Kasetty is known for his debut directorial 2006 Telugu film '' Hope '' for which he won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues at the 54th National Film Awards . The film dealt with the topic of teenage suicides due to peer pressure and stress caused by the education system . He shared the award with the producer of the film Policherla Venkata Subbiah . The jury presented the award to the film for '' " focusing on the need to re-examine the present-day education system that leads many young people to commit suicide " . '' In 2009 , Kasetty released his musical romantic film '' Kalavaramaye Madilo '' , . It won the prestigious " Nandi " award , as the third best film . The Nightingale of the south india Chitra won the best singer award for the song " pallavinchani " . The story of this film revolved around the lead character , played by actress Swati Reddy , aspiring to sing for A. R. Rahman . ''Rediff.com '' in their review of the film called it " appealing " and gave three out of five stars . Most recently Satish came up with his third film , Terror , a thriller featuring Srikanth in the lead . The film went on to be released in February 2016 and received critical acclaim
54th National Film Awards
54th National Film Awards
Satish Kasetty