A. Sreekar Prasad


Akkineni Sreekar Prasad, better known as Sreekar Prasad, is an Indian film editing professional, known for his works in Indian cinema. He works predominantly on Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English films.
His last National Film Award for Best Editing was for his work on the feature film Firaaq, directed by Nandita Das. He was included in the Limca Book of Records as People of the Year - 2013 for wide contribution to the Indian cinema in several languages and also for holding a record eight National Awards including a Special Jury Award.

Career

Sreekar Prasad was a graduate in Literature from University of Madras. He learned the art of film editing from his father in Telugu films. Though he started out with Telugu films, he rose to national acclaim through Malayalam and Tamil films. He has won the National Film Award for Best Editing seven times and owns one Special Jury Award, throughout a career spanning over two decades.
Some of the notable editing works of Sreekar Prasad include Yodha, Nirnayam, Vaanaprastham, Alaipayuthey, Dil Chahta Hai, Kannathil Muthamittal, Okkadu, Aayitha Ezhuthu/Yuva, Navarasa, Anandabhadram, Guru, Billa, Firaaq, Pazhassi Raja and Talvar.

Personal life

Sreekar Prasad was born to film editor Akkineni Sanjeevi, brother of Telugu film doyen L. V. Prasad.
His son is Akshay Akkineni, director of Pizza. Akshay is married to P. S. Keerthana, daughter of actors R. Parthiban and Seetha. Sreekar was the editor of Keerthana's star vehicle Kannathil Muthamittal'', which earned her the National Film Award for Best Child Artist in 2002.

Awards

;National Film Awards
;Kerala State Film Awards
;Nandi Awards
;Filmfare Awards
;Vijay Awards
;Other awards