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 his film debut as a director with Tarka in 1989. His subsequent films Nishkarsha, Beladingala Baale and Nammoora Mandara Hoove earned him a reputation as the most innovative and influential directors of the 1990s. After three years of absence, Desai had announced that he has four films up his sleeve one of which is due at the end of 2019.
Filmography
YearTitleNotes1989TarkaAlso producerKarnataka State Film Award for Best ScreenplayFilmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada1990UtkarshaAlso producer1993Sangharsha1994NishkarshaKarnataka State Film Award for First Best FilmKarnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay1995Beladingala BaaleKarnataka State Film Award for Third Best FilmKarnataka State Film Award for Best DialogueFilmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada1996Nammoora Mandara Hoove1998Prema Raga Haadu Gelathi1999PrathyarthaKarnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay2000SparshaFilmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada2002Parva2002Marma2006Ramya Chaitrakaala2007Kshana Kshana2016...Re2019Udgharsha
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