Atlanta Nagendra is a screenwriter and director. His first film as a producer was Joke Falls. Nagendra is a software engineer turned film maker based in Atlanta, United States. Besides an engineering degree in computer-science, Nagendra has completed film making courses with emphasis on screenwriting, editing and direction.
Set and shot in Atlanta, Hindi movie mumbhai connection receives accolades
Early life and education Nagendra was interested in film making while he was studying computer science engineering at Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bangalore University. He went to the US to continue his work as software engineer before venturing into film making.
Film career Nagendra started his career with Joke Falls, a Kannada comedy. The movie was successful and ran for 175 days. Nagendra's second movie is a Kannada comedy film titled Rambo. Nagendra has partnered with actor Sharan for this venture.Atlanta Nagendra back Rambo was one of the top albums 2012 in CD sales and digital downloads. Rambo also makes it to the top 5 hits of 2012.
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His third movie Mumbhai Connection is written and directed by him. It is a crime comedy thriller set and shot in Atlanta. Mumbhai Connection has been selected for eight film festivals (7th Atlanta Asian Film Festival Official Selection 2011 Atlanta, Georgia, US, Third World Indie Film Festival Official Selection 2011 San Jose California, US, 8th Dixie Film Festival Official Selection 2011 Macon, Georgia, US, 10th Urban Mediamakers Film Festival Official Selection 2011 Duluth, Georgia, US, 2nd Bronze Lens Film Festival Official Selection 2011 Atlanta, Georgia, US, 4th Bengaluru International Film Festival Official Selection 2011 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 7th Annual Macon Film Festival Official Selection 2012 Macon, Georgia, US, South Asian Film Festival Official Selection 2012)Mumbhai connection at Macon film festival 2012 across the world. Mumbhai Connection has won several awards at the film festivals in the US. It was released in August 2014.Mumbhai Connection Preview
Nagendra's fourth movie is with Actor Sharan. Their early collaboration was for Rambo. They joined hands together after six years. The Movie was one of the biggest hits of 2018. It completed 100 days in several centres in Karnataka. The movie songs were massive hits on social media as well as on YouTube.
Filmography Year Film Language Notes2004 Joke Falls Kannada Writer, Producer 2012 Rambo Producer DramaOverseas distributor2013 GooglyOverseas distributor2014 Victory Overseas distributor2014 Gajakesari Overseas distributor2014 Mumbhai Connection Hindi Story, Screenplay, Dialogues, Direction2015 Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Kannada Overseas distributor2015 Rana Vikrama Om Overseas distributor2016 Actor Overseas distributor2018 Raambo 2 Producer2025 Elumale Producer
Awards and nominations Ceremony CategoryWork Nominee Result2nd South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Debutant ProducerRamboAtlanta Nagendra, Sharan8th South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Film Raambo 214th South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Film ElumaleAtlanta Nagendra, Tharun Sudhir
References
External links Bengaluru international film festival 4th BIFFES NRIPulse.com^^^Home Of The Indian American Family NRIPulse.com^^^Home Of The Indian American Family - YouTube Atlanta Asian Film Festival :: Award winners