![]() That was quite a setback and the film had to be shelved. I made a mistake and soon enough I realized that I was not going to get my money. I loaned funds that I had set aside for this film to a few friends, because there was a gap before my next schedule and I was hopeful of getting the money back in time. ![]() We shot for almost 50 days across various locations, but then, unfortunately, the project got stalled. My last release was Kshana Kshana in 2007, after which I started a home production, Sarigama, starring Prajwal Devaraj and with music by Ilaiyaraaja. After a series of commercial successes, I then did a few films in which I lost my grip and I blame no one but myself for their fate at the box office. Again, it was termed unusual, so, for my follow-up, Namoora Mandara Hoove, I said that I would follow the formula, but do it differently. It was a runaway hit, even though it had no 'visible' heroine. I then made the love story Beladingala Baale, which was based on a very popular novel. I made a couple of other thrillers after that and my detractors began saying that I could only make films in that genre. A section of the audience found it hard to digest, but youngsters back then enjoyed it and the film became a big hit. ![]() This was a time when filmmakers like Puttanna Kanagal were making family dramas and here was my film about a guy hunting down girls to kill. The very next year, I made a film about a serial killer, Utkarsha, which also had no songs or fights. I even won awards for the film and it would be fair to say that Tarka made me who I am today. It did well and people started talking about the film and me. My first film, Tarka, was a thriller that had no songs and no fights, was set in one house and had just three characters. I made films without songs, especially item numbers, which I considered unnecessary. There would also be the mandatory item number. For instance, when I started my filmi journey, most films were family dramas with songs, dance and action. They were considered ahead of their time back then. ![]() ![]() My brand of films was different, in the sense that they were class but not art house. Excerpts'įilms are broadly classified into mass and class, with class often being considered art-house cinema. In a conversation with Bangalore Times over piping-hot coffee during the final DTS mastering of the film, Sunil Kumar speaks about the ups and downs in his career, what kept him away from Sandalwood, and his upcoming film. But after a string of commercial successes and a few flops along the way, the filmmaker went missing in action, only to emerge now, ready with his comeback film, Re. Kannada film audiences will remember director Sunil Kumar Desai's 'different' brand of cinema in his films like Tarka, Utkarsha, Beladingala Baale, Nammoora Mandara Hoove and Sparsha, among others. ![]()
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