M. S. Sathyu

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Mysore Srinivas Sathyu
M S Sathyu Cropped.jpg
Sathyu in 2010
Born (1930-07-06) 6 July 1930 (age 93)
Mysore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm director
Stage Designer
Art Director
Known forGarm Hava and Bara
Spouse(s)Shama Zaidi

Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu (Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ ಸತ್ಯು) (born 6 July 1930) is a leading film director, stage designer and art director from India. He is best known for his directorial Garm Hava (1973), which was based on the partition of India.[1] He was awarded Padma Shri in 1975.[2]

Early life[edit]

Sathyu pursued his schooling and higher education at Mysore and Bangalore. In 1952, he quit college while working on his Bachelor of Science degree and instead plunged into the uncertain world of films in Bombay.

He freelanced as an animator in 1952–53. After being unemployed for nearly four years, he got his first salaried job as assistant director to filmmaker Chetan Anand.

Career[edit]

He worked in theatre as a designer and director, including designing sets and lights for productions of Hindustani Theatre, Okhla Theatre of Habib Tanvir, Kannada Bharati and other groups of Delhi. In films, he has worked as an art director, camera-man, screenwriter, producer and director. His first film. His fas an independent Art director or Haqeeqat, a film by Chetan Anand, which won him recognition and the 1965 Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction.

His filmography includes over 15 documentaries and 8 feature films in Hindi, Urdu and Kannada.[2]

His best known work, Garm Hava (Scorching Winds, 1973), is one of the last cinema productions featuring 1950s Marxist cultural activists including Balraj Sahni and Kaifi Azmi. Garm Hava won several Indian national awards in 1974, including a National Integration Award.[3] It was screened in the competitive section at Cannes and was also the Indian entry at the Oscars. It won the Filmfare award for best screenplay.[4]

M. S. Sathyu currently is associated mainly with television and stage. In 2013, Sathyu featured in the popular Google Reunion ad, where he played the role of Yusuf, an elderly Pakistani man who is reunited with his childhood pre-partition friend from India, Baldev (Vishwa Mohan Badola).[5] The commercial went viral on social media.[6][7][8]

Sathyu is one of the patrons of Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA).

His last directed musical play Gul E Bakavali written by Sudheer Attavar represented 8th World Theatre Olympics in year 2018 . He also directed plays like 'Dara Shikoh', Amrita,Bakri, Kuri,Akhri Shama and many more

In 2014, his debut film, Garm Hava was re-released after restoration.

Awards[edit]

Production[edit]

Theatre plays[edit]

  • Gul E Bakavali musical Play written by Sudheer Attavar
  • Dara Shikoh written by Danish Iqbal
  • Mudrarkshas
  • Aakhri Shama
  • Rashmon
  • Bakri ("Kuri" in Kannada)
  • Girija Ke sapne
  • Mote Ram Ke Sathyagrah
  • Emil's Enemies
  • Amrita :

Films[edit]

Feature Films

  • Ek Tha Chotu Ek Tha Motu
  • Garm Hawa (Hot Wind) 1973
  • Chithegu Chinthe 1978 - Screened at 7th IFFI.
  • Kanneshwara Rama (The Legendary Outlaw)
  • Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya (1981)
  • Bara (Famine), based on a short story by U.R. Anantha Murthy (1982)
  • Sookha Hindi version of the Kannada movie Bara (1983)
  • Ghalige (Kannada)
  • Kotta (1999)
  • Ijjodu ( Kannada) 2009

Short films and Documentaries

  • Irshad
  • Black Mountain
  • Ghalib
  • Islam in India

Television[edit]

TV serials

  • Pratidhwani 1985
  • Choli Daaman 1987–88
  • Kayar (Coir) 1992
  • Antim Raja (The Last Raja of Coorg) 1986

Tele-films

  • Aangan
  • Ek Hadsa Char Pehlu
  • Thangam

Television and YouTube Advertisements

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Back Story: Separate lives". Mint. 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Barnouw, Erik, and S. Krishnaswamy, Indian Film, New York and London, 1963.
  3. ↑ Chakravarty, Sumita S., National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema, 1947–1987, Austin, Texas, 1993
  4. ↑ Azmi, Kafi and Shama Zaidi, Three Hindi Film Scripts, 1974.
  5. ↑ "Searching for Memories". The Indian Express. 15 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Back with the wind". The Hindu. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Google Search: emotional Google India reunion advert goes viral". The Telegraph. The Telegraph. 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Google India-Pakistan Search Ad". TIME. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "21st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  10. ↑ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "31st National Film Awards". India International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  12. ↑ "31st National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  13. ↑ Awards Internet Movie Database.
  14. ↑ "Critics Award for Best Film". Filmfare Awards Official listing, Indiatimes. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees". Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.
  16. ↑ "Declaration of Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Year 2014" (PDF). http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)

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