 "Ek Aakash" has also garnered various international accolades such as Best Youth and Children's film at the Association for International Broadcasting, Special Mention at International Film Festival for Young and Children, Argentina, and was featured at Four Art Film Fest, Slovakia.In 2018 he directed the Marathi feature film Naal for which he received the National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director trophy.Reddy was born on 23rd March 1976 in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh into a Telugu speaking family.