Moonwater Pictures Explained

Moonwater Pictures
Type:Film producer, Film distributor
Owner:Mahi V Raghav
Rakesh Mahankali
Pavan Kumar Reddy
Foundation:2008
Key People:Mahi V Raghav
Industry:Entertainment, Motion pictures
Products:Film Production
Film Distribution

The Moonwater pictures[1] is a movie production house based out of Hyderabad, Telangana. The production house was founded in 2008 by Mahi V Raghav, Rakesh Mahankali and Pavan Kumar Reddy. It has produced and distributed three films so far, and all were highly successful at the box office and received good responses from critics.

History

Villagelo Vinayakudu was the first feature film produced under this banner, followed by Kudirithe Kappu Coffee and Paathshala. Paatshala is considered as one of the new age Telugu film and appreciated well by critics. Paathshala successfully marks an innovative edge, in the Telugu film industry, in terms of selection procedure wherein the cast and crew would be finalised through the medium of social networking site, 'Facebook'.[2] The contest hosted on Facebook managed to get more than 15,000 followers within seven days of the launch with 10,000 applicants.[3]

Film production

NoYearFilmActorsDirectorLanguageNotes
12009Villagelo VinayakuduKrishnudu, Saranya Mohan, Rao Ramesh, Yandamuri VeerendranathSai Kiran AdiviStory of Villagelo Vinayakudu is done by producer Mahi V Raghav himself
22011Kudirithe Kappu CoffeeVarun Sandesh, Suma Bhattacharya, Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao, Sukumari, Tanikella BharaniRamana Salvajointly Produced along with Shiva Meka under the banner of Shiva Productions
32014PaathshalaNandu, Shashank, Sirisha, Anu PriyaMahi V RaghavTeluguMahi V Raghav makes his directorial debut in Telugu through the film.

Awards

S.noCeremonyYearCategoryMovieResult
11st IIFA Utsavam2015IIFA UTSAVAM Award for Best Director Paathshala
22015IIFA UTSAVAM Award for Best PicturePaathshala

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Moonwater pictures Paathshala.
  2. Web site: Paathshala Facebook contest office. .
  3. Web site: Paathshala storms online box office. greatandhra. 14 November 2015.