Sunil Kumar Desai

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Sunil Kumar Desai (Kannada: ಸುನೀಲ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ದೇಸಾಯಿ) is one of the Kannada film directors. In most of his movies, Desai has a perfect blend of Art and Commercial cinema. He has written and directed some of the best suspense/thrillers and love stories in kannada. 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. Has worked with some of the best musicians in South India like Illayaraja, Hamsalekha & Gunasingh. Has a passion for music which is reflected in the quality of the songs and the background scoring in his movies.

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 & producer of many Kannada films. Desai continued to work as an assistant to Suresh Heblikar, an actor, director & an environmentalist. In most of his movies, Desai has a perfect blend of Art and Commercial cinema. He has written and directed some of the best suspense/thrillers and love stories in kannada. 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. Has worked with some of the best musicians in South India like Illayaraja, Hamsalekha & Gunasingh. Has a passion for music which is reflected in the quality of the songs and the background scoring in his movies.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's expertise,authority isnt being fully utilised by our kannada fraternity.He is a gifted,rational director who has an immense potential to sing the line of glory to the kannada art in the future.His films demand a sense of intuitiveness as he gives the audience to scratch their minds.His films will captivate th audiences with a dlend of thrill,humour and action.He is an integrator of joy,value and culture.Let us all wish this gentleman a glorious and winning time ahead.

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