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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian film director and screenwriter}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
|name = Vikram K. Kumar<br />
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|birth_place = [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], India<ref name="Sunkari Chandrasekhar">{{cite web|last1=Sunkari|first1=Chandrasekhar|title=పెళ్లికి ఆహ్వానిస్తే... సినిమా చెయ్యమన్నారు!|url=http://www.eenadu.net/magazines/sunday-magazine/sunday-magazineinner.aspx?catfullstory=18634|website=www.eenadu.net|publisher=Eenadu|access-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219022259/https://www.eenadu.net/sundaymagazine/inner_page/10632|archive-date=19 February 2019|location=Hyderabad|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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'''Vikram K. Kumar''' is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] and [[Tamil cinema]].<ref>http://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/interview-5/director/vikram-kumar.html</ref> In 1998, he directed his breakthrough non-feature film, ''Silent Scream'', for which he won the [[National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film|National Film Award For Best Instructional Film]].<ref name="46thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/46_nff_1999.pdf|title=46th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=12 March 2012}}</ref> He made his directorial debut in Telugu cinema with ''[[Ishtam (2001 Telugu film)|Ishtam]]'', and then directed the Tamil movie''[[Yavarum Nalam|13B]]''.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115162000/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=290&catName=MjAwOQ |title=All India 2009 |publisher=Box Office India |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=290&catName=MjAwOQ |archive-date=2011-01-15}}</ref> <br />
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In 2014, he scripted and directed ''[[Manam (film)|Manam]]'' which was screened at the 45th [[International Film Festival of India]] in the ''Homage to [[Akkineni Nageswara Rao]]'' section on 29 November 2014. The film garnered the [[Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/manam-review-roundup-complete-entertainer-treat-akkineni-fans-600838|title='Manam' Review Roundup: Complete Entertainer; Treat for Akkineni Fans|last=Seshagiri|first=Sangeetha|publisher=International Business Times India|date=23 May 2014|access-date=9 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209051321/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/manam-review-roundup-complete-entertainer-treat-akkineni-fans-600838|archive-date=9 February 2015}}</ref> He then directed the box-office hits such as the science-fiction ''[[24 (2016 film)|24]]'' (2016), which won two awards at the [[64th National Film Awards]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/64th-filmfare-awards-south-2017-madhavan-suriya-best-actor/1/981419.html|title=64th Filmfare Awards South 2017: R Madhavan wins Best Actor, Suriya bags Critics Award|access-date=2017-07-11}}</ref> and the comedy-thriller ''[[Gang Leader (2019 film)|Gang Leader]]'' (2019).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/gang-leader/movie-review/71108833.cms|title=Gang Leader Movie Review : Gang Leader shines in parts but is let down by a haphazard screenplay.|website=TimesofIndia}}</ref><br />
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==Early career==<br />
Kumar graduated from [[Madras Christian College]] in Chennai. In April 1997 he joined director [[Priyadarshan]], working on the Malayalam film ''[[Chandralekha (1997 film)|Chandralekha]]'' as assistant director. He also worked under Priyadarshan in ''[[Doli Saja Ke Rakhna]]'' and ''[[Hera Pheri (2000 film)|Hera Pheri]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/gang-leader/movie-review/71108833.cms|title=Gang Leader Movie Review : Gang Leader shines in parts but is let down by a haphazard screenplay.|website=TimesofIndia}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Key<br />
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}<br />
| Denotes films that have not yet been released<br />
|}<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Year<br />
! Film<br />
! Language<br />
! Notes<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 || ''Silent Scream'' || [[English language|English]] ||[[National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2001 || ''[[Ishtam (2001 Telugu film)|Ishtam]]'' || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || Co-director <br />
|-<br />
| 2003 || ''[[Alai (film)|Alai]]'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || <br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2"| 2009 || ''[[Yavarum Nalam]]'' || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || Dubbed into Telugu as ''Padamudu''<br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Yavarum Nalam|13B]]'' || [[Hindi]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2012 || ''[[Ishq (2011 film)|Ishq]]'' ||[[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2014 || ''[[Manam (film)|Manam]]'' || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] || [[Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu]] <br />
|-<br />
| 2016||''[[24 (2016 film)|24]]'' || [[Telugu language|Tamil]] || <br />
|-<br />
| 2017||''[[Hello (2017 film)|Hello]]''||[[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2019|| ''[[Gang Leader (2019 film)|Gang Leader]]'' ||[[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2021 || ''[[Thank You (2021 film)|Thank You]]'' ||[[Telugu language|Telugu]] || Filming<br />
|}<br />
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==Awards==<br />
;[[National Film Awards]]<br />
*[[National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film]] (director) ''Silent Scream'' (1998)<br />
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;[[Filmfare Awards South]]<br />
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu]] - ''[[Manam (film)|Manam]]'' (2014)<br />
'''[[Santosham Film Awards]]'''<br />
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* [[Santosham Best Film Award]] - ''[[Manam (film)|Manam]]'' (2014)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|3347823}}<br />
* {{FaceBook|VikramKKumarOfficial}}<br />
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