HYDERABAD: Karthikeya 2 (Daivam Manushya Rupena) has been adjudged Best Telugu Film at the 70th National Film Awards for the year 2022, as announced in Delhi on Friday. The film was produced by Abhishek Agarwal Arts LLP and People Media Factory.
The film was directed by Chandoo Mondeti. The cast includes Nikhil Sidhartha, Anupama Parameswaran, Anupam Kher, and Adithya Menon.
The film ‘Karthikeya 2’, described as a mystery/action movie, was released in 2022. It was a sequel to ‘Karthikeya’ released in 2014.
“The blessings of Bhagwan Shri Krishna continue to be bestowed upon us,” Abhishek Agarwal Arts, which produced the film, said in reaction to the announcement of the award for the film.
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Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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