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Chandrashekar Rao

Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, popularly known and abbreviated as KCR, is the first and the current Chief Minister of the Indian state of Telangana. He is the president of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, a regional party in India.He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (Telangana) from the Gajwel constituency of Medak District in Telangana. Previously, he served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (Andhra Pradesh) from Siddipet and also as the Member of Parliament from Mahbubnagar, Karimnagar and Medak. He took oath as the first Chief Minister of the new state of Telangana on 2 June 2014

Chandrashekar Rao
Chief Patron, Indywood Film Carnival
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Talasani Srinivas Yadav

Talasani Srinivas Yadav is an Indian politician From Telangana State. He is an MLA from Sanathnagar Assembly constituency. Previously he represented from Secunderabad Assembly Constituency.He is one of the prominent politicians from the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. In KCR Government, Talasani Srinivas Yadav is currently Serving as Cinematography Minister. Previously in Chandrababu Naidu Government, he held a post of Tourism and Labour Minister.

Talasani Srinivas Yadav
Patron, Indywood Film Carnival
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Sohan Roy

Sohan Roy is an accomplished, performance driven professional Film Director, Producer, Exhibitor, Writer, Project Designer and a proven leader credited with pioneering innovations in Maritime, Medical, Movie and Media industries. A Naval Architect and Marine Engineer by profession, Sohan Roy set up Aries Group in 1998 and it has become a reputed multinational conglomerate with 43 companies operating in 15 countries. He is the promoter of two global TV channels (Marine BizTV and Medi BizTV), India's best double 4K Exhibition Screen Aries Plex, State-of-the-art post production Studio Aries Vismayas Max and Epica Studios-the largest 3D motion picture & Animation studio in India. www.sohanroy.com

Sohan Roy S K
Founder Director, Indywood Film Carnival
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I V Sasi

Iruppam Veedu Sasidaran, better known I.V Sasi, is an Indian Film Director who has made over 150 Indian films in various languages and genres. He is known for his South Indian films of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, primarily for Malayalam films, although he has directed Hindi films during the 1980s as well. He started his film career as an art director. He kicked off his directorial career officially with his first film Ulsavam. Soon he carved out a name for himself in the Malayalam film industry. His films were known for their uniqueness and always contained a stamp of his directorial style. I.V Sasi has directed more than 170 odd films over a span of 34 years and has constantly delivered super hits and some of them classified as classics or good cinema.

I V Sasi
Festival Director, Indywood Film Carnival
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Prabhiraj
Executive Director
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Shyam Kurup
Film Market Director
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Satish Chandran
Marketing Director
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Arun M Sugathan
COO - Film Carnival
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Hari Kumar
Head-Syndications & Communications
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Nisha Joseph
Artistic Director and Chief Organizer
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Lakshmi Atul
Vice President - Project Indywood
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Anand Gurnani
Market Director - Animation
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Greg Agostinelli
Vice President - International Marketing