Vikram Kumar
Introduction '''Vikram K. Kumar''' is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu and Tamil cinema. In 1998, he directed his breakthrough non-feature film, ''Silent Scream'', for which he won the National Film Award For Best Instructional Film. He made his directorial debut in Telugu cinema  industry with ''Ishtam'' in 2001, and then directed the Tamil movie, ''Yavarum Nalam''  (''13B'' in Hindi).In 2014, he scripted and directed ''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. He then directed the box-office hits such as the science-fiction ''24'' (2016), which won two awards at the 64th National Film Awards, and the comedy-thriller ''Gang Leader''  (2019).
Early career Kumar graduated from Madras Christian College in Chennai. In April 1997 he joined director Priyadarshan, working on the Malayalam film ''Chandralekha'' as assistant director. He also worked under Priyadarshan in ''Doli Saja Ke Rakhna'' and ''Hera Pheri''.
Filmography === Films ===+Key  Denotes films that have not yet been released Year Film Language Notes 1998  ''Silent Scream''  English  2001  ''Ishtam''  Telugu credited as Vikram 2003  ''Alai''  Tamil  2009  ''Yavarum Nalam''''13B''  TamilHindi  2012  ''Ishq''  Telugu  2014  ''Manam''  Telugu  2016 ''24''  Tamil    2017  ''Hello'' Telugu  2019  ''Gang Leader''  Telugu  2022  ''Thank You''  Telugu === Web series ===YearTitlePlatformNotes2023''Dhootha''Amazon Prime Video
Awards ;National Film Awards*National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film (director) ''Silent Scream'' (1998);Filmfare Awards South*Filmfare Award for Best Director - Telugu -  ''Manam'' (2014)'''Santosham Film Awards'''* Santosham Best Film Award -  ''Manam'' (2014)
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