Santhosh Ananddram

Santhosh Ananddram
Born	(1985-08-15) 15 August 1985 (age 39) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation(s)	Director, Lyricist, Screenwriter
Years active	2006-Present
Spouse	Surabhi Hatwar
Awards	Zee Kannada 's Hemmeya Nirdeshaka (Best Director) for Raajakumara

Santhosh Ananddram is a lyricist, screenwriter, director who works in Kannada cinema. His debut films was Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari in 2014. He has directed Raajakumara starring Puneeth Rajkumar in Raajakumara and Yuvarathnaa. Raajakumara was a blockbuster in Kannada cinema.

Career

He started film career as a lyric writer through Rocky. He then assisted Harsha in script, dialogues and direction departments for Chingari. He also worked as a dialogue writer for Agraja and Gajakesari. He made his directional debut in 2014 with Industry hit Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari starring Yash (actor) and Radhika Pandit. His next movie Raajakumara with Puneeth Rajkumar was released on 24 March 2017 and received huge applause from critics and audience. After humongous success of Raajakumara and two straight industry hits, he rose to fame as "Star Director" of Kannada cinema.

Ananddram's upcoming film is with Kannada Star Puneeth Rajkumar titled YuvaRathnaa under Hombale Films. It was launched on 1 November 2018 on account of Kannada Rajyotsava. It was noted that two impaired kids from Chamarajanagar district came down to release the title of the movie. Ananddram was honoured with Zee Kannada's Hemmeya Nirdeshaka (Proud Director of Karnataka) for Raajakumara. He made his Tollywood debut with the film Yuvarathnaa in 2021.

Personal life

Santhosh Ananddram is from Kota, Udupi district, Karnataka though he was born in and brought up in Bangalore. He has a Brother Sagar Ananddram, who assists him in Film Career. He did his schooling in Bangalore Education Society. He obtained a degree from Seshadripuram college, Bangalore. He was also recruited to Infosys where he worked for close to a year. He married Surabhi on 21 February 2018 in Bangalore.^[1]

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Lyricist	Notes
2014	Gajakesari	No	Story	No
	Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari	Yes	Yes	Yes	Lyricist for "Yaaralli"
2017	Raajakumara	Yes	Yes	Yes	Lyricist for "Yarivanu Kannadadavanu", "Bombe Helutaithe", "Appu Dance"
2019	Yajamana	No	No	Yes	Lyricist for "Yajamana"
	Geetha	No	No	Yes	Lyricist for "Kannadiga", "Geetha Nanna Geetha"
2021	Yuvarathnaa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Lyricist for "Power Of Youth", "Oorigobba Raaja", "Paatashaala - The Soul of Yuvarathnaa", "Feel The Power"
	Kannadiga	No	No	Yes	Lyricist for "Kannadiga Title Track"
2023	Gurudev Hoysala	No	No	Yes	Lyricist for "Sala Sala Hoysala"
	Raghavendra Stores	Yes	Yes	Yes
2024	Yuva	Yes	Yes	Yes

Awards

Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari	62nd Filmfare Awards South	Best Director	Nominated	[2]
	4th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Director	Won	[3]
		Best Debutant Director	Nominated
		Best Lyricist for "Yaaralli"	Nominated
	1st IIFA Utsavam	Best Director	Nominated	[4]
		Best Lyricist for "Yaaralli"	Nominated
Raajakumara	2017 Karnataka State Film Awards	Best Family Entertainer	Won	[5][6]
	65th Filmfare Awards South	Best Director	Nominated	[7][8]
		Best Lyricist For "Bombe Heluthaithe"	Nominated
	Zee Kannada Hemmeya Kannadiga Award 2018	Hemmeya Nirdeshaka (Proud director)	Won	[9]
	7th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Director	Won	[10][11]
		Best Lyricist for "Bombe Heluthaithe"	Won

References

1. "Director Santhosh Ananddram Interview". Nam Cinema.
2. "Winners of 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards South". Filmfare. filmfare.com. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
3. "SIIMA Awards 2015: Mr And Mrs Ramachari Creates A Record In KFI, Again!". filmibeat.com. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
4. "IIFA Utsavam: Here's a complete list of winners on day 2". Daily News and Analysis. 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
5. Karnataka State Film Awards 2017 Announced
6. "State Film Award 2017: Suddi bags Best Film award". Deccan Herald. 25 October 2018.
7. "Nominations for the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards South 2018". filmfare. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
8. "Winners of the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018". Filmfare. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
9. "Here's the list of Hemmeya Kannadigas who have made Karnataka proud". Times Of India. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
10. "SIIMA Awards 2018 - Telugu, Kannada nomination list out". International Business Times. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
11. "SIIMA Awards 2018 Telugu Kannada winners list". International Business Times. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

External links

• Santhosh Ananddram at IMDb
• Official Facebook Page
• Sandalwood's debutant directors
• Interview with Santhosh