Karthik Saragur () is an Indian film director, screenwriter and lyricist who works primarily in

Kannada cinema 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. Kannada cinema is based in Gandhi Nagar ...

Early life

Karthik hails from

Saragur Sargur (also known as Saragur pronounced Saraguru in the Kannada language, as Kannada words end in vowels, which are lost in their Anglicization), is a small town located about 80 km from the town of Chamarajanagar And a Taluk of Mysore ...

, a small town in the Mysore district of Karnataka. He studied in Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala, a residential school in Mysore, where he received the Gold medal for being the best outgoing student in his school.

Career

Karthik Saragur began his career by making docudramas like Vivekananda by Vivekananda. He received critical acclaim for "Bengaluru: idu namma ooru", a hugely popular 90 part documentary series about the history of Bangalore and its various neighbourhoods presented by Suresh Moona. In 2007, his work for

Nagesh Kukunoor Nagesh Kukunoor (born 30 March 1967) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema, and few Telugu films. He is known for his works in parallel cinema, such as '' Hyderabad Blues' ...

's Bollywood film Dor earned him the Best Costume Design award nomination at the

52nd Filmfare Awards The 52nd Fair One Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group and Fair One, was one of India's most prestigious awards ceremonies, honoring the best Bollywood films of 2006. It took place on 17 February 2007 at the Yash Raj Studios, ...

. Saragur's debut directorial Jeerjimbe elicited rave reviews on its release.

The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932 by P. Varadarajulu Naidu. It is headquartered in Noida, owned by the ''Indian Express Group''. It was later taken over by Ramnath Goenka. In 1999, eight y ...

hailed Jeerjimbe as one “those films which makes us believe in our dreams. And it does so effortlessly, given the complexities of human emotions during such a journey”.

Times of India ''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation an ...

likened Saragur's work “to the cinema one experiences from Iran or Italy, where the narrative is subtle and realistic". This film won four

Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films. They are given annually by the Government ...

, the most for any film in 2016.

Film Companion Anupama Vinod Chopra () is an Indian author, journalist and film critic who served as the festival director of the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival from 2015 to 2023. She is also the founder and editor of the now-defunct digital platform Film Compani ...

included Jeerjimbe in one of Kannada cinema's five hidden gems from 2018. Saragur's latest release is

Bheema Sena Nala Maharaja Bheemasena Nalamaharaja is a 2020 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by Karthik Saragur. The title references characters from the Mahabharata—Bhimasena (Bhima) and Nala Maharaja—both renowned for their culinary skills. The film sta ...

. It was released online as part of Amazon Primevideo's Great Indian Festival. The film is produced by

Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah is an Indian film producer, producer best known for his Kannada cinema, Kannada films. His debut film ''Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu'' was a blockbuster hit which was released in 2016 followed by another collaboration ...

Rakshit Shetty Rakshit Shetty (born 6 June 1983) is an Indian actor and filmmaker working predominantly in Kannada cinema. He is the recipient of a National Film Award, two Filmfare Awards South, two Karnataka State Film Awards and five SIIMA Awards. His deb ...

, and

Hemanth M. Rao Hemanth M. Rao is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Kannada cinema. He rose to fame following the success of his directorial debut '' Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu'' (2016). Career After a brief stint in journalism, Rao vent ...

. This is the second collaboration of Karthik Saragur and Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah after '' Jeerjimbe''.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saragur, Karthik Living people Kannada film directors Kannada screenwriters Film directors from Bengaluru Screenwriters from Bengaluru Year of birth missing (living people) People from Mysore district