Sekhar Kammula

Sekhar Kammula born February 4 1972 is an Indian film director screenwriter and producer who works in Telugu cinema An alumnus of Howard University with a Master of Fine Arts in film directing he made his feature directorial debut with the independent bilingual film Dollar Dreams 2000 which earned him the National Film Award for Best Debut Film of a Director He followed this by writing directing and producing the romantic drama Anand 2004 and the drama Godavari 2006 winning the Nandi Award for Best Director for both projects In 2007 Kammula wrote produced and directed the comingofage drama Happy Days which received the Filmfare Award for Best Director Telugu and the Nandi Award for Best Story He subsequently directed the political drama Leader 2010 the comingofage drama Life Is Beautiful 2012 and the mystery thriller Anaamika 2014 He returned to romance with the romantic comedydrama Fidaa 2017 and the romantic musical drama Love Story 2021 In 2025 he wrote and directed the multilingual crime drama Kuberaa