''Sunil Kumar'' known by his screen name Suni, is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and

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who works in

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. He made his debut with the 2013 critically and commercially successful film '' Simple Agi Ondh Love Story''.

Early life

Sunil was born on 14 October, 1986 to Vijayalakshmi and Narsimhaiah at K. C. General Hospital in the

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locality of

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. 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

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degree in

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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 Dinesh Baboo (also known as Dinesh Babu) is an Indian film director, cinematographer, actor and screenwriter who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. In a career spanning five decades he has directed more than 40 films, filmed more than 20 fil ...

. 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 ''Bahuparak'' is a 2014 Indian Kannada language drama film written, directed and co-produced by Simple Suni of '' Simple Agi Ondh Love Story'' fame. The movie was released in the month of July 2014. The film features Srinagar Kitty and Meghana ...

and ''Manamohaka''See The New Look Of Shivaraj Kumar In Simple Suni's Manamohaka
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As producer

Suni began his production house named Suvin Cinemaas.

Filmography

References

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* Kannada film directors Living people Kannada-language lyricists Indian male songwriters Musicians from Bangalore 1986 births Film directors from Bangalore 21st-century Indian composers Film producers from Bangalore Screenwriters from Bangalore Kannada screenwriters 21st-century male musicians {{authority control