Dinesh Baboo

Dinesh Baboo
Born Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Occupation Film director, cinematographer, producer, actor, Script-writer
Spouse(s) Sobhana K K,
Chethana

Dinesh Baboo (also known as Dinesh Babu) (born in Trivandrum, India) is an Indian film director, cinematographer, producer, actor and screenwriter. He has worked in both Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. His directorial ventures were chiefly with Kannada films. His popularity also is largely as a director rather than a cinematographer due to his many popular films in Kannada, some of which went on to become blockbusters.

Career

Cinematographer

His career in cinema started as a cinematographer. He stood behind the camera for noted Malayalam films like Dhruvam, King, Ullasa Poonkattu and the blockbuster movie Commissioner which was instrumental in raising Suresh Gopi, currently a superstar in Malayalam movie world to stardom.

Great talent in cinematography was the springboard that launched him to great success in the world of cinema. This also helped him to have first hand knowledge of every technical aspect of cinema, which a director need not be necessarily familiar with. He also directed a Malayalam film named Mazhavillu starring Kunchacko Boban and Preeti Jhangiani. Although his camera skills were widely appreciated in Mollywood, his ambition took him to the world of Kannada films where he chose to direct rather than handle the camera.

Director

His directorial career in the Kannada film world took off with a hugely successful thriller Idu Saadhya in 1989. The movie, featuring eight stars, was actually made on a shoestring budget of just 1.5 million INR and shot at a single location within 48 hours. It set a Guinness record of fastest completion of an Indian film. A drama theatre where the film was shot mingles into the theme and almost becomes a character of the movie. Idhu Sadhya became a trend setter because of its brilliant direction, screenplay and cinematography. His inspiration for this film came from the theme of Michele Soavi's Deliria (film). (Stagefright) must also have been an influencing factor for this film.

Suprabhatha is another major success of Dinesh Baboo. The story revolves around a single location, this time, a gas filling station. A film with Super Star Dr.Vishnuvardhan and Suhasini, became a box office looter creating many records and gave a major boost to the career of Dinesh babu.

As a director, his craftsmanship has been lauded by columnists and reviewers.

Actor

He is appearing in front of camera for the first time as a Police officer in the film Accident which is Directed by Ramesh Aravind.

Personal life

Dinesh Baboo had a failed marriage and had divorced his first wife. He married his assistant director Chethana in 2010.[1]

Filmography

Films
Year Film Credited as Language Awards and Achievements
1986 Uyire UnakkagaCinematographerTamil
Unakkaagave VaazhgirenCinematographerTamil
1987 Ananda AradhanaiDirector Tamil
1988 SuprabhathaDirectorKannadaFilmfare Award for Best Director (Kannada)
1989 Idu SaadhyaScreenplay, Cinematographer, DirectorKannadaBased on Stage Fright
Guinness record for fastest completion of an Indian film at that time
Inspector VikramDirectorKannada
HendthighelbediDirector, Writer, CinematographerKannada
1993 Vasantha PoornimaCo-storywriter[2]Kannada
DhruvamCinematographer Malayalam
Ammayane Sathyam CinematographerMalayalam
ChamayamCinematographerMalayalam
1994 CommissionerCinematographerMalayalam
Pidakkozhi Koovunna NoottanduCinematographerMalayalam
1995 The KingCinematographerMalayalam
1997 BhoopathiCinematographerMalayalam
UllasappoonkattuCinematographerMalayalam
Amrutha VarshiniCinematographer, DirectorKannadaRemade in Malayalam as Mazhavillu
LaaliDirectorKannada
1998 NishyabdaDirectorKannada
HendthigheltiniDirectorKannada
1999 PremotsavaDirectorKannada
MazhavilluDirectorMalayalamRemake of Amrutha Varshini
2000 DeepavaliDirector, cinematographerKannada
Nan Hendthi ChennagidaleDirectorKannada
2001 Everybody Says I'm Fine!Light SupervisorEnglish
ChithraDirectorKannadaRemake of Telugu film Chitram
2002 HollywoodDirectorKannada
Balagalittu Olage BaaDirectorKannadaBased on Our Hospitality
2003 AbhiDirectorKannada
2004 KanakambariDirectorKannada
2005 Magic AjjiDirectorKannada
Pandu Ranga VittalaDirectorKannada
2006 Neenello NaanalleDirectorKannadaRemake of Telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
2008 Mr. GaragasaDirectorKannadaBased on 1998 French comedy Le Dîner de Cons (also known as The Dinner Game)
Aakasha GangeDirectorKannada
2009 Janumada GelathiDirectorKannada
mooru guttu ondu sullu ondu nijaDirectorKannada
AccidentActorKannada
Bellary NagaDirectorKannadaRemake of Malayalam film Rajamanikyam
2010 School MasterDirectorKannada
2010 Eradane Maduve[3] Director Kannada Prequel of Mathond Madhuvena & remade in Telugu as Bhale Mogudu Bhale Pellam
2011 Mathond MadhuvenaDirectorKannadaSequel of Eradane Maduve
2011 Bhale Mogudu Bhale PellamDirectorTeluguRemake of Eradane Maduve
2011 Naanalla[4]DirectorKannadaBased on Primal Fear
2012 Ondu Kshanadalli [5] Director Kannada
2012 Golmal Gayathri [6] Director Kannada
2014 Athi Aparoopa [7]DirectorKannada
2016 Priyanka Director , Cinematographer Kannada
Television[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Dinesh Baboo marries his assistant Chethana". Sify. August 17, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Vasantha Poornima". WordPress. July 25, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Eradane Maduve Movie Review". The Times of India. July 10, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Naanalla Review". IndiaGlitz. October 22, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ondu Kshanadalli Movie Review". The Times of India. TNN. October 6, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ https://kannadamoviesinfo.wordpress.com/2016/11/24/golmal-gayathri-2012/
  7. ↑ B S Srivani (April 12, 2014). "An Indian love story revisited". Deccan Herald. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  8. ↑ Shyam Prasad S (October 12, 2015). "Dinesh Baboo on his experience with Priyanka". The Times of India. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  1. IMDB page mainly referring to his film career on IMDb
  2. Accident (As an actor) on IMDb
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