Sunil Kumar Desai

Sunil Kumar Desai
Sunil Kumar Desai
Born	22 November 1955 (age 68); Bijapur, Karnataka, India
Occupation(s)	Film director, producer and writer
Years active	1989–2007; 2016–present

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 Thrillers and Romance films. He has won the Karnataka State Film 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.

Early life

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.^[1] His subsequent films Nishkarsha, Beladingala Baale and Nammoora Mandara Hoove earned him a reputation as the most innovative and influential directors of the 1990s.^[2] After three years of absence, Desai had announced that he has four films up his sleeve one of which is due at the end of 2019.^[3]

Filmography

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Cast	Notes
1989	Tarka	Shankar Nag, Vanitha Vasu, Avinash, Krishna	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada
1990	Utkarsha	Devaraj, Ambareesh, Vanitha Vasu, Ramakrishna
1993	Sangharsha	Vishnuvardhan, Geetha, Sundar Krishna Urs, Thiagarajan, R. N. Sudarshan, B. C. Patil,Rockline Venkatesh,
1994	Nishkarsha	Vishnuvardhan, B. C. Patil, Ananth Nag, Suman Nagrkar, Ramesh Bhat, Praksh Raju, Avinash	Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay
1995	Beladingala Baale	Ananth Nag, Ramesh Bhat, Lokanath, Shivaram, Avinash, Vanitha Vasu, Suman Nagarkar, Kishori Ballal, B. C. Patil	Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film Karnataka State Film Award for Best Dialogue Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada
1996	Nammoora Mandara Hoove	Shiva Rajkumar, Ramesh Arvind, Prema, Suman Nagarkar, Renukamma Murugodu, Sanketh Kashi, Ramesh Bhat, Kishori Ballal, Avinash
1998	Prema Raga Haadu Gelathi	Shiva Rajkumar, Ramesh Aravind, Nivedita Jain, Srinath, Lokesh, Loknath, Vaishali Kasaravalli, Sihi Kahi Chandru
1999	Prathyartha	Ramesh Aravind, Raghuvaran, Girish Karnad, Sudeep, Avinash, Shivaram, Kashi, Vinayak Joshi	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay
2000	Sparsha	Sudeep, Sudha Rani, Rekha, Naveen Mayur, Sihi Kahi Chandru, Sanketh Kashi, Umashree, Kishori Ballal.	Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada
2002	Parva	Vishnuvardhan, Prema, Roja, Keremane Shivarama Hegde, Kishori Ballal, Sparsha Rekha,
2002	Marma	Prema, Anand, Arun Sagar, Kishori Ballal, Yashwant Sardeshpande
2006	Ramya Chaitrakaala	Rahul Ainapur, Nanditha, Manasi Parashar, Sandeep
2007	Kshana Kshana	Aditya, Dr. Vishnuvardhan, Prema, Kiran Rathod, Dileep Raj, Kishore, Ashutosh Rana, Sridevika
2016	...Re	Ramesh Aravind, Anant Nag, Harshika Poonacha,Ramesh Bhat, Master Hirannaiah, Loknath, G. K. Govinda Rao
2019	Udgharsha ^[4]	Thakur Anoop Singh, Dhansika, Tanya Hope, Harshika Poonacha, Kabir Duhan Singh, Shraddha Das, Prabhakar, Kishore, Vamsi Krishna

References

^ R, Shilpa Sebastian (21 October 2019). "The long road before 'Tarka' happened". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
^ "I got offers, but from the wrong kind of people". The Times of India. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ Jagadish Angadi (21 March 2019). "Career lost and found, says director Sunil Kumar Desai". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ "Why Sandalwood maverick Sunil Kumar Desai calls Udgharsha his debut - Kannada Movie News". Bangalore Mirror.

External links

Sunil Kumar Desai at IMDb

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[1] R, Shilpa Sebastian (21 October 2019). "The long road before 'Tarka' happened". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.

[2] "I got offers, but from the wrong kind of people". The Times of India. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[3] Jagadish Angadi (21 March 2019). "Career lost and found, says director Sunil Kumar Desai". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[4] "Why Sandalwood maverick Sunil Kumar Desai calls Udgharsha his debut - Kannada Movie News". Bangalore Mirror.

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