Siddharth Katragadda | |
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Born | Bangalore, India |
Pen name | Sid |
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Nationality | US (India) |
Alma mater | University of Texas, Arlington, The Frank Anthony Public School, Bengaluru, St. Joseph's College, Bangalore |
Period | 2002–present |
Notable works | Dark Rooms, The Other Wife, Varanasi (film), B.L.I.N.D (film), Painless (screenplay) |
Notable awards | Red Hen Fiction Prize (Runner up), Rhode Island International Film Festival (Semi-finalist) Page Screenwriting Award, Screencraft Drama Contest, WeScreenplay Feature Contest (Quarterfinalist), San Diego Book Awards(Runner-up ), Atlantic City Film Festival (Best Foreign Film) |
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Siddharth (Sid) Katragadda is an Indian American artist, writer, filmmaker, poet and engineer.
He was born in Bangalore, India in 1972 and moved to the United States for his Master's degree in computer sciences from the University of Texas at Arlington. [1]
Katragadda has been painting since childhood, and started exhibiting and selling his art in 2008.[ citation needed ] His paintings often feature Indian women painted in an abstract style. [2] In 2010, his work was acquired by Mani Ratnam.[ citation needed ]
In 2022, he painted a series of 12 Western paintings in what he calls Holeism style, based on various humanitarian issues. He also returned to his abstract Indian women, creating the first of his Timism style paintings.[ citation needed ]
Katragadda's short documentary "B.L.I.N.D - Born to Live in Near Darkness?" had its theatrical release at the Los Feliz 3 Theater, Los Angeles, from Sept 24-30th 2021. The film was an official entry to the 94th Academy Awards in the Documentary Short-Subject Category. Hi second documentary, The Godsend was screened at the 14th Chicago South Asian Film Festival His short film "Varanasi" won the Best Foreign Film Award at the Atlantic City CineFest, New Jersey, 2013. [7] [8] His screenplay "Painless" (aka The Mercy Machine) was a quarter finalist at the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, 2016, [9] the Screencraft Drama Contest 2017, [10] the WeScreenplay Screenplay Awards [11] His short documentary "The Indus Code" was shortlisted for the 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala. [12] [13] His Screenplay pitches won Honorable Mention/Finalist awards at the 2021 ISA Virtual Pitch Challenge. [14] [15]
Year | Film | Genre | Awards | Credited as | ||||
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Director | Producer | Screenwriter | ||||||
2012 | The Girl Upstairs | Feature Film | Released on Amazon Prime | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2013 | Varanasi | Short Film | Best Foreign Film, Downbeach Film Festival, New Jersey | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2023 | City of Lights | Short Film |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2020 | B.L.I.N.D : Born to Live in Near Darkness | Documentary Short |
| Yes | No | Yes | ||
2020 | Being Human | Short Film |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2023 | The Godsend | Short Film |
| Yes | Yes | Yes |
His first novel, "Metamorphosis" won Runners-up Prize at the 2021 Red Hen Press Fiction Award/ Los Angeles Review. [16] His first Novel in Verse, Dark Rooms won an award at the San Diego Book Prize, 2002 (Poetry). [17] A sequel, The Other Wife also won the same award in 2003. [18] [19]
Numerous articles written by him have been published on CNN. [20] [21] [22] [23] His work has appeared in Taint Taint Taint,Grey Sparrow Press (best new literary journal 2011), [24] New Plains Review - Fall 2018 Issue, Chaffey Review, A Generation Defining Itself, Carter Street Review, Wilderness Review and numerous literary journals. [25] [26] His work has been reviewed in the journals like "One India." [27] [28] He also writes on Cricket topics. [29]
Year | Book | Genre | Awards |
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2002 | Dark Rooms | poetry | Runners-up San Diego Book Awards |
2003 | The Other Wife | poetry | Runners-up San Diego Book Awards |
2022 | Metamorphosis | Novel | Runners-up - Red Hen Fiction Award |
Sid was interviewed on the reputed podcast Immigrantly Podcast for the Dec 24th, 2023 episode. [30]
An emerging playwright, his play "Tsunami" was produced by Firecracker Production, Houston, and was nominated for five Awards at the 2021 Broadway World Houston. [31] Tsunami also was won the "Your Worst Nightmare Short Play Festival" in San Francisco. His short play Power Outage will be produced at the 11th Towne Street Theatre's Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival - at the Stella Adler Theatre, Hollywood April 4–26, 2020. [32]
Year | Play | Production |
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2020 | The Power Outage | Stella Adler Theatre, Hollywood 11th-annual-10-min-play-festival |
2020 | Tsunami | Shelton Theater in San Francisco, Your Worst Nightmare Short Play Festival |
2021 | Tsunami | Firecracker Productions, Houston |
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