Sunil Kumar Desai
Born (1955-11-22) 22 November 1955
Bijapur, Karnataka, India
Occupation(s)Film director, producer and writer
Years active1989–2007
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 Thrillers and Romance films. He has won the Karnataka State Film 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.

Early life

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

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

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Cast Director Producer Screenwriter Notes
1989 Tarka Shankar Nag, Vanitha Vasu, Avinash, KrishnaYesYesYesKarnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay
Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada
1990 Utkarsha Devaraj, Ambareesh, Vanitha Vasu, RamakrishnaYesYesYes
1993 Sangharsha Vishnuvardhan, Geetha, Sundar Krishna Urs, Thiagarajan, R. N. Sudarshan, B. C. Patil,Rockline Venkatesh,YesYes
1994 Nishkarsha Vishnuvardhan, B. C. Patil, Ananth Nag, Suman Nagrkar, Ramesh Bhat, Praksh Raju, AvinashYesYesKarnataka State Film Award for First Best Film
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay
1995 Beladingala Baale Ananth Nag, Ramesh Bhat, Lokanath, Shivaram, Avinash, Vanitha Vasu, Suman Nagarkar, Kishori Ballal, B. C. PatilYesYesKarnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Dialogue
Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada
1996 Nammoora Mandara Hoove Shiva Rajkumar, Ramesh Arvind, Prema, Suman Nagarkar, Renukamma Murugodu, Sanketh Kashi, Ramesh Bhat, Kishori Ballal, AvinashYesYes
1998 Prema Raga Haadu Gelathi Shiva Rajkumar, Ramesh Aravind, Nivedita Jain, Srinath, Lokesh, Loknath, Vaishali Kasaravalli, Sihi Kahi ChandruYes
1999 Prathyartha Ramesh Aravind, Raghuvaran, Girish Karnad, Sudeep, Avinash, Shivaram, Kashi, Vinayak JoshiYesYesKarnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay
2000 Sparsha Sudeep, Sudha Rani, Rekha, Naveen Mayur, Sihi Kahi Chandru, Sanketh Kashi, Umashree, Kishori Ballal.YesYesFilmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada
2002 Parva Vishnuvardhan, Prema, Roja, Keremane Shivarama Hegde, Kishori Ballal, Sparsha Rekha,YesYes
2002 Marma Prema, Anand, Arun Sagar, Kishori Ballal, Yashwant SardeshpandeYesYes
2006 Ramya Chaitrakaala Rahul Ainapur, Nanditha, Manasi Parashar, SandeepYes
2007 Kshana Kshana Aditya, Dr. Vishnuvardhan, Prema, Kiran Rathod, Dileep Raj, Kishore, Ashutosh Rana, SridevikaYesYes
2016 ...Re Ramesh Aravind, Anant Nag, Harshika Poonacha,Ramesh Bhat, Master Hirannaiah, Loknath, G. K. Govinda RaoYesYes
2019 Udgharsha [4] Thakur Anoop Singh, Dhansika, Tanya Hope, Harshika Poonacha, Kabir Duhan Singh, Shraddha Das, Prabhakar, Kishore, Vamsi KrishnaYesYes

References

  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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