Sunil Kumar Desai
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Sunil Kumar Desai is a Kannada film director. In most of his movies, 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 Dialogs categories. He has also won the Filmfare awards 4 times. Desai worked with South India
n musicians like Illayaraja, Hamsalekha
& Gunasingh.
Sunil Kumar Desai was born in 1955 in Bijapur, North Karnataka
. He had his primary education in Bijapur and higher education in Pune
. He started his film-career as an assistant to Kashinath
, a renowned writer, actor, director and producer of many Kannada films. Desai continued to work as an assistant to Suresh Heblikar
, an actor, director and environmentalist. He was also involved in a couple of controversies with actor Vishnuvadhan as the latter did not like the way Desai explained the scenes and the pace with which the movies were going.
Sunil Kumar Desai is a very close friend of two famous personalties hailing from Gokarna - Mr. Jayant Kaikini
and Professor Dr. Narayan Hosmane
of Illinois, USA, who came to rescue Desai financially when his 2006 movie Ramya Chaitra Kala came to halt because of lack of money. Indirectly, Dr. Hosmane became one of the salient producers of Desai's movie and ever since both of them became very close friends. According to rumors in Karnataka, this was the entry into Kannada Film Industry for Dr. Hosmane.
Romance (genre)
As a literary genre of high culture, romance or chivalric romance is a style of heroic prose and verse narrative that was popular in the aristocratic circles of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe. They were fantastic stories about marvel-filled adventures, often of a knight errant portrayed as...
. He has won the Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
state awards (4 times) in the Best Screenplay & Best Dialogs categories. He has also won the Filmfare awards 4 times. Desai worked with South India
South India
South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...
n musicians like Illayaraja, Hamsalekha
Hamsalekha
Hamsalekha is a music director and lyricist in the Kannada film industry. He also writes screenplays and dialogues for movies. He has composed music for over 300 feature films and has written lyrics for 300-odd feature films. He has also composed for Tamil and Telugu films...
& Gunasingh.
Sunil Kumar Desai was born in 1955 in Bijapur, North Karnataka
Bijapur, Karnataka
Bijapur Urdu:بیجاپور city is the district headquarters of Bijapur District of Karnataka state. Bijapur city is well known for its historical monuments of architectural importance built during the rule of Adil Shahi dynasty...
. He had his primary education in Bijapur and higher education in Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
. He started his film-career as an assistant to Kashinath
Kashinath
Kashinath is an actor and a director in the Kannada Film Industry in India, generally known in the industry as a trend setter. He probably started the trend of acting, directing, music directing and the producing of films...
, a renowned writer, actor, director and producer of many Kannada films. Desai continued to work as an assistant to Suresh Heblikar
Suresh Heblikar
Suresh Heblikar is a Kannada filmmaker, director and actor. He is also a well known environmentalist, founding the Eco-Watch NGO in 1998. He has produced many noteworthy movies in Kannada of which Kadina Benki won Best Director national award and Usha Kiran the Filmfare award. His films are known...
, an actor, director and environmentalist. He was also involved in a couple of controversies with actor Vishnuvadhan as the latter did not like the way Desai explained the scenes and the pace with which the movies were going.
Sunil Kumar Desai is a very close friend of two famous personalties hailing from Gokarna - Mr. Jayant Kaikini
Jayant Kaikini
Jayant Kaikini is a poet, short stories author and movie songs scriptwriter in Kannada.-Early life:Jayant Kaikini was born in Gokarna. His father, Gourish Kaikini, a schoolteacher, was a Kannada littérateur and mother Shanta, a social worker...
and Professor Dr. Narayan Hosmane
Narayan Hosmane
Narayan S. Hosmane is an Indian-born cancer research scientist who made the featured article in NRI Achievers magazine and is currently distinguished research professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the inaugural board of trustees professor at Northern Illinois University, Dekalb. He received...
of Illinois, USA, who came to rescue Desai financially when his 2006 movie Ramya Chaitra Kala came to halt because of lack of money. Indirectly, Dr. Hosmane became one of the salient producers of Desai's movie and ever since both of them became very close friends. According to rumors in Karnataka, this was the entry into Kannada Film Industry for Dr. Hosmane.
Directed
- Tarka (1988) - A murder mystery
- UtkarshaUtkarsha-Plot details:Devraj plays a psychopathic killer in this movie. Because of his wife committing adultery, he starts hating females. And when he sees a female laughing his psycho instincts are aroused and he kills that female, but he doesn't rape them. Just sees them nude and puts a knife through...
(1990) - Thriller - Sangarsha (1991) - Thriller
- NishkarshaNishkarshaNishkarsha is a 1994 Kannada film by Sunil Kumar Desai starring Ananth Nag, B.C.Patil, Vishnuvardhan. This is inspired from Die Hard.- Plot details :...
(1994) - Real time thriller - Beladingala Baale -anant nag (1996) - Love story
- Nammoora Mandara HooveNammoora Mandara Hoove-Plot details:Shivrajkumar comes to Ramesh's , home town and falls in love with the girl whom Ramesh loves .Although the rest of the movie is about this love triangle, the movie is generally noted for effectively capturing and utilising the natural beauty of the forests of Yana it's shoot in Malenadu...
(1997) - Love story - Prema Raaga Haadu Gelati (1998) - Love story
- Pratyartha (1999) - Thriller
- Sparsha (movie) (2000) - Love story
- Parva (2001) - A musical love Story
- Marma (2002) - Suspense thriller
- Ramya Chaitrakaala (2006) - A village love story
- Kshana Kshana (2007)- A suspense thriller
Sources
- http://www.ourkarnataka.com/Articles/sreesha/sreesha_skd.htm
- http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/kannada/review/8554.html
See also
- KashinathKashinathKashinath is an actor and a director in the Kannada Film Industry in India, generally known in the industry as a trend setter. He probably started the trend of acting, directing, music directing and the producing of films...
- UpendraUpendraUpendra is a cine actor, director, script writer and singer. Born in a middle class family at Koteshwara near Kundapura, he belongs to Kannada speaking Kota Brahmin community. Upendra started his career off with famous director Kashinath as a writer and an assistant director...
- A song from a film directed by Sunil Kumar Desai
- http://bellitere.com/sunil-kumar-desais-rhythmic-comeback.html