICS international Film Festival 2012. He made his debut into Tamil film industry with Neelam, which deals with an interesting aspect in the life of a fisherman.His work Moths won the Best Documentary award in IndoRussian Film Festival New Delhi 2013. And His Documentary Kannadi Bommaigal Children of Light won the Best Documentary Award at the 6th Norway

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