Sunil Kumar Desai

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Main otherTemplate:Wikidata image 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. 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

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Screenwriter	Notes
1989	Tarka	Template:Ya	Template:Ya	Template:Ya	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada
1990	Utkarsha	Template:Ya	Template:Ya	Template:Ya
1993	Sangharsha	Template:Ya		Template:Ya
1994	Nishkarsha	Template:Ya		Template:Ya	Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay
1995	Beladingala Baale	Template:Ya		Template:Ya	Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film Karnataka State Film Award for Best Dialogue Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada
1996	Nammoora Mandara Hoove	Template:Ya		Template:Ya
1998	Prema Raga Haadu Gelathi	Template:Ya
1999	Prathyartha	Template:Ya		Template:Ya	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay
2000	Sparsha	Template:Ya		Template:Ya	Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada
2002	Parva	Template:Ya		Template:Ya
2002	Marma	Template:Ya		Template:Ya
2006	Ramya Chaitrakaala	Template:Ya
2007	Kshana Kshana	Template:Ya		Template:Ya
2016	...Re	Template:Ya		Template:Ya
2019	Udgharsha	Template:Ya		Template:Ya

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