Siddharth Katragadda
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 Siddharth Katragadda | |
| Born | Bangalore, India |
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| Education | University of Texas, Arlington, The Frank Anthony Public School, Bengaluru, St. Joseph's College, Bangalore |
| Period | 2002–present |
| Notable awards | Red Hen Fiction Prize (Runner up), Rhode Island International Film Festival (Semi-finalist) Page Screenwriting Award, Screencraft Drama Contest, WeScreenplay Feature Contest (Quarterfinalist), San Diego Book Awards(Runner-up ), Atlantic City Film Festival (Best Foreign Film) |
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Siddharth (Sid) Katragadda is an Indian American artist, writer, filmmaker, poet and engineer.
Early life
He was born in Bangalore, India in 1972 and moved to the United States for his Master's degree in computer sciences from the University of Texas at Arlington.[1]
Painting
Katragadda began exhibiting and selling his art in 2008.[2] His paintings often feature Indian women painted in an abstract style.[3]
In 2022, he painted a series of 12 Western paintings in what he calls Holeism style, based on various humanitarian issues. He also returned to his abstract Indian women, creating the first of his Timism style paintings, which were exhibited on Culturally Arts Collective.[4][5][6] His work has been featured in various journals and podcasts.[7][8][9] He was a featured artist on Saatchi Art in 2023.[10] He's an artist on the San Diego Museum of Art Artist Guild [11]
Films
Katragadda's short documentary B.L.I.N.D – Born to Live in Near Darkness? won festival awards.[12][13]
His short film Varanasi won the Best Foreign Film Award at the Atlantic City CineFest, New Jersey, 2013.[14][15] He wrote the screenplay Painless (aka The Mercy Machine) in 2016.[16] His short documentary The Indus Code was shortlisted for the 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala.[17][18]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Genre | Notes | Credited as | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Screenwriter | ||||
| 2012 | The Girl Upstairs | Feature Film | Released on Amazon Prime | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2013 | Varanasi | Short Film | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2023 | City of Lights | Short Film | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2020 | B.L.I.N.D : Born to Live in Near Darkness | Documentary Short | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 2020 | Being Human | Short Film | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2023 | The Godsend | Short Film | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Writing
Katragadda was quoted in CNN[19] and his first novel, Metamorphosis was named a Runners-up for the 2021 Red Hen Press Fiction Award/ Los Angeles Review.[20] His first novel in verse, Dark Rooms won an award at the San Diego Book Prize, 2002 (Poetry).[21][22] His next novel "Blood Siblings" won an award at the SD Book Awards, 2010[23][24]
Katragadda's work has appeared in Taint Taint Taint,Grey Sparrow Press,[25] New Plains Review – Fall 2018 Issue, Chaffey Review, A Generation Defining Itself, Carter Street Review,[26] and Wilderness Review.[27] His work has been reviewed in Boldsky.[28][29]
Books
| Year | Book | Genre | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Dark Rooms | poetry | Runners-up San Diego Book Awards |
| 2003 | The Other Wife | poetry | Runners-up San Diego Book Awards |
| 2022 | Metamorphosis | Novel | Runners-up – Red Hen Fiction Award |
Plays
His play Tsunami was produced by Firecracker Production, Houston, and was nominated for five Awards at the 2021 Broadway World Houston.[30] Tsunami also was won the "Your Worst Nightmare Short Play Festival" in San Francisco.[citation needed] His short play Power Outage was set to be produced at the 11th Towne Street Theatre's Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival – at the Stella Adler Theatre, Hollywood April 4–26, 2020.[31]
Theatre productions
| Year | Play | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Power Outage | Stella Adler Theatre, Hollywood 11th-annual-10-min-play-festival |
| 2020 | Tsunami | Shelton Theater in San Francisco, Your Worst Nightmare Short Play Festival |
| 2021 | Tsunami | Firecracker Productions, Houston |
References
- ↑ "Siddharth Katragadda - Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter". clay.earth. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
- ↑ "Exhibition of paintings – by Siddharth Katragadda at Karnataka Chitra…". buzzintown.com. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 18 Jan 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Soulism". Taint Taint Taint. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022.
- ↑ "Exhibition, Milostka Center". Culturally Arts Collective.
- ↑ "I Can't Breathe Exhibition". Culturally Arts Collective.
- ↑ "Timism I Painting by Siddharth Katragadda".
- ↑ "Interview with Siddharth Katragadda". VoyageLA.
- ↑ "Interview with Sid Katragadda". CanvasRebel.
- ↑ "Interview with Siddharth Katragadda". Immigrantly Podcast.
- ↑ "Featured Artist, May 2023". Saatchi Art.
- ↑ "The San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild - Member public profile". www.sdmaag.org. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
- ↑ "Best Docu Short, Summer 2020". IIFA.
- ↑ "Sun of the East Winners". Tagore International Film Festival. 17 April 2021.
- ↑ "Downbeach Film Festival/Atlantic City Cinefest 2013 : Home". festivalgenius.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Varanasi". festivalgenius.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "2016 Quarter-Finalists – PAGE International Screenwriting Awards: Screenplay Contests". pageawards.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ↑ "Schedule 9th June 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala". Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-29. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Brown, Sarah (2013-01-04). "'She could have been me': Action urged after Delhi gang rape case". CNN. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ↑ "Red Hen Press Fiction Award – Red Hen Press". 18 February 2020.[not in citation given]
- ↑ "PA Up In Lights". Publish America. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2025. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Katragadda, Siddharth (1 January 2003). The other wife: a novel in verse. PublishAmerica. ISBN 9781413706833. Retrieved 16 February 2017 – via sandiego Library Catalog. Search this book on
- ↑ Katragadda, Siddharth (1 January 2003). "Winner, Unpublished Novel, San Diego Book Awards, 2010". PublishAmerica. Retrieved 16 February 2017 – via San Diego Library Catalog.
- ↑ Times, Del Mar (2010-06-16). "San Diego honors its own with best book awards". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2026-09-27.
- ↑ "[9] Summer 2011". 31 July 2018.
- ↑ "Cartier Street Review March 2011". issuu.com. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ↑ "Poetry in Wilderness House Literary Review" (PDF).
- ↑ "The Dark Rooms: Ode to a Generation". 22 April 2008.
- ↑ "The Other Wife: When You Take The Second Step". boldsky.com. 5 May 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ↑ "BroadwayWorld Houston Awards – Best Streaming Play".[dead link]
- ↑ "11th 10 Minute Play Festival". Towne Street Theatre.[not in citation given]
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