Pushkar–Gayatri

Pushkar–Gayatri are a husband-and-wife filmmaker duo from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Their works are noted for their unique style, technical finesse, and intricately woven storylines.

Pushkar–Gayatri
Education	Master of Fine Arts in Film Making
Alma mater	Under-Grad: Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai.
Occupation(s)	Writers, Directors and Screenwriters
Years active	2007 — present

They started as writers and directors with the Tamil feature films – Oram Po (2007), and Va - Quarter Cutting (2010), both quirky dark comedies. In 2017, they wrote and directed Vikram Vedha, which swept the awards that year and was the top-rated Indian film of 2017 on IMDb. In 2022, they remade the critically acclaimed Vikram Vedha in Hindi with Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan. They made an entry as content creators in the streaming space with Suzhal: The Vortex, a tent-pole global show in Amazon Prime Video. They were the writers, show-runners, and producers of the show which won awards in India and abroad. Other notable works they have created include Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie (2022) and Aelay (2021).

Personal life

Gayatri and Pushkar are born and brought up in Chennai, the city where they are currently based. They did their under-graduation in Visual Communication in Loyola College, Chennai, where they first met.

During and after graduation, they worked with eminent advertising filmmakers such as P.C.Sriram and Manav Menon. They decided to pursue their education further and applied to film schools in the U.S. Gayatri finished her Masters in Fine Art from the University of Chicago, and Pushkar finished his Masters in Film Marking from the University of New Orleans.

The two started their careers together with ad-filmmaking. Neither of them are from a film background. To approach producers, they came up with a short-film version of the script of their first film, Oram Po. From then on, they have been full-time feature filmmakers in Tamil. With the release of the Vikram Vedha remake in Hindi, they debuted their entrance to Bollywood.

Production

Under their production house Wallwatcher Films, Pushkar and Gayatri have produced two long-format web series, Suzhal: The Vortex and Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie, for Amazon Prime Video, and a feature film, Aelay, on Netflix. Pushkar and Gayatri curate all their projects under Wallwatcher Films and they mentor them as creative producers.  

Filmography

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Work	Roles	Notes
2007	Oram Po	Directors, writers	Tamil film
2010	Va- Quarter Cutting		Tamil film
2017	Vikram Vedha		Tamil film
2021	Aelay	Creative producers	Tamil Netflix film
2022	Suzhal: The Vortex[1]	Creators, writers	Amazon original series
	Vikram Vedha	Directors, writers	Hindi film
	Vadhandhi: The Fable of Velonie	Producers	Amazon original series
2025	Suzhal: The Vortex season 2	Creators, writers	Amazon original series

Awards

Film	Awards	Category	Result	Ref.
Vikram Vedha	Ananda Vikatan Awards	Best Screenplay	Won	[2] [3]
	65th Filmfare Awards South	Best Director	Won	[4]
	Chennai International Film Festival	Second Best Tamil Feature Film	Won	[5]
	Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards 2018	Best Screenplay	Won	[6] [7]
	Techofes Awards 2018	Best Director	Nominated	[8] [9]
		Best Story	Won
	10th Vijay Awards	Best Director	Won	[10] [11]
		Best Screenplay	Won
	Behindwoods Awards	Best Director	Won	[12]
7th SIIMA Awards	Best Film		Won	[13]
Suzhal: The Vortex	OTT Play Awards 2022	Best Screenplay (Series)	Won	[14]
	E4M Awards	Best Thriller-horror show on web OTT platform	Silver	[15]
		Best Writer	Silver
	Asian Academy Creative Awards	Best Drama series	National Winner 2022	[16]
	Indian Telly Streaming Awards	Best Regional Series 2022		[17]
	Afaqs Vdonxt Awards 2023	Best Music Video		[18]
	Adgully Screenxx Awards 2022	Best Content - Thriller		[19]
	Indian Film Festival of Melbourne	Best Series	2023 Nominee	[20]
	Critics' Choice Shorts and Series Awards, India	Best Series	2023 Nominee	[21]
		Best Writing	2023 Nominee