I’m an active member of our Telugu community in USA and a part of Detroit Telugu Association (DTA), TANA and ATA. I served DTA (www.detroittelugu.org) as an Executive member (2004), Cultural Secretary (2005), General Secretary (2006 & 2007), Vice-President/President-Elect(2008) and serving as a President for 2009. I have been involved in number of stage performances as an actor, director and master of ceremony/anchor.
Film Maker
Apart from all the above activities, my ultimate aspiration is to become a movie director. I have been learning various aspects of filmmaking from several resources. I made three short films and involved in making of two feature films. At present, I am writing scripts for a short film (English) and a Telugu feature film.
Film Productions
Tech: 35 mm Feature Language: Telugu Genre: Romantic Comedy Year: 2005
Vennela is a new age film from Fourth Dimension films, with high profile stars from the Telugu Film Industry. Directed by Deva Katta with Raja, Sharvananad, and Parvati Melton in the leading roles. The movie was largely shot in Detroit, United States. The Choreographers of the film included Raguram Master and Raju Sundaram, very established personalities in their profession.
I worked as an Associate Director for the movie VENNELA, Vennela is my first step towards Tollywood.
Please view my pictures at the following links:
INDIAGLITZ.COM: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/preview/7720.html
IDLEBRAIN.COM: http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/photogallery/vennela.html
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Tech: Digital-Short Language: English/Russian Genre: Drama Year: 2006-07
EXPRESSION, as the name suggests, is about expressing internal feelings without verbal language. If someone does not know the language of the other person, love can still happen. This film shows that language is not a barrier in love, centering around Karan, an American born Indian from America and Sonya, a Russian bartender in Moscow. Directed by Ramana Mudeganti and Sanjay Arora.
We've completed the post production work and currently in the process of submitting to various short film festivals. (Please come back to watch it here)
LATEST UPDATE:
EXPRESSION selected for ICE Film Festival,2007 in Pune: www.iceshortfilm.com
Expression selected for Director's Cut Film Festival, Delhi, India (June 2008)
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Sangamam (2007-08) http://ramanamudeganti.com/sangamam.aspx
Tech: 35 mm Feature Language: Telugu Genre: Melo-Drama Year: 2007-08
Worked as an Assistant Director for another Telugu Film production by Manoranjan Movies, Washington, DC. Directed by Rasool Ellore (Okariki Oakaru Fame) with Rohit Khurana (Introducing) and Sindhura Gadde (Miss India 2005) in the leading roles and Murali Mohan, Suhasini, Brahmanandam, Nassar, Chandra Mohan and local US artists in the supporting roles.
DOP: Sundeep Reddy and Music: Keeravani.
This film depicts the pains and pleasures associated with inter-mingling of different cultures living together in the USA. The mojority of the film was canned in and around Washington, DC Metropolitan area including the states of Maryland and Virgenia. The film was released on July 18th, 2008. I worked as an Assistant Director for this film. Please Click here to see more information.