Sunil Kumar Desai

Sunil Kumar Desai
Sunil Kumar Desai
Born	22 November 1955 (age 68); Bijapur, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Film director, producer and writer
Years active	1989–2007; 2016–present

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.

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.

Career[edit]

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]

Filmography[edit]

Title	Year	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

References[edit]

↑ R, Shilpa Sebastian (21 October 2019). "The long road before 'Tarka' happened". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
↑ "I got offers, but from the wrong kind of people". The Times of India. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
↑ Jagadish Angadi (21 March 2019). "Career lost and found, says director Sunil Kumar Desai". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
↑ "Why Sandalwood maverick Sunil Kumar Desai calls Udgharsha his debut - Kannada Movie News". Bangalore Mirror.

External links[edit]

Sunil Kumar Desai on IMDb

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[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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