Singeetham Srinivasa Rao is a two-time national award-winning veteran filmmaker of over 60 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and English. Born in Gudur, Nellore district, he made his directorial debut with the Telugu Film Nīti Nijāyiti in 1972. He directed films along multiple genre's including cross over cinema (America Ammayi, America Abbayi), biopics (Mayuri), comedy (Michael Madhana Kamaraju, Appu raja), fantasy (Aditya 369), folklore (Bhairava Dweepam) etc. He co-produced and directed the first Indian black comedy, silent film Pushpak stands out as one of the best experimental films of Indian cinema. His collaborations with Kamal Haasan (Amavasya Chandrudu, Pushpaka vimanam, vichitra sodarulu, Michael Madana Kama Raju, Mumbai Express) have often met with both commercial and critical success. Before Singeetam started working for movies, he wrote for magazines such as Bharati. He scripted many plays, including Brahma, Antya Ghattam, and Chitrārjuna. Chitrārjuna was translated into English and played in Western countries. Saichand Tripuraneni pays tributes to the master storyteller with his documentary on Singitam in this 100th year of Telugu Cinema.

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