Sunil Kumar Desai

Sunil Kumar Desai is an Indian film director, writer and producer, known for his work in Kannada cinema. In most of his films, Desai blends art and commercial cinema. He has written and directed suspense/thrillers and love stories. He has won the Karnataka state awards (4 times) in the Best Screenplay & Best Dialogues categories. He has also won the Filmfare awards 4 times. Desai worked with South Indian musicians like Illayaraja, Hamsalekha and Gunasingh.

Sunil Kumar Desai
Born (1955-11-22) 22 November 1955
Bijapur, Karnataka, India
OccupationFilm director, producer and writer
Years active1989–2007
2016–present

Desai was born in 1955 in Bijapur, Karnataka. He had his primary education in Bijapur and higher education in Pune. He started his film-career as an assistant to Kashinath, and later Suresh Heblikar.

Career

Desai made film debut as a director with Tarka in 1989. He subsequent films Nishkarsha, Beladingala Baale and Nammoora Mandara Hoove earned him a reputation as the most innovative and influential directors of the 1990s.[1] After three years of absence, Desai had announced that he have four films up his sleeve one of which is due at the end of 2019.[2]

Filmography
Title Year Director Producer Screenwriter Notes
Tarka1989Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada
Utkarsha1990
Sangharsha1993
Nishkarsha1994Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Beladingala Baale1995Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Dialogue
Nammoora Mandara Hoove1996
Prema Raga Haadu Gelathi1998
Prathyartha1999Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Sparsha2000Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada
Parva2002
Marma2002
Ramya Chaitrakaala2006
Kshana Kshana2007
...Re2016
Udgharsha2019

References
  1. "I got offers, but from the wrong kind of people". The Times of India. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  2. Jagadish Angadi (21 March 2019). "Career lost and found, says director Sunil Kumar Desai". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2019.


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