Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu (born 6 July 1930) is a film director,

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from

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. He is best known for his directorial ''

Garm Hava ''Garm Hava'' (translation: Hot Winds or Scorching Winds) is a 1973 Indian drama film directed by M. S. Sathyu, with Balraj Sahni as the lead actor. It was written by Kaifi Azmi and Shama Zaidi, based on an unpublished short story by note ...

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. He was awarded

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in 1975.

Early and personal life

Born into a

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family, Sathyu grew up in

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. He pursued his higher education at Mysore and later Bangalore. In 1952, he quit college while working on his

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. Sathyu is married to

Shama Zaidi Shama Zaidi (born 25 September 1938) is an Indian screenplay writer, costume designer, art director, theatre person, art critic, and documentary film maker. She is married to director M. S. Sathyu. Shama Zaidi Was Honored with Lifetime Achieve ...

, a north Indian

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Muslim. They have two daughters.

Career

He freelanced as an animator in 1952–53. After being unemployed for nearly four years, he got his first salaried job as assistant director to filmmaker Chetan Anand.He worked in theatre as a designer and director, including designing sets and lights for productions of Hindustani Theatre,

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Theatre of

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, Kannada Bharati and other groups of

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. In films, he has worked as an art director, camera-man, screenwriter, producer and director. His first film. His fas an independent

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or Haqeeqat, a film by Chetan Anand, which won him recognition and the 1965 Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction. His filmography includes over 15 documentaries and 8 feature films in Hindi, Urdu and

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, New York and London, 1963. His best known work,

(''Scorching Winds'', 1973), is one of the last cinema productions featuring 1950s Marxist cultural activists including

Balraj Sahni Balraj Sahni (born Yudhishthir Sahni; 1 May 1913 – 13 April 1973) was an Indian film and stage actor, who is best known for (1946), '' Do Bigha Zameen'' (1953), '' Chhoti Bahen'' (1959), '' Kabuliwala'' (1961), Waqt (1965) and '' Garm Hava'' ...

and

Kaifi Azmi Kaifi Azmi (born Athar Husain Rizvi; 14 January 1919 – 10 May 2002) was an Indian Urdu poet. He is remembered as the one who brought Urdu literature to Indian motion pictures. Together with Pirzada Qasim, Jaun Elia and others he participa ...

. Garm Hava won several Indian national awards in 1974, including a National Integration Award. Chakravarty, Sumita S., National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema, 1947–1987, Austin, Texas, 1993 It was screened in the competitive section at Cannes and was also the Indian entry at the Oscars. It won the Filmfare award for best screenplay.Azmi, Kafi and Shama Zaidi, Three Hindi Film Scripts, 1974. M. S. Sathyu currently is associated mainly with television and stage. In 2013, Sathyu featured in the popular

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'' Reunion'' ad, where he played the role of Yusuf, an elderly Pakistani man who is reunited with his childhood pre-partition friend from India, Baldev (Vishwa Mohan Badola). The commercial went viral on social media. Sathyu is one of the patrons of Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). He directed musical play Gul E Bakavali written by Sudheer Attavar; represented 8th World Theatre Olympics in year 2018 . He also directed plays like 'Dara Shikoh', Amrita, Bakri, Kuri, Akhri Shama and many more. In 2014, his debut film, ''Garm Hava'' was re-released after restoration.

Awards

* 1965 :

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: '' Haqeeqat'' (for black-and-white film category) * 1974 :

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: ''Garm Hava'': Nominated. * 1974 :

National Film Award The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...

Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration The Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry ...

: ''Garam Hawa'' * 1975 :

* 1981-82 :

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for "Bara" * 1981-82 :

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for "Bara" * 1982 :

Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada The Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Kannada films Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicat ...

for "Bara" * 1982 :

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for "Bara" * 1984 :

: ''

Sookha ''Bara'' ( ) is a directed and produced by M. S. Sathyu. It is based on the novel of same name by U. R. Ananthamurthy. Simultaneously shot in Kannada and Hindi, the film starred Anant Nag, C. R. Simha and Loveleen Madhu in lead roles. The film ...

'' * 1984 : Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie Hindi : ''Sookha'' * 1994 :

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: Stagecraft * 2014 : Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship : Theatre

Production

Theatre plays

* Gul E Bakavali musical Play written by Sudheer Attavar *

Dara Shikoh Dara Shikoh (20 March 1615 – 30 August 1659), also transliterated as Dara Shukoh, was the eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Dara was designated with the title ''Padshahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba'' () and was favoured ...

written by Danish Iqbal * Mudrarkshas * Aakhri Shama * Rashmon * Bakri ("Kuri" in Kannada) * Girija Ke sapne * Mote Ram Ke Sathyagrah * Emil's Enemies *

Amrita ''Amrita'' (, IAST: ''amṛta''), ''Amrit'' or ''Amata'' in Pali language, Pali, (also called ''Sudha'', ''Amiy'', ''Ami'') is a Sanskrit word that means "immortality". It is a central concept within Indian religions and is often referred to i ...

Films

Feature Films *Ek Tha Chotu Ek Tha Motu *

Garm Hawa ''Garm Hava'' (translation: Hot Winds or Scorching Winds) is a 1973 Indian drama film directed by M. S. Sathyu, with Balraj Sahni as the lead actor. It was written by Kaifi Azmi and Shama Zaidi, based on an unpublished short story by noted ...

(Hot Wind) 1973 *Chithegu Chinthe 1978 - Screened at 7th IFFI. *''

Kanneshwara Rama ''Kanneshwara Rama'' (; ) is a 1977 Kannada-language political film directed by M. S. Sathyu. The film features an ensemble cast including Anant Nag, Shabana Azmi, Amol Palekar, B. V. Karanth and Shimoga Venkatesh. The film is based on the nov ...

'' (The Legendary Outlaw) * Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya (1981) * Bara (Famine), based on a short story by U.R. Anantha Murthy (1982) * ''

'' Hindi version of the Kannada movie Bara (1983) *'' Galige'' (1994) (Kannada) *Kotta (1999) *

Ijjodu ''Ijjodu'' () is a 2010 Indian Kannada drama film written and directed by M. S. Sathyu, and stars Meera Jasmine and Anirudh in the lead roles. Srivatsa, Nagkiran and Arundhati Jathakara feature in supporting roles. The film is a story of a youn ...

( Kannada) 2009 Short films and Documentaries *Irshad *Black Mountain *Ghalib *Islam in India

Television

TV serials *Pratidhwani 1985 *Choli Daaman 1987–88 *Kayar (Coir) 1992 *Antim Raja (The Last Raja of Coorg) 1986 Tele-films *Aangan *Ek Hadsa Char Pehlu *Thangam Television and YouTube Advertisements *'' Reunion'', an advertisement for

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References

External links

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