Sunil Kumar known by his screen name Simple Suni, is an Indian film

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, producer,

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and

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who works in

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. He made his debut with the critically and commercially successful 2013 film ''

Simple Agi Ondh Love Story ''Simple Agi Ondh Love Story'' (or ''Simpalaag Ond Love Story'') is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Simple Suni, Suni, and stars Rakshit Shetty and Shwetha Srivatsav. The film was remade in Telugu in 20 ...

''.

Career

As director

Suni kick started his career with '' Janumada Gelathi'', where he worked as an assistant director under

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. 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 ''

''. 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 ''

'' on a budget of approximately 30 to 40 lakhs. He went on to produce the cult classic movie

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. However, after its dismal performance at the box office, he returned to directing with Bahuparak. It was again in 2017 that he directed Operation Alamelamma starring debutant

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and

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. His next was with Golden star

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and Rashmika titled Chamak which was an instant hit among audience for its quirky take on modern relationships. He then introduced

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in Bazaar which was a decent hit at the box office. He once again teamed with

for Sakath which was also a decent hit at the box office. He then collaborated with Sharan and Ashika Rangnath for Avatara Purusha to be released in two parts under

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banner. Made under a considerably huge budget the movie opened to positive reviews but did not fetch the desired results at the box office. With a small setback on the release of the Second installment of Avatara Purusha, he announced a couple of movies over the months, starting with ''Robinhood'' starring debutant Dushyanth which was later halted and Introduced Dushyanth with another movie ''Gathavaibhava'' alongside Ashika Rangnath. Then he announced ''

Ondu Sarala Prema Kathe ''Ondu Sarala Prema Kathe'' () is a 2024 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Simple Suni, produced by Mysore Ramesh under Ram Movies. The film features Vinay Rajkumar, Mallika Singh, Swatishta Krishnan and R ...

'' with

Vinay Rajkumar Vinay Rajkumar (born 7 May 1989) is an Indian actor who works in Kannada cinema. The grandson of actor Rajkumar and son of film producer and former actor Raghavendra, he made his debut as a lead actor in 2014 with '' Siddhartha''. Early lif ...

Mallika Singh Mallika Singh (born 15 September 2000) is an Indian television actress. She is known for portraying Radha in ''RadhaKrishn'', Lakshmi in '' Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki,'' and Karuvaki in '' Pracchand Ashok.'' Career In 2016, Singh appeared in Zee TV ...

and Swatishta Krishnan, with the latter two making

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Debut. OSPK opened to positive reviews and was a commercially successful venture. He had his next release '' Avatara Purusha Part 2'' within 2 months of his previous release and received mixed reviews at the box office. His next in the sequence would be ''Gathavaibhava.'' He is also yet to start ''The Story of Raygada'' which is one of his most awaited work and marks his third collaboration with

Filmography

References

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