Siddharth Katragadda

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| notableworks = Dark Rooms, The Other Wife, Varanasi (film), B.L.I.N.D (film), Painless (screenplay)

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| 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.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Painting

Katragadda began exhibiting and selling his art in 2008.{{cite web |title=Exhibition of paintings – by Siddharth Katragadda at Karnataka Chitra… |url=http://www.buzzintown.com/bangalore/event--exhibition-paintings-siddharth-katragadda/segment--venue-map/id--11982.html |website=buzzintown.com |access-date=4 August 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118164159/http://www.buzzintown.com/bangalore/event--exhibition-paintings-siddharth-katragadda/segment--venue-map/id--11982.html |archive-date=18 Jan 2013 |date=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead}} His paintings often feature Indian women painted in an abstract style.{{cite web|title= Soulism|url=https://www.tainttainttaintmagazine.com/siddarth-katragadda |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811082828/https://www.tainttainttaintmagazine.com/siddarth-katragadda |archive-date=11 August 2022 |website=Taint Taint Taint }}

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.{{cite web |title=Exhibition, Milostka Center |url=https://www.culturallyarts.com/soloexhibitionsidkatragadda |website=Culturally Arts Collective}}{{cite web |title=I Can't Breathe Exhibition |url=https://www.culturallyarts.com/milostkasoloexhibitions |website=Culturally Arts Collective}}{{cite web | url=https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Timism-I/653151/9915007/view?srsltid=AfmBOoqC0T4G16daFGAIoTumhUHN_9TxKJLFT4v1fbGost4ZC1OBIksU | title=Timism I Painting by Siddharth Katragadda }}

His work has been featured in various journals and podcasts. {{cite web |title=Interview with Siddharth Katragadda |url=https://voyagela.com/interview/life-work-with-sid-katragadda-of-orange-county/ |website=VoyageLA}} {{cite web |title=Interview with Sid Katragadda |url=https://canvasrebel.com/meet-sid-katragadda/ |website=CanvasRebel}}{{cite web |title=Interview with Siddharth Katragadda |url=https://play.cdnstream1.com/s/zenomedia/immigrantly/crafting-change-through-9461e5 |website=Immigrantly Podcast}} He was a featured artist on Saatchi Art in 2023.{{cite web |title=Featured Artist, May 2023 |url=https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/New-This-Week-05-01-2023/153961/728863/view |website=Saatchi Art}}

Films

Katragadda's short documentary B.L.I.N.D – Born to Live in Near Darkness? won numerous festival awards.{{cite web |title=Best Docu Short, Summer 2020 |url=https://www.iifilmawards.com/Gold_Award.html |website=IIFA}} {{cite web |title=Sun of the East Winners |url=https://tiff-b.com/sun-of-the-east-awards-winner-2021/ |website=Tagore International Film Festival|date=17 April 2021 }}{{cite web |title=Nominated films |url=https://jiffindia.org/documents/16IFF2020_NOMI_AWARDS_Final.pdf |website=Jaipur International Film Festival}}

His short film Varanasi won the Best Foreign Film Award at the Atlantic City CineFest, New Jersey, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://downbeach.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/varanasi_siddharthkatragadda_downbeach2013|title=Downbeach Film Festival/Atlantic City Cinefest 2013 : Home|work=festivalgenius.com|access-date=16 February 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040807/http://downbeach.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/varanasi_siddharthkatragadda_downbeach2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://downbeach.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/varanasi_siddharthkatragadda_downbeach2013|title=Varanasi|work=festivalgenius.com|access-date=16 February 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040807/http://downbeach.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/varanasi_siddharthkatragadda_downbeach2013|url-status=dead}} His screenplay Painless (aka The Mercy Machine) was a quarter finalist at the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, 2016,{{cite web|url=https://pageawards.com/past-winners/2016-winners/2016-quarter-finalists/|title=2016 Quarter-Finalists – PAGE International Screenwriting Awards: Screenplay Contests|work=pageawards.com|access-date=16 February 2017}} the Screencraft Drama Contest 2017,{{Cite news|url=https://screencraft.org/2017/10/24/2017-drama-contest-quarter-finalists-announced/|title = 2017 Drama Contest Quarter-Finalists Announced| newspaper=Screencraft |date = 24 October 2017}} the WeScreenplay Screenplay Awards{{cite web|url=https://www.wescreenplay.com/blog/post/wescreenplay-feature-contest-wisc-2016-quarter-finalists?WISC%20QF|title=WeScreenplay – WeScreenplay Feature Contest WISC 2016 Quarter Finalists|last=WeScreenplay|work=wescreenplay.com|date=30 December 2016|access-date=16 February 2017}} His short documentary The Indus Code was shortlisted for the 6th International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala.{{Cite web |url=http://iffk.in/idsffk/images/9th-Day.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 June 2013 |archive-date=15 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215074707/http://www.iffk.in/idsffk/images/9th-Day.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://idsffk.keralafilm.com/informfilm.html |title=International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala |access-date=2013-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131030095300/http://idsffk.keralafilm.com/informfilm.html |archive-date=30 October 2013 }} His Screenplay pitches won Honorable Mention/Finalist awards at the 2021 ISA Virtual Pitch Challenge.{{Cite web|url=https://www.networkisa.org/modules/contest/individual/fast_track_announcements/1231|title = ISA Virtual Pitch Challenge}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.networkisa.org/articles/view/the-key-to-a-perfect-pitch-is-you|title = The Key to a Perfect Pitch is You}}

=Filmography=

class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" width="33" \|Year ! rowspan="2" \|Film ! rowspan="2" \|Genre ! rowspan="2" \|Awards ! colspan="5" \|Credited as
width="65" \| Director ! width="65" \| Producer ! width="65" \| Screenwriter
align="center" \| align="center" \| 2012 \| align="left" \| The Girl Upstairs \| Feature Film \| align="left" \| Released on Amazon Prime \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \| align="left" \|
align="center" \| align="center" \| 2013 \| align="left" \| Varanasi \| Short Film \| align="left" \| \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \| align="left" \|
align="center" \| align="center" \| 2023 \| align="left" \| City of Lights \| Short Film \| align="left" \| \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \| align="left" \|
align="center" \| align="center" \| 2020 \| align="left" \| B.L.I.N.D : Born to Live in Near Darkness \| Documentary Short \| align="left" \| \|{{yes}} \|{{no}} \|{{yes}} \| align="left" \|
align="center" \| align="center" \| 2020 \| align="left" \| Being Human \| Short Film \| align="left" \| \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}} \| align="left" \|
align="center" \|2023 \|The Godsend \|Short Film \| \|Yes \|Yes \|Yes

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width="65" | Director

! width="65" | Producer

! width="65" | Screenwriter

align="center"

| align="center" | 2012

| align="left" | The Girl Upstairs

| Feature Film

| align="left" | Released on Amazon Prime

|{{yes}}

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| align="center" | 2013

| align="left" | Varanasi

| Short Film

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|{{yes}}

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| align="center" | 2023

| align="left" | City of Lights

| Short Film

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|{{yes}}

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| align="center" | 2020

| align="left" | B.L.I.N.D : Born to Live in Near Darkness

| Documentary Short

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| align="center" | 2020

| align="left" | Being Human

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|2023

|The Godsend

|Short Film

|Yes

Writing

His first novel, Metamorphosis was named a Runners-up for the 2021 Red Hen Press Fiction Award/ Los Angeles Review.{{Cite web|url=https://redhen.org/awards/red-hen-press-fiction-award/|title=Red Hen Press Fiction Award – Red Hen Press|date=18 February 2020}}{{Failed verification|date=April 2025}}

His first novel in verse, Dark Rooms won an award at the San Diego Book Prize, 2002 (Poetry).{{Cite web |title=PA Up In Lights |url=http://publishamerica.com/upinlights3.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809083325/http://publishamerica.com/upinlights3.html |archive-date=9 August 2024 |access-date=19 April 2025 |website=Publish America}} {{cite book|last=Katragadda|first=Siddharth|date=1 January 2003|title=The other wife: a novel in verse|url=https://sandiego.bibliocommons.com/item/show/889973104_the_other_wife|publisher=PublishAmerica|isbn=9781413706833|via=sandiego Library Catalog|access-date=16 February 2017}} His next novel "Blood Siblings" won an award at the SD Book Awards, 2010{{cite web|last=Katragadda|first=Siddharth|date=1 January 2003|title=Winner, Unpublished Novel, San Diego Book Awards, 2010|url=https://sandiegobookawards.org/winners/2010-winners-finalists/|publisher=PublishAmerica|via=San Diego Library Catalog|access-date=16 February 2017}}

Katragadda was quoted in CNN{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Sarah |date=2013-01-04 |title='She could have been me': Action urged after Delhi gang rape case |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/04/world/asia/irpt-new-delhi-gang-rape-ireport-reaction/index.html |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=CNN |language=en}} and his work has appeared in Taint Taint Taint,Grey Sparrow Press,{{cite web|url=https://grey-sparrow-press.com/9-summer-2011/|title=[9] Summer 2011|date=31 July 2018}} New Plains Review – Fall 2018 Issue, Chaffey Review, A Generation Defining Itself, Carter Street Review,{{cite web|title=Cartier Street Review March 2011|url=http://issuu.com/mike_finley/docs/cartier|work=issuu.com|date=22 March 2011 |access-date=16 February 2017}} and Wilderness Review.{{Cite web|url=http://www.whlreview.com/no-5.4/poetry/SiddharthKatragadda.pdf|title=Poetry in Wilderness House Literary Review}} His work has been reviewed in One India.{{cite web|url=https://www.boldsky.com/insync/pulse/2008/the-dark-rooms-review-220408.html|title=The Dark Rooms: Ode to a Generation|date=22 April 2008}}{{cite web|date=5 May 2008|title=The Other Wife: When You Take The Second Step|url=http://www.boldsky.com/insync/pulse/2008/siddharth-katragadda-the-other-wife-050508.html|work=boldsky.com|access-date=16 February 2017}} He also writes on Cricket topics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.crictracker.com/the-fall-of-goliath-indias-near-exit-from-the-t20-world-cup/|title = The Fall of Goliath – India's near-exit from the T20 World Cup|date = 3 November 2021}}

=Books=

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| align="center" | 2002

| align="left" | Dark Rooms

| poetry

| align="left" | Runners-up San Diego Book Awards

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| align="center" | 2003

| align="left" | The Other Wife

| poetry

| align="left" | Runners-up San Diego Book Awards

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| align="center" | 2022

| align="left" | Metamorphosis

| Novel

| align="left" | Runners-up – Red Hen Fiction Award

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Plays

His play Tsunami was produced by Firecracker Production, Houston, and was nominated for five Awards at the 2021 Broadway World Houston.{{cite web| url = https://www.broadwayworld.com/houston/liveupdateregion.cfm?btype=6169®ion=Houston&fbclid=IwAR16FayEYtXSMn0eqy--2PqDnYqo2ZRYsqdU7r_DXkn3vRVVs6j8DXiQX24| title = BroadwayWorld Houston Awards – Best Streaming Play}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025}} Tsunami also was won the "Your Worst Nightmare Short Play Festival" in San Francisco.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.townestreetla.org/11thplayfestival|title=11th 10 Minute Play Festival|website=Towne Street Theatre}}{{Failed verification|date=April 2025}}

=Theatre productions=

Year	Play	Production
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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