Sunil Kumar Desai

Sunil Kumar Desai
ಸುನಿಲ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ದೇಸಾಯಿ
Born	(1955-11-22) November 22, 1955 (age 61) Bijapur, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Film director, producer and writer
Years active	1989-2007 2016-

Sunil Kumar Desai (Kannada: ಸುನೀಲ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ದೇಸಾಯಿ) is a Kannada film director. In most of his movies, Desai blends art and commercial cinema. He has written and directed suspense/thrillers and love stories. He has won the Karnataka state 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 & Gunasingh.

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, and later Suresh Heblikar.