Sunil Kumar Desai

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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|11|22|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Bijapur, Karnataka]], India
|occupation = [[Film director]], [[Film producer|producer]] and [[Screenwriter|writer]]
|years_active = 1989–2007 2016–present
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'''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 [[Thriller (genre)|suspense/thriller]]s and [[Romance film|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 India]]n musicians like [[Illayaraja]], [[Hamsalekha]] and Gunasingh.

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 (actor)|Kashinath]], and later [[Suresh Heblikar]].

==Career==
Desai made film debut as a director with ''[[Tarka (film)|Tarka]]'' in 1989. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/director-sunil-kumar-desai-shares-the-story-of-how-tarka-was-made/article29757305.ece|title=The long road before 'Tarka' happened|first=Shilpa Sebastian|last=R|date=21 October 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> He subsequent films ''[[Nishkarsha]]'', ''[[Beladingala Baale]]'' and ''[[Nammoora Mandara Hoove]]'' earned him a reputation as the most innovative and influential directors of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news|title=I got offers, but from the wrong kind of people|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/I-got-offers-but-from-the-wrong-kind-of-people/articleshow/50683462.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=3 June 2019|date=24 January 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/metrolife/metrolife-on-the-move/career-lost-and-found-says-director-sunil-kumar-desai-724235.html|author=Jagadish Angadi|title=Career lost and found, says director Sunil Kumar Desai|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=21 March 2019|accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope=col|Title
!scope=col|Year
!Director
!Producer
!Screenwriter
!Notes
|-
|''[[Tarka (film)|Tarka]]''||1989||{{ya}}||{{ya}}||{{ya}}||{{•}}[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay]] {{•}}[[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada]]
|-
|''[[Utkarsha]]''||1990||{{ya}}||{{ya}}||{{ya}}||
|-
|''[[Sangharsha (1993 film)|Sangharsha]]''||1993||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||
|-
|''[[Nishkarsha]]''||1994||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||{{•}}[[Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film]] {{•}}[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay]]
|-
|''[[Beladingala Baale]]''||1995||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||{{•}}[[Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film]] {{•}}[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Dialogue]] {{•}}[[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada]]
|-
|''[[Nammoora Mandara Hoove]]''||1996||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||
|-
|''[[Prema Raga Haadu Gelathi]]''||1998||{{ya}}||||||
|-
|''[[Prathyartha]]''||1999||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay]]
|-
|''[[Sparsha (film)|Sparsha]]''||2000||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||[[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada]]
|-
|''[[Parva (2002 film)|Parva]]''||2002||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||
|-
|''[[Marma (film)|Marma]]''||2002||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||
|-
|''Ramya Chaitrakaala''||2006||{{ya}}||||||
|-
|''[[Kshana Kshana]]''||2007||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||
|-
|''[[...Re (film)|...Re]]''||2016||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||
|-
|''[[Udgharsha]]'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/udgharsha-is-my-debut/articleshow/66742722.cms|title=Why Sandalwood maverick Sunil Kumar Desai calls Udgharsha his debut - Kannada Movie News|website=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref>||2019||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Kannada film directors]]
[[Category:People from Bijapur, Karnataka]]
[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Filmfare Awards South winners]]
[[Category:Film directors from Karnataka]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Film producers from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Kannada film producers]]
[[Category:Kannada screenwriters]]

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