Chandra Siddhartha

{{short description|Indian film director, screenwriter and producer}}

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| birth_place = Andhra Pradesh, India

| alma mater = Nizam College

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Chandra Siddartha is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema.{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-inscrutable-americans/210803|title=The Inscrutable Americans | Outlook India Magazine}}{{Cite web |date=13 May 2010 |title=Interview with Chandra Siddhartha |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/chandrasiddhartha-ab.html |website=Idlebrain}} He is known for his directorial works such as The Inscrutable Americans (2001) which premiered at Milan, New York, Atlanta, London and Kerala International Film Festivals.{{Cite news |url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/45_57thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=Jury-Chandra Siddhartha |work=57th NFA|location=New Delhi, India}}{{Cite news |url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/41_61stNfaArchives.pdf|title=Jury-Chandra Siddhartha |work=61st NFA|location=New Delhi, India}} He received three state Nandi Awards for works such as Aa Naluguru (2004), and Andari Bandhuvaya (2010).{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-inscrutable-director/article28245485.ece|title=The inscrutable director|newspaper=The Hindu|date=15 June 2004|via=www.thehindu.com}} In 1995, he produced Nirantharam which was screened at the Cairo International Film Festival.{{Cite news |url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/45_57thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=Jury-Chandra Siddhartha |work=57th NFA|location=New Delhi, India}}{{Cite news |url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/41_61stNfaArchives.pdf|title=Jury-Chandra Siddhartha |work=61st NFA|location=New Delhi, India}} He served as Jury member at the 57th, 61st and 65th National Film Awards, as well as the 49th IFFI.{{Cite news |url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/45_57thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=Jury-Chandra Siddhartha |work=57th NFA|location=New Delhi, India}}{{Cite news |url=https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/41_61stNfaArchives.pdf|title=Jury-Chandra Siddhartha |work=61st NFA|location=New Delhi, India}}..served as jury member for Andhra Pradesh state Nandi awards and South Indian cinematographers association movie awards.