Hari Santhosh is an Indian
film lyricist and director who predominantly works in the
Kannada Film Industry
Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film '' Sati Sulochana'' directe ...
. He is best known for 2012 film
Alemari.
Early life
Hari Santhosh was born to Harish and Prema in
Koppa,
Sringeri and was Brought up in
Bengaluru. Santhosh went to 'Sri Siddaganga school Rajajinagar' for his primary education. His father Harish worked as an
Art Director in Kannada films and Santhosh accompanied his father in art departmental works during his early days.
Career
Hari Santhosh began his film career by working as an assistant director under
Prem for the Kannada films ''
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Geography
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'', ''
Excuse Me'', ''
Jogi'', ''
Ee Preethi Yeke Bhoomi Melide'' and as an associate director for ''
Sanju Weds Geetha
''Sanju Weds Geetha'' is a 2011 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed and written by Nagashekar and produced by Pramod Narayan, starring Srinagar Kitty and Ramya in the lead roles. Jassie Gift composed the soundtrack, while Sadhu Kokila ...
''.
Santhosh made his debut as a Director, Writer and Lyricist in the 2012 film ''
Alemari'' starring
Yogesh
Yogesh is an Indian masculine given name. The Sanskrit word ' is a compound of the words ' and ' and has the meaning "master of yoga" and has also been used as an epithet of Shiva.
Notable people
* Yogesh (actor) (born 1990), Indian actor
* Y ...
and
Radhika Pandit
Radhika Pandit is an Indian film and television actress. She has established a career in Kannada cinema as a leading actress.
Having worked in television serials such as ''Nandagokula'', ''Kaadambari'', and ''Sumangali'', Pandit made her featur ...
. Many Critics appreciated the efforts of debut director Hari Santhosh and he was also awarded as the
Director's First Time Best Film at
Karnataka State Film Award. Later on Santhosh wrote story screenplay and directed several movies like Darling(2014), Dove(2015) and
College Kumar(2017) which was officially remade in the year 2020 in
Telugu and
Tamil
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* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
Languages. In the year 2020 Hari Santhosh Directed
Bicchugatti: Chapter 1 – Dalavayi Dange which is a historical drama based on a book by Dr. B.L. Venu named ' Bicchugatti Baramanna Nayaka'. Currently Hari Santhosh is shooting for By 2 Love and another big budget action thriller 'Bumper' which is currently being filmed
.
Filmography
As Lyricist
Awards and nominations
Footnotes
References
External links
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Living people
1984 births
Kannada film directors
Film directors from Karnataka