The Press coverages about the director of the film 'Stethoscope'

Newspaper Announcment of the project.

The first official announcement of the film ' Stethoscope' was done through AndhraJyothi-telugu daily in Karimnagar district.It was on 15th January 2008. By then the first drapt of the script was ready and the title of the film was finalised as 'Stethoscope'. I was looking for a lyric writer who can write something very close to the heartbeat of village children's feelings. Luckily I met Jaagilam Rameshgaru through one of my assistant. Ramesh and i met several times and i narrated the story to him. He slowly started to write something upon which we used to discuss again. Apart from him i also tried 2 other lyric writers from nearby villages. One of them was quite original and close to the children's world but another was quite methodical and too filmi. FInally i decided upon Jaagilam Ramesh and paid him the advance. It took nearly three months for him to come up with the final lyrics upon which i agreed. The song starts with the line.."okadaanivainaa..evarulekunnaa..."

Interview in Eenadu- Karimnagar district edition

In the same month of the project announcement i got a call from Mr. Venu, a reporter from Jagtial division who said that he would like to come down and interview me. I said yes and the day he came i was down with fever. Inspite of me being not well i sat for the meeting and provided him the photgraphs he needed. Thus on 28th January 2008 this interview was covered in the district edition of leadingTelugu Daily -EENAADU.

My first interview ever for a newspaper!
In 2004, in Hyderabad, Mr. Nageshwar from EENADU met through common friends and he decided to interview me after finding out that by then i worked with some of the best directors in Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad as a storyboard artist. It was for the Eetharam section of EENADU main edition, Hyderabad. I was surprised initially but later on it proved unavoidable. My colleagues Vinda and Bhasker too were being interviewed. Since i was with beard then, he asked me the latest photograph of me so particularly went to a studio in nagarjuna circle and got my photo shoot done. The day it appeared in the paper i was joining a new film a a storyboard artist cum associate director so the timing was wonderful. The whole day i received surprise calls and friends and well wishers congratulated me! It was a different experience altogether.

My first felicitation!

After ' Baalabharati' my 3rd short film for Sapthagiri channel, it was quite regular that the reporters used to track my project progress but a day came where i was felicitated for my genuine unertakings of village subjects in my films. ai met Dr. Boinapally Venkata Ramarao garu who stays in cinare bhavan in Karimnagar. Mr. Abdul Mannan, an environmentalist and a painter, whom i met during kafiso film fest in February 2008 in Karimnagar, introduced me to Sri Boinapally who saw my film Baalabharati and encouraged me in my efforts. He then invited me for his Birthday celebrations on 2nd September 2008 and felicitated me among others. He also awarded me a felitication letter in which he gave me a 'birudu' saying 'uttama kalaa Darshaka'. This event inspired me and enthused me to make progress towards my goal of making good films for children with rural background.

Chiliveri Kishore-writer/filmmaker
BFA (Applied Arts)

mobile: 98480 63499
email: chiliverik@yahoo.com

Unicef Award winner
In 2007 I sent a story about girl-child early marriages in rural villages, to Prasarbharthi/AIR which got selected among the 10 best scripts and I produced and directed the film, titled ‘Baala-Bharati’. The film has won Prasarbharthi-UNICEF Girl-child award as the second best film in 2007.
It was shot on a Panasonic 3ccd digital camera (miniDV) at various locations in Karimnagar district (Kathalapur, Medipally & Chintakunta villages).
While making the film I stayed in my grandfather’s village for about a month. The stay brought in a new sense of pride and belongingness which was lacking when I was working in the cities, and instilled in me a wish to live in the village and make some more films with challenging themes.
I later screened my short film in 4 to 5 schools for free and interacted with many children. Thus I realised cinema is the ultimate medium to inspire the young ones in a positive way, who, otherwise don’t know where they actually going.

Present Work
While writing a story about a school boy travelling in the school bus everyday to study in a convent school in town, I aimed to make the film with support and help from the people of Karimanagar district, so that right through the making there will b an awareness about the film and the credit will come to the district, later on.

I see my present film STETHOSCOPE - oka chinni gunde chappudu’ as a genuine attempt to revive interest in children’s cinema, which, day by day is fading out due to the bombardment of meaningless formulae films in AP, India.

The making of a director

In 2004, I scripted/ directed and produced my FIRST short film called ‘Talaiva’.It is about a palmist who just wants to cross the road to look at Budha statue of Hussain Sagar lake at Tank-Bund -Hyderabad. The film got screened in 1st Hyderabad Short & Documentary film festival in 2005. I scripted, directed and produced another short film ‘ Dehayatra’ about child kidnappings, in 2006. Unfortunately I could not complete the post production yet, due to exhaustion of my savings).

My earlier experience

After completing my graduation in Applied Arts (JNTU-HYD) in 1997, I went to Madras and joined HTA-an advertising agency, as a graphic illustrator and within 2 months I joined Mr. Kamal Hassan and worked as a storyboard artist for his RKproductions(Marudanayagam, Chachi 420) for about 5 months. Then I worked under the directors:
Kodi Ramakrishna garu (Chennai) Anji
Singeetham Srinivasa Rao garu,(Chennai) Ramayana through slokas DVD,
Rajkumar Santoshi garu (Mumbai) Chinagate, Pukar,

Jagmohan Mundra garu (Mumbai) Bhawandhar, Perfumed garden,
Jayanth Paranje garu (Hyderabad) Eeshwar,
Krishna Vamshi garu (Hyderabad) SriAnjaneyam,
Guna Sekhar garu (Hyderabad) Okkadu,
as a storyboard artist/assistant director(1997-2006).
I also did storyboards for TV commercials and couple of US based film productions (Panic, Deathrole-Crocodile II ) as I worked with Ramoji Film group for about 2 years (1999-2001).

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