Suneel Puranik also known as ''Sunil Puranik'' is an Indian film and tele-serial actor, director and producer who predominantly working in the Kannada Film and Television Industry. He was the President of

Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy (English: Karnataka Film Academy) was formed by the Government of Karnataka in 2009 to promote film culture in Karnataka. The academy has taken up several projects to develop a healthy film culture in the state a ...

Early life

Suneel was born and brought up in Dharwad. He attended Junior Technical School, Hubli and Karnataka High School, Dharwad, obtained Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from K.H.K Institute, Dharwad and pursued professional training in film making from Adarsha Film Institute. Suneel married Suhasini in 1991 and has two sons Sagar Puranik (born 1992), and Sameer Puranik (born 2000).

Career

Suneel started his career in film industry as an actor in tele-serial. His first project was ''Venkataswami Pranaya Prasangagalu'' directed by

M. S. Sathyu Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu ( kn, ಮೈಸೂರು ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ ಸತ್ಯು) (born 6 July 1930) is a leading film director, stage designer and art director from India. He is best known for his directorial ''Garm Hava'' (1973), w ...

. Thereafter he assisted

V. Somashekhar Venkatappa Somashekhar (27 July 1937 – 22 August 2003) was an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter in Kannada and Malayalam cinema. In 40 years of his career as a director, he directed 49 films, including commercial successes such ...

in directing movie named

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and

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. Chirasmarane a Kannada TV serial about freedom fighters from Karnataka such as, Mundaragi Bhimarao, Naragunda Babasaheb, Surapura Venkatappa Nayaka, Sangolli Rayanna, Kitturu Chennamma, etc telecasted by

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was directed by him 1997. In 2010, he made his directorial debuts with film ‘Gurukula’ about the Gurukula, an education system of our ancient India which won Best Children’s Movie Award State Award in 2009-2010. He has held positions in the Kannada Film and Television Industry such as Member, Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy, Member, Karnataka Chalanachitra Nirdeshakara Sangha, Member, and Karnataka Chalanachitra Prashasti Samithi. Suneel Puranik was an honorary Member in the Jury of National Film Awards, 2016 and was a member of jury in the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in 2018.

Filmography

TV Series

;As Actor ;As director

Accolades

Suneel has been awarded numerous accolades for his work. The most important ones are: *

Kempegowda Kempe Gowda I, locally venerated as Nadaprabhu Kempe Gowda, or commonly known as Kempe Gowda, was a chieftain under the Vijayanagara Empire in early-modern India. He is famous for founding the present-day southern Indian city of Bangalore. E ...

Award in 2009 *Karnataka

Rajyothsava Award The Rajyotsava Prashasti or Rajyotsava Awards, the second highest civilian honor of the Karnataka state of India are conferred annually by the Karnataka Government on the occasion of the establishment of the state on 1 November celebrated as t ...

(2009) by

Government of Karnataka The Government of Karnataka, abbreviated as, GoK, or simply Karnataka Government, is a democratically-elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka. The governor who is appointed ...

*Aryabhata Award *Best Children Film Awardee for his directorial film ‘Gurukula’. *Chitra Rasikara Prashasti for his role in the tele-serial Sangolli Rayanna. *Act Television award *Indira Priyadarshini Award *‘Communicator of the Year’, Award from Public Relations Counsel of India.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Puranik, Suneel 1965 births Living people Indian film producers Kannada male actors Film producers from Karnataka Male actors in Kannada television Male actors from Bangalore Male actors in Kannada cinema Indian male film actors Indian male television actors Kannada film directors