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| name = Mysore Srinivas Sathyu | | name = Mysore Srinivas Sathyu | ||
| caption = Sathyu in 2010 | | caption = Sathyu in 2010 | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1930|07|06}} | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1930|07|06}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Mysore]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]], [[British India]] | | birth_place = [[Mysore]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]], [[British India]] | ||
| occupation = Film director <br />[[Scenic design|Stage Designer]]<br />[[Art Director]] | | occupation = Film director <br />[[Scenic design|Stage Designer]]<br />[[Art Director]] | ||
| known_for = [[Garm Hava]] and [[Bara (film)|Bara]] | | known_for = [[Garm Hava]] and [[Bara (1982 film)|Bara]] | ||
| spouse = [[Shama Zaidi]] | | spouse = [[Shama Zaidi]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu''' | '''Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu''' (born 6 July 1930) is a film director, [[Scenic design|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]].<ref name=mint>{{cite news |title=Back Story: Separate lives |url=http://www.livemint.com/2012/07/27221329/Film--Back-story.html |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date= 27 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101140149/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/xh9EvT8R5nSO58eu3RJgRL/Film--Back-story.html |archive-date=1 November 2018 }}</ref> He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] in 1975.<ref name="secund" /> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early and personal life== | ||
Sathyu pursued his | Born into a [[Kannada]] family, Sathyu grew up in [[Mysore]]. He pursued his higher education at Mysore and later Bangalore. In 1952, he quit college while working on his [[Bachelor of Science|Bachelor of Science degree]]. Sathyu is married to [[Shama Zaidi]], a north Indian [[Shia]] Muslim. They have two daughters. | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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 (1964 film)|Haqeeqat]], a film by [[Chetan Anand (producer & director)|Chetan Anand]], which won him recognition and the 1965 Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction. | 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 (producer and director)|Chetan Anand]].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 (1964 film)|Haqeeqat]], a film by [[Chetan Anand (producer & director)|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]].<ref name="secund">Barnouw, Erik, and S. Krishnaswamy, [[Cinema of India|Indian Film]], New York and London, 1963.</ref> | ||
His filmography includes over 15 documentaries and 8 feature films in Hindi, Urdu and [[Kannada]].<ref name="secund">Barnouw, Erik, and S. Krishnaswamy, [[Cinema of India|Indian Film]], New York and London, 1963.</ref> | |||
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 [[National Film Awards|Indian national awards]] in 1974, including a National Integration Award.<ref name="thurd"> | 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 [[National Film Awards|Indian national awards]] in 1974, including a National Integration Award.<ref name="thurd"> | ||
Chakravarty, Sumita S., National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema, 1947–1987, Austin, Texas, 1993</ref> 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.<ref name="prime">Azmi, Kafi and Shama Zaidi, Three Hindi Film Scripts, 1974.</ref> | Chakravarty, Sumita S., National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema, 1947–1987, Austin, Texas, 1993</ref> 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.<ref name="prime">Azmi, Kafi and Shama Zaidi, Three Hindi Film Scripts, 1974.</ref> | ||
M. S. Sathyu currently is associated mainly with television and stage. In 2013, Sathyu featured in the popular [[Google]] ''[[Reunion (advertisement)|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).<ref name="indianexpress">{{cite news |title=Searching for Memories|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/searching-for-memories/1195036/ |publisher=[[The Indian Express]] |date= 15 November 2013 }}</ref> The commercial went viral on social media.<ref name="hindu142">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/back-with-the-wind/article6596295.ece|title=Back with the wind|date=14 November 2014|work=The Hindu|access-date=2014-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/10459212/Google-Search-emotional-Google-India-reunion-advert-goes-viral.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120053619/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/10459212/Google-Search-emotional-Google-India-reunion-advert-goes-viral.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 November 2013|title=Google Search: emotional Google India reunion advert goes viral|date=19 November 2013|work | M. S. Sathyu currently is associated mainly with television and stage. In 2013, Sathyu featured in the popular [[Google]] ''[[Reunion (advertisement)|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).<ref name="indianexpress">{{cite news |title=Searching for Memories|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/searching-for-memories/1195036/ |publisher=[[The Indian Express]] |date= 15 November 2013 }}</ref> The commercial went viral on social media.<ref name="hindu142">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/back-with-the-wind/article6596295.ece|title=Back with the wind|date=14 November 2014|work=The Hindu|access-date=2014-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/10459212/Google-Search-emotional-Google-India-reunion-advert-goes-viral.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120053619/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/10459212/Google-Search-emotional-Google-India-reunion-advert-goes-viral.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 November 2013|title=Google Search: emotional Google India reunion advert goes viral|date=19 November 2013|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2014-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://world.time.com/2013/11/14/why-indians-and-pakistanis-find-this-ad-incredibly-moving/|title=Google India-Pakistan Search Ad|date=14 November 2013|magazine=TIME|access-date=2014-11-14}}</ref> Sathyu is one of the patrons of Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). He directed musical play Gul E Bakavali written by [[Sudhir Attavar|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. | ||
Sathyu is one of the patrons of Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). | |||
In 2014, his debut film, ''Garm Hava'' was re-released after restoration. | |||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
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* 1982 : [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada]] for "Bara" | * 1982 : [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada]] for "Bara" | ||
* 1984 : [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]]: [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]]: ''[[Sookha]]''<ref name="31staward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm31stNFAAward.aspx|title=31st National Film Awards|publisher=[[India International Film Festival]]|access-date=9 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112200555/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm31stNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=12 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="31stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/31st_nff_1984.pdf|title=31st National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=9 December 2011}}</ref> | * 1984 : [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]]: [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]]: ''[[Sookha]]''<ref name="31staward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm31stNFAAward.aspx|title=31st National Film Awards|publisher=[[India International Film Festival]]|access-date=9 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112200555/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm31stNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=12 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="31stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/31st_nff_1984.pdf|title=31st National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=9 December 2011}}</ref> | ||
* 1984 : [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film|Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie Hindi]] : ''Sookha''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766166/awards Awards] ''[[Internet Movie Database]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Critics Award for Best Film|publisher=Filmfare Awards Official listing, [[Indiatimes]]| url = http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_cfilm.htm| access-date = 2014-05-20 }}</ref> | * 1984 : [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film|Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie Hindi]] : ''Sookha''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766166/awards Awards] ''[[Internet Movie Database]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Critics Award for Best Film| publisher = Filmfare Awards Official listing, [[Indiatimes]]| url = http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_cfilm.htm| access-date = 2014-05-20| archive-date = 18 December 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141218030957/http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_cfilm.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref> | ||
* 1994 : [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]: Stagecraft<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm |title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees |publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Official website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217185616/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-date=17 February 2012 }}</ref> | * 1994 : [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]: Stagecraft<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm |title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees |publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Official website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217185616/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-date=17 February 2012 }}</ref> | ||
* 2014 :[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] : Theatre <ref>{{cite web|title=Declaration of Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Year 2014|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/files2015-16/Press%20Release%20SNA%20Awards%20for%20the%20year%202014%20-%20English.pdf| | * 2014 :[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] : Theatre <ref>{{cite web|title=Declaration of Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Year 2014|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/files2015-16/Press%20Release%20SNA%20Awards%20for%20the%20year%202014%20-%20English.pdf|website=www.sangeetnatak.gov.in|access-date=13 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614110227/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/files2015-16/Press%20Release%20SNA%20Awards%20for%20the%20year%202014%20-%20English.pdf|archive-date=14 June 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
==Production== | ==Production== | ||
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*Ek Tha Chotu Ek Tha Motu | *Ek Tha Chotu Ek Tha Motu | ||
*[[Garm Hava|Garm Hawa]] (Hot Wind) 1973 | *[[Garm Hava|Garm Hawa]] (Hot Wind) 1973 | ||
*Chithegu Chinthe 1978 - Screened at 7th IFFI. | *''[[Chithegu Chinthe]]'' 1978 - Screened at 7th IFFI. | ||
*''[[Kanneshwara Rama]]'' (The Legendary Outlaw) | *''[[Kanneshwara Rama]]'' (The Legendary Outlaw) | ||
* Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya (1981) | * Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya (1981) | ||
*[[Bara (film)|Bara]] (Famine), based on a short story by U.R. Anantha Murthy (1982) | *[[Bara (1982 film)|Bara]] (Famine), based on a short story by U.R. Anantha Murthy (1982) | ||
* ''[[Sookha]]'' Hindi version of the Kannada movie [[Bara (film)|Bara]] (1983) | * ''[[Sookha]]'' Hindi version of the Kannada movie [[Bara (1982 film)|Bara]] (1983) | ||
* | *''[[Galige]]'' (1994) (Kannada) | ||
*Kotta (1999) | *Kotta (1999) | ||
*[[Ijjodu]] ( Kannada) 2009 | *[[Ijjodu]] ( Kannada) 2009 | ||
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}} | {{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}} | ||
{{SangeetNatakAkademiFellowship}} | {{SangeetNatakAkademiFellowship}} | ||
{{Filmfare Award for Best Director - Kannada}} | |||
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[[Category:Kannada film directors]] | [[Category:Kannada film directors]] | ||
[[Category:Artists from Mysore]] | [[Category:Artists from Mysore]] | ||
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[[Category:Film producers from Karnataka]] | [[Category:Film producers from Karnataka]] | ||
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[[Category:Producers who won the Best Film on National Integration National Film Award]] | [[Category:Producers who won the Best Film on National Integration National Film Award]] | ||
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[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] | |||
Latest revision as of 09:48, 26 February 2026
Mysore Srinivas Sathyu | |
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![]() Sathyu in 2010 | |
| Born | 6 July 1930 |
| Occupation | Film director Stage Designer Art Director |
| Known for | Garm Hava and Bara |
| Spouse(s) | Shama Zaidi |
Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu (born 6 July 1930) is a 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 and personal life[edit | edit source]
Born into a Kannada family, Sathyu grew up in Mysore. He pursued his higher education at Mysore and later Bangalore. In 1952, he quit college while working on his Bachelor of Science degree. Sathyu is married to Shama Zaidi, a north Indian Shia Muslim. They have two daughters.
Career[edit | edit source]
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.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). He 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 | edit source]
- 1965 : Filmfare Best Art Direction Award: Haqeeqat (for black-and-white film category)
- 1974 : Cannes Film Festival: Golden Palm : Garm Hava: Nominated.
- 1974 : National Film Award: Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration: Garam Hawa[9]
- 1975 : Padma Shri[10]
- 1981-82 : Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film for "Bara"
- 1981-82 : Karnataka State Film Award for Best Director for "Bara"
- 1982 : Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada for "Bara"
- 1982 : Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada for "Bara"
- 1984 : National Film Award: Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration: Sookha[11][12]
- 1984 : Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie Hindi : Sookha[13][14]
- 1994 : Sangeet Natak Akademi Award: Stagecraft[15]
- 2014 :Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship : Theatre [16]
Production[edit | edit source]
Theatre plays[edit | edit source]
- 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 | edit source]
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)
- Galige (1994) (Kannada)
- Kotta (1999)
- Ijjodu ( Kannada) 2009
Short films and Documentaries
- Irshad
- Black Mountain
- Ghalib
- Islam in India
Television[edit | edit source]
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
- Reunion, an advertisement for Google Search
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Back Story: Separate lives". Mint. 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Barnouw, Erik, and S. Krishnaswamy, Indian Film, New York and London, 1963.
- ↑ Chakravarty, Sumita S., National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema, 1947–1987, Austin, Texas, 1993
- ↑ Azmi, Kafi and Shama Zaidi, Three Hindi Film Scripts, 1974.
- ↑ "Searching for Memories". The Indian Express. 15 November 2013.
- ↑ "Back with the wind". The Hindu. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ "Google Search: emotional Google India reunion advert goes viral". The Telegraph. 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ "Google India-Pakistan Search Ad". TIME. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ "21st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ↑ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "31st National Film Awards". India International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ "31st National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ Awards Internet Movie Database.
- ↑ "Critics Award for Best Film". Filmfare Awards Official listing, Indiatimes. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ↑ "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees". Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.
- ↑ "Declaration of Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Year 2014" (PDF). www.sangeetnatak.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
External links[edit | edit source]
- M. S. Sathyu on IMDb
