Pushkar–Gayatri
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Pushkar–Gayatri | |
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| Education | Master of Fine Arts in Film Making |
| Alma mater | Under-Grad: Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai. |
| Occupation(s) | Writers, Directors and Screenwriters |
| Years active | 2007 — present |
Pushkar–Gayatri are a husband-and-wife filmmaker duo from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Their works are noted for their unique style, technical finesse, and intricately woven storylines.
They started as writers and directors with the Tamil feature films – Oram Po (2007), and Va - Quarter Cutting (2010), both quirky dark comedies. In 2017, they wrote and directed Vikram Vedha, which swept the awards that year and was the top-rated Indian film of 2017 on IMDb. In 2022, they remade the critically acclaimed Vikram Vedha in Hindi with Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan. They made an entry as content creators in the streaming space with Suzhal: The Vortex, a tent-pole global show in Amazon Prime Video. They were the writers, show-runners, and producers of the show which won awards in India and abroad. Other notable works they have created include Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie (2022) and Aelay (2021).
Personal life
[edit]Gayatri and Pushkar are born and brought up in Chennai, the city where they are currently based out of. They did their under-graduation in Visual Communication in Loyola College, Chennai, where they first met.
During and after graduation, they worked with eminent advertising filmmakers such as P.C.Sriram and Manav Menon. They decided to pursue their education further and applied to film schools in the U.S. Gayatri finished her Masters in Fine Art from the University of Chicago and Pushkar finished his Masters in Film Marking from the University of New Orleans.
The two started their careers together with ad-filmmaking. Neither of them are from a film background. To approach producers, they came up with a short-film version of the script of their first film, Oram Po. From then on, they have been full-time feature filmmakers in Tamil. With the release of the Vikram Vedha remake in Hindi, they debuted their entrance to Bollywood.
Production
[edit]Under their production house Wallwatcher Films, Pushkar and Gayatri have produced two long-format web series, Suzhal: The Vortex and Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie, for Amazon Prime Video, and a feature film, Aelay, on Netflix. Pushkar and Gayatri curate all their projects under Wallwatcher Films and they mentor them as creative producers.
Filmography
[edit]| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Work | Roles | Notes |
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| 2007 | Oram Po | Directors, writers | Tamil film |
| 2010 | Va- Quarter Cutting | Tamil film | |
| 2017 | Vikram Vedha | Tamil film | |
| 2021 | Aelay | Creative producers | Tamil Netflix film |
| 2022 | Suzhal: The Vortex[1] | Creators, writers | Amazon original series |
| Vikram Vedha | Directors, writers | Hindi film | |
| Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie | Creators, writers | Amazon original series |
Awards
[edit]| Film | Awards | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vikram Vedha | Ananda Vikatan Awards | Best Screenplay | Won | [2] [3] |
| 65th Filmfare Awards South | Best Director | Won | [4] | |
| Chennai International Film Festival | Second Best Tamil Feature Film | Won | [5] | |
| Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards 2018 | Best Screenplay | Won | [6] [7] | |
| Techofes Awards 2018 | Best Director | Nominated | [8] [9] | |
| Best Story | Won | |||
| 10th Vijay Awards | Best Director | Won | [10] [11] | |
| Best Screenplay | Won | |||
| Behindwoods Awards | Best Director | Won | [12] | |
| 7th SIIMA Awards | Best Film | Won | [13] | |
| Suzhal: The Vortex | OTT Play Awards 2022 | Best Screenplay (Series) | Won | [14] |
| E4M Awards | Best Thriller-horror show on web OTT platform | Silver | [15] | |
| Best Writer | Silver | |||
| Asian Academy Creative Awards | Best Drama series | National Winner 2022 | [16] | |
| Indian Telly Streaming Awards | Best Regional Series 2022 | [17] | ||
| Afaqs Vdonxt Awards 2023 | Best Music Video | [18] | ||
| Adgully Screenxx Awards 2022 | Best Content - Thriller | [19] | ||
| Indian Film Festival of Melbourne | Best Series | 2023 Nominee | [20] | |
| Critics' Choice Shorts and Series Awards, India | Best Series | 2023 Nominee | [21] | |
| Best Writing | 2023 Nominee |
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