Abhaya Simha
Abhaya Simha is a Kannada film director and screenwriter.
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- Name
- Abhaya Simha
- Occupation
- Film director
- Born
- 12 June 1981
- Birthplace
- Mangalore
- Spouse
- Rashmi Abhaya Simha
- Nationality
- India
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Abhaya Simha is a Kannada film director and screenwriter.
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Abhaya Simha (born 1981) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. The film director was born in Mangaluru.
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• Name — Abhaya Simha • Occupation — Film director • Born — 12 June 1981 • Birthplace — Mangalore • Spouse — Rashmi Abhaya Simha • Years Active — 2007 - Present Abhaya Simha is a Kannada film director and screenwriter.
Early life and career
Early life and career
He was born and brought up in Mangalore, Karnataka. He did his graduation from St. Aloysius College, Mangalore. He studied Kannada, English Literature and Journalism. After that he specialized in Film Direction from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He started his film career in Bangalore in 2007. His debut venture Gubbachchigalu won the National Award for the best children's film for the year 2008. His second venture was a bilingual movie named Shikari. Shikari was released in March 2012 across Karnataka and Kerala. His third film was Sakkare in Kannada starring Ganesh (actor). It was released across Karnataka in November 2013. In 2017 he made Paddayi in Tulu won 65th National award for Best Feature Film in Tulu.
Early life
Early life
Abhaya Simha has completed his graduation from St Aloysius College, Mangalore. Later he did his film studies from Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Pune. His grandfather was G.T. Narayana Rao, a well-known science writer in Kannada, music critic, cultural organiser, and a prominent citizen of the city of Mysore, India.
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Filmography
• Year — Film — Language — Notes • 2008 — Gubbachigalu — Kannada — Winner National Film Award for Best Children's Film • 2012 — Shikari — Malayalam — Bilingual film • Kannada • 2013 — Sakkare — Kannada • 2017 — Paddayi — Tulu — Best Feature Film in Tulu -2017
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- 1.CR, Sharanya. Commercial cinema is as difficult as art-house filmmaking: Abhaya Simha. The Times of India. 24 August 2013.
- 2.Chitraloka.com. Gubbachigalu Director Abhay Simha Excited.
- 3.Simha, Abhaya. National Film Award Winning Director Abhaya Simha Talks About His Life And Work. OfficeChai. 9 April 2015.
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