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 Telugu alongside in Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil,
and English films. His last National Film Award for Best Editing was
for his work on the feature film Firaaq (2008), 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.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 (1992), Nirnayam (1995), Vaanaprastham (1999), Alaipayuthey
(2000), Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Okkadu
(2003), Aayitha Ezhuthu/Yuva (2004), Navarasa (2005), Anandabhadram
(2005), Guru (2007), Billa (2007), Firaaq (2008), Pazhassi Raja (2009)
and Talvar (2015).Sreekar Prasad was born to film editor Akkineni
Sanjeevi into a Telugu language speaking family, 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.
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