HYDERABAD: KL Damodar Prasad has been elected president of Telugu Film Producers Council (TFPC). Prasad was elected in a keenly fought battle for the president's post, elections for which were held on February 19.
He triumphed over 'Gemini' Kiran who secured 315 votes. Prasad, who was supported by the Active Film Producers Guild led by Dil Raju, secured 339 votes. K Ashok Kumar and Y Supriya were elected vice-presidents of TFPC unopposed. Producers T Prasanna Kumar and YVS Chowdhary got elected as secretaries and Natti Kumar and Bharath Chowdhary were elected as joint secretaries. T Rama Satyanarayana got elected as treasurer.
Damodar said AP and Telangana governments were creating a favourable atmosphere for film shootings and also looking into issues that were being brought to their notice by the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce.
Dil Raju secured the highest number of votes and got elected to the executive committee. The others members who got elected include DVV Danayya, Poosala Kishore, PV Ravi Kishore, Ravi Shankar, Abhishek Agarwal, Panthani Ramakrishna Goud, Srinivas Rao Vajja, Kesara Rao Palli, Y Surendar Reddy, NB Venugopal, N Padmini, Gopinath Achanta and Tagore Madhu.
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
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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