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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian film director and screenwriter}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Senna Hegde<br />
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| birth_place = [[Kanhangad]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
| yearsactive = 2016-present<br />
| occupation = Film director, screenwriter<br />
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'''Senna Hegde''' is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in [[Malayalam cinema]] and [[Kannada cinema]]. His debut film was the 2016 docudrama ''[[0-41*]]'' and his second film was the romantic comedy, ''[[Katheyondu Shuruvagide]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2017/nov/29/story-begins-for-senna-hegde-1713314.html|title=Story Begins for Senna Hegde|date=2017-11-17|work=New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Hegde was born to an upper middle class [[Kannadiga]] family.<ref name="dc29Aug2017">{{cite news |title=Call it a soul-searching romantic film: Senna Hegde |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/mollywood/290817/call-it-a-soul-searching-romantic-film-senna-hegde.html |newspaper=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |date=29 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="nie29Jan2016">{{cite news |title=Game of Life |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2016/jan/29/Game-of-Life-874664.html |newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=29 January 2016}}</ref> He grew up in the somnolent town of [[Kanhangad]], in northern [[Kerala]], where he watched many [[Malayalam-language]] films.<ref name="dc29Aug2017" /> He graduated with a master's degree in information technology from [[Queensland University of Technology]], Brisbane, and went on to work as a business analyst in the United States for four years. Then he moved to the [[Gulf Cooperation Council]], where for the next eight years he worked for various international advertising agencies, telling stories in 30-second spots. He returned to India in 2014.<ref name="dc29Aug2017" /><ref name="nie29Jan2016" /><br />
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Hegde worked on [[Rakshit Shetty]]'s script team for his 2014 film ''[[Ulidavaru Kandanthe]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Diganth Manchale roped in for Senna Hegde's Kannada debut |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/diganth-manchale-roped-in-for-senna-hegdes-kannada-debut/articleshow/59988497.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |date=10 August 2017}}</ref> Back in his hometown, Hegde turned his hand to making his own films. He wrote the script for his debut feature film, ''[[0-41*]]'', in three days.<ref name="ie10Nov2017">{{cite news |title=Anurag Kashyap changed my life, says filmmaker Senna Hegde |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/anurag-kashyap-changed-my-life-says-filmmaker-senna-hegde-4931725/ |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=10 November 2017}}</ref> A docudrama set in Kanhangad, it follows the lives of players on two rival volleyball teams.<ref name="toi20Jan2016">{{cite news |title=A tale from Kanhangad reaches Bayou film festival |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/A-tale-from-Kanhangad-reaches-Bayou-film-festival/articleshow/50648868.cms |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=20 January 2016}}</ref> With a budget of {{INRConvert|7|l|lk=on}}, a crew of four, and a [[Canon 5D Mark III]], he shot the 91-minute film over nine days. The six-member cast were not professional actors, which gave their performance what [[Anurag Kashyap]] described as an "innocence".<ref name="nie29Jan2016" /><ref name="ie10Nov2017" /> The film made its world premiere at the 11th 'Cinema on the Bayou' film festival in [[Lafayette, Louisiana]] on 26 January 2016.<ref name="nie29Jan2016" /><ref name="toi20Jan2016" /> It has played at other festivals, but has not been released commercially.<ref name="dc29Aug2017" /><ref name="nie29Jan2016" /><br />
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Hegde's second film, ''[[Katheyondu Shuruvagide]]'' is a [[Kannada-language]] romantic comedy starring [[Diganth]] and [[Pooja Devariya]],<ref name="ie10Nov2017" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Senna Hegde finds his leading lady in Pooja Devariya |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/senna-hegde-finds-his-leading-lady-in-pooja-devariya/articleshow/60892338.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |date=1 October 2017}}</ref> with Ashwin Rao Pallaki and Shreya Anchan in supporting roles.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shreya Anchan, Ashwin Rao Pallaki for Senna Hegde's Kannada debut |url=http://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2017/oct/28/senna-hegde-ropes-in-shreya-anchan-and-ashwin-rao-pallaki-for-his-kannada-directorial-debut-2763.html |work=Cinema Express |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=28 October 2017}}</ref><br />
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On the occasion of [[Onam]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Filmmaker Senna Hegde directs new Malayalam film |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/sep/04/filmmaker-senna-hegde-directs-new-malayalam-film-2192081.html |work=New Indian Express |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=4 September 2020}} </ref> in 2020, he announced his next Malayalam film ''Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam''.<br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Key<br />
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}<br />
| Denotes films that have not yet been released<br />
|}<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="2" | Year<br />
! rowspan="2" | Film<br />
! colspan="3" | Functioned as<br />
! rowspan="2" | Ref<br />
|-<br />
!Director<br />
!Writer<br />
!Producer<br />
|-<br />
|2016<br />
|''[[0-41*]]''<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/A-tale-from-Kanhangad-reaches-Bayou-film-festival/articleshow/50648868.cms|title=A tale from Kanhangad reaches Bayou film festival|work=Times of India}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|2018<br />
| ''[[Katheyondu Shuruvagide]]''<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/kannada-review/katheyondu-shuruvagide-movie-review/|title=A warm drama whose generic beats are elevated by the cast and filmmaking|work=Film Companion}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|2020<br />
| style="background:#FFFFCC;" |''Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam''{{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
| {{no}}<br />
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/thinkalazhcha-nischayam-is-a-comedy-drama-rooted-in-the-kanhangad-milieu/articleshow/77932267.cms?from=mdr|title=Thinkalazhcha Nischayam is a comedy drama rooted in the Kanhangad milieu|work=Times of India}}</ref><br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:Kannada screenwriters]]<br />
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