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==Career==
==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>
Desai made film debut as a director with ''[[Tarka (film)|Tarka]]'' in 1989. <ref>{{Cite news|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|newspaper=The Hindu|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==
==Filmography==
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|''[[Sangharsha (1993 film)|Sangharsha]]''||1993||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||  
|''[[Sangharsha (1993 film)|Sangharsha]]''||1993||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||  
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|''[[Nishkarsha]]''||1994||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film]]<br>[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay]]
|''[[Nishkarsha]]''||1994||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||{{•}}[[Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film]]<br>{{•}}[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay]]
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|''[[Beladingala Baale]]''||1995||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||[[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada]]<br>[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Dialogue]]
|''[[Beladingala Baale]]''||1995||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||{{•}}[[Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film]]<br>{{•}}[[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Dialogue]]<br>{{•}}[[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada]]
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|''[[Nammoora Mandara Hoove]]''||1996||{{ya}}||||{{ya}}||
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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 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
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Born (1955-11-22) 22 November 1955 (age 69)
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.

CareerEdit

Desai made film debut as a director with Tarka in 1989. [1] He 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 have four films up his sleeve one of which is due at the end of 2019.[3]

FilmographyEdit

Title Year Director Producer Screenwriter Notes
Tarka 1989        • Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay
 • Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada
Utkarsha 1990      
Sangharsha 1993    
Nishkarsha 1994      • Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film
 • Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Beladingala Baale 1995      • 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    
Prema Raga Haadu Gelathi 1998  
Prathyartha 1999     Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Sparsha 2000     Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada
Parva 2002    
Marma 2002    
Ramya Chaitrakaala 2006  
Kshana Kshana 2007    
...Re 2016    
Udgharsha [4] 2019    

ReferencesEdit

  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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