Suni (director)

Sunil Kumar known by his screen name Suni, is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut with the 2013 critically and commercially successful film Simple Agi Ondh Love Story.^[2]

Simple Suni
Born	Sunil Kumar N 14 October 1986 Malleswaram, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupations	Film director producer screenwriter lyricist
Years active	2008–present
Spouse	Soundarya ​ (m. 2017)​ ^[1]

Early life

Sunil was born on 14 October, 1986 to Vijayalakshmi and Narsimhaiah at K. C. General Hospital in the Malleswaram locality of Bangalore, Karnataka. He has a sister named Harshashree. He completed his pre-university education from Peenya Government College having opted for Science. Pursuing an undergraduate course, he received Bachelor of Science degree in Biotechnology from KLE College in Bangalore. From his younger days, he has spent his time and energy on filling the pages of his notebooks with poems and that is as early as his passion for writing and cinema.

Career

As director

Suni kick started his career with Janumada Gelathi, where he worked as an assistant director under Dinesh Baboo. Simultaneously working for Januma Janumadallu, under Prema, he later went on to become an associate director for Dinesh Baboo in School Master and other films. Subsequently, focus shifted to a few short films, but when he decided to go independent, what came his way was Simple Agi Ondh Love Story. When producers expected him to cut down budgets with each script, a few friends Pawan Sagar and Suni decided to go independent and invested their own money and made Simple Agi Ondh Love Story on a budget of approximately ₹30 to 40 lakhs. Bahuparak^[3] and Manamohaka^[4] are the two movies which are under production by Suni.

As producer

Suni began his production house named Suvin Cinemaas.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Key

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Year	Film	Director	Producer	Lyricist	Screenwriter	Notes
2013	Simple Agi Ondh Love Story	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada
2014	Ulidavaru Kandanthe		Yes	Yes		Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada
	Bahuparak	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2016	Simpallag Innondh Love Story	Yes		Yes	Yes
2017	Operation Alamelamma	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Chowka				Yes	Dialogues only
	Happy New Year				Yes	Dialogues only
	Chamak	Yes			Yes	Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Director - Kannada
2019	Bazaar	Yes		Yes	Yes
2021	Sakath	Yes		Yes
2022	Avatara Purusha	Yes		Yes	Yes	^[5]
	Robinhood	Yes		Yes	Yes	Filming^[6] ^[7]
	The Story Of Raygada	Yes		Yes	Yes	Filming ^[8] ^[9]
	Gatha Vaibhava	Yes		Yes	Yes	Filming
	Avatara Purusha part-2	Yes		Yes	Yes	Filiming

References

1. Madhu Daithota (26 February 2017). "Simple Agi Ondh Love Story director to marry on Feb 17". Times of India. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
2. Ashoka M. K. (23 March 2013). "From soppu to Sandalwood". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
3. Bahuparaak - Suni To Direct Srinagara Kitty. Chitraloka.com
4. See The New Look Of Shivaraj Kumar In Simple Suni's Manamohaka. Entertainment.Oneindia.in
5. "Sharan-Suni's Avatara Purusha release date announced". The New Indian Express. 4 November 2021. from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
6. "Robinhood brings together Suni and Pushkar Mallikarjunaiah for the second time | Cinemaexpress". m.cinemaexpress.com. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
7. "ಇವನು ಕನ್ನಡದ 'ರಾಬಿನ್‌ ಹುಡ್‌'! ಸಿಂಪಲ್‌ ಸುನಿ ಜನ್ಮದಿನಕ್ಕೆ ಪುಷ್ಕರ್‌ ನೀಡಿದ ಭರ್ಜರಿ ಗಿಫ್ಟ್‌". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 9 January 2021.
8. "Ganesh to collaborate with Suni yet again - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
9. "ಸಿಂಪಲ್ ಸುನಿ ಜೊತೆ ಸೇರಿ 'ದಿ ಸ್ಟೋರಿ ಆಫ್ ರಾಯಘಡ' ಹೇಳಲಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಗೋಲ್ಡನ್ ಸ್ಟಾರ್ ಗಣೇಶ್!". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 9 January 2021.

External links

• Suni at IMDb

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