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SNS Sastry

SNS Sastry was an Indian cinematographer and documentary filmmaker who was active from the 1950s to 1978. He is a winner of four national awards for Malwa (1963),One Day (1964),I Am 20 (1967), and And I Make Short Films (1968).

Career

Sastry earned a diploma in cinematography from the Bengaluru Polytechnic, now the Government Film and Television Institute (GFTI), Bengaluru.

He joined Films Division India, the state-run film production and distribution unit, as a newsreel cameraman in the early 1950s. Over time, he became a director. For nearly three decades until 1978, Sastry made several documentaries for Films Division. The most notable among these are One Day (1964), I Am Twenty (1967), And I Make Short Films (1968), This Bit of That India (1972), The Burning Sun (1973), Our Indira (1973), and Flashback (1974).

Despite being state-sponsored, Sastry’s films are marked by a subtle criticism of the political, economic and social developments of the time. His works often feature gentle self-criticism, questioning mindsets, and resilient attitudes.

Filmography

As director – documentaries

  • Nagarjunakonda (1958)
  • Call of the Kheda (1962)
  • The Sons Who Served (1963)
  • Malwa (1963)
  • A Privilege (1963)
  • One Day (1964)
  • That Delta – That River (1965)
  • NEFA: The Years of Promise (1965)
  • Invitation to Enchantment (1965)
  • Yet in Him We Trust (1966)
  • Parambikulam - Aliyar Project (1966)
  • The Sainik Schoolway (1967)
  • Jai Jawan (1967)
  • I Am Twenty (1967)
  • The Capture of Haji Pir Pass (1968)
  • And I Make Short Films (1968)
  • On the Move (1970)
  • Amir Khan (1970)
  • We (1971)
  • Keep Going (1971)
  • Care...A Little More (1971)
  • Yes, It's On (1972)
  • Mining the White Gold (1972)
  • He is Back (1972)
  • The Burning Sun (1973)
  • Our Indira (1973)
  • Raga - I India (1974)
  • Raga - II India (1974)
  • Portrait of a Prime Minister (1974)
  • Flashback (1974)
  • Faces - India (1974)
  • Somewhere in the Deep Woods (1975)
  • Strides (1975)
  • Take Off (1975)
  • This Bit of That India (1975)
  • We Have a Promise to Keep (1975)
  • A Decade of Achievement (1976)
  • Love in Action (1976)
  • Not a Bed of Features (1976)
  • Pragati Ke Das Saal (1976)
  • The First Leap (1976)
  • Naya Daur (1976)
  • A Sister for Kittu (1978)

As cinematographer - documentaries

  • Dr Vishveshawaraya

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