Sunil Kumar Desai

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.

• Born — 22 November 1955 • Birthplace — Bijapur, Karnataka, India • Occupation — Film director, producer and writer • Years Active — 1989–2007 2016–present

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.

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.

• Year — Title — Notes • 1989 — Tarka — Also producer Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada • 1990 — Utkarsha — Also producer • 1993 — Sangharsha • 1994 — Nishkarsha — Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay • 1995 — Beladingala Baale — 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 • 1998 — Prema Raga Haadu Gelathi • 1999 — Prathyartha — Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay • 2000 — Sparsha — Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada • 2002 — Parva • 2002 — Marma • 2006 — Ramya Chaitrakaala • 2007 — Kshana Kshana • 2016 —...Re • 2019 — Udgharsha