Ramchandra P N

Director

Biography

Ramchandra P. N. is an award winning filmmaker making feature films, short films, documentaries and TV programs. He is a Tuluva based in Mumbai. Ramchandra Perampalli Neckar was born in the town of Udupi in the erstwhile undivided Dakshina Kannada District (presently Udupi District) in the coastal area of the state of Karnataka in southern India, in the year 1965. Ramchandra PN completed his education in various schools and colleges in Kota, Kundapura, Mumbai, Manipal, Dharwad and Udupi. Early Interests Ramchandra PN’s initial foray into the arts got kindled during his college days in Poornaprajna College, Udupi. After having participated as an actor as well as a back stage worker in various plays directed by local Kannada theater directors, he attuned his creative instincts by attending various theater workshops conducted by renowned Kannada theater personalities like Chidambar Rao Jambe and Gangadhar Swamy. Interest in Films : Ramchandra PN was an active member of the now defunct Chitra Samudaya, a film society in Udupi whose secretary owned a 16 mm projector. By the time he was in his twenties he had seen classics like Seventh Seal, Bicycle Thieves, Pather Panchali, Roshomon and Gatashraddha. At the age of nineteen, he along with his cousin and their friends made a short film with a VHS camera owned by a friend whose father worked in the Middle East. Since they had no editing facilities then, they shot the film in the editing order. Training in Films : Ramchandra PN’s growing interests in films took him to Mangalore, Heggodu and Bangalore where he attended various film appreciation courses conducted by the likes of K. V. Subbanna, Sateesh Bahadhur, PK Nair, Nirad Mahapatra, Hariharan, Girish Kasaravalli and Abdul Rehaman Pasha. Finally, in 1987 dropping out from his Law and Charted Accounting studies, he joined the Film & TV Institute of India, Poona to do a three year course in Film Direction and Screenplay Writing. Professional life : Ramchandra PN has been residing in Mumbai since 1990. As a freelancer, he has been making feature films, documentaries, short films and TV programs in English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi and Tulu.