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Indian film director
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Male
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Birth:
22 November 1955(Bijapur)
Residences
Karnataka
The details
Biography
Introduction
Sunil Kumar Desai (Kannada: ಸುನೀಲ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ದೇಸಾಯಿ) 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 Dialogues categories. He has also won the Filmfare awards 4 times. Desai worked with South Indian 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, and later Suresh Heblikar.
Filmography
| Year | Film Title | Genre | Performance | Cast | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Tarka | A murder mystery - | Super Hit in Kannada | Shankar Nag, Devaraj | Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada Based on Agatha Christie's The Unexpected Guest Remade in Tamil as Puriyaadha Pudhir Also remade in Malayalam |
| 1990 | Utkarsha | Psyco-Thriller | Super Hit in Kannada | Dr.Ambareesh, Devaraj | Based on Jack the Ripper |
| 1993 | Sangharsha | Action Thriller | Hit in Kannada | Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Geetha | |
| 1994 | Nishkarsha | Real time thriller | Super Hit in Kannada | Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Ananth Nag, Suman Nagarkar | Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay Inspired by Die Hard |
| 1995 | Beladingala Baale | Love story | Super Hit in Kannada | Ananth Nag, Suman Nagarkar | Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada Karnataka State Film Award for Best Dialogue Based on Yandamuri Veerendranath's Telugu novel Vennelalo Aadapilla's Kannada translation by Vamsy |
| 1996 | Nammoora Mandara Hoove | Love story | Blockbuster Hit in Kannada | Ramesh Aravind, Shivrajkumar, Prema, Suman Nagarkar | Remade in Tamil as Kangalin Vaarthaigal |
| 1998 | Prema Raga Haadu Gelathi | Love story | Hit in Kannada | Shivrajkumar, Ramesh Aravind, Nivedita Jain, Srinath | |
| 1999 | Prathyartha | Real time thriller | Average in Kannada | Ramesh Aravind, Raghuvaran, Sudeep | Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay Based on Nick of Time |
| 2000 | Sparsha | Love story | Super hit in Kannada | Sudeep, Sudha Rani,Rekha | Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada |
| 2002 | Parva | A musical love Story | Average in Kannada | Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Prema | |
| 2002 | Marma | Suspense thriller | Hit in Kannada | Prema | |
| 2006 | Ramya Chaitrakaala | A village love story | Below Average in Kannada | Sandeep, Nanditha, Manasi | |
| 2007 | Kshana Kshana | A suspense thriller | Average in Kannada | Dr.Vishnuvardhan, Aditya, Prema | Inspired by Sidney Sheldon's first novel The Naked Face |
| 2011 | Sarigama | Romance | Shelved | ||
| 2015 | Thandana Thandanana | Romance | Renamed this movie as ...Re | ||
| 2016 | ...Re | Comedy | Below Average in Kannada | Ramesh Aravind, Harshika Poonacha, Ananth Nag | Reported to be thematically similar to Badal Sircar's play Ballabpurer Roopkatha |