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.

Moonwater Pictures
Company typeFilm producer, Film distributor
IndustryEntertainment, Motion pictures
Founded2008
Headquarters,
Key people
Mahi V Raghav
ProductsFilm Production
Film Distribution
OwnerMahi V Raghav
Rakesh Mahankali
Pavan Kumar Reddy
Websitewww.moonwaterpictures.in

History

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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

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No Year Film Actors Director Language Notes
1 2009 Villagelo Vinayakudu Krishnudu, Saranya Mohan, Rao Ramesh, Yandamuri Veerendranath Sai Kiran Adivi Telugu Story of Villagelo Vinayakudu is done by producer Mahi V Raghav himself
2 2011 Kudirithe Kappu Coffee Varun Sandesh, Suma Bhattacharya, Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao, Sukumari, Tanikella Bharani Ramana Salva Telugu jointly Produced along with Shiva Meka under the banner of Shiva Productions
3 2014 Paathshala Nandu, Shashank, Sirisha, Anu Priya Mahi V Raghav Telugu Mahi V Raghav makes his directorial debut in Telugu through the film.

Awards

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S.no Ceremony Year Category Movie Result
1 1st IIFA Utsavam 2015 IIFA UTSAVAM Award for Best Director Paathshala Nominated
2 2015 IIFA UTSAVAM Award for Best Picture Paathshala Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Moonwater pictures Paathshala".
  2. ^ "Paathshala Facebook contest office". Facebook.
  3. ^ "Paathshala storms online box office". greatandhra. Retrieved 14 November 2015.