Senna Hegde is an Indian film director and screenwriter who mainly works in

Malayalam films Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam, Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both th ...

. He has also worked in a

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. His debut film was the 2016 docudrama '' 0-41*'' and his second film was the romantic comedy, ''

Katheyondu Shuruvagide ''Katheyondu Shuruvagide'' (transl. A story has blossomed) is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Senna Hegde and starring Diganth and Pooja Devariya (in her Kannada debut). Plot Tarun runs a resort on the coastal par ...

''. His third movie, Malayalam film Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam, won the National Film Award for Best Malayalam Film.

Biography

Senna was born in the town of

Kanhangad Kanhangad () is a commercial city, located in the Kasaragod District, state of Kerala, India. Location The area contains villages around Kanhangad town with Kasaragod as the northern border, Nileshwar, popularly known as the 'cultural town' ...

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, in northern

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. He graduated with a master's degree in Information Technology from

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, and went on to work as a business analyst in the

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for four years. Then he moved to the

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, where for the next eight years he worked for various international advertising agencies. He returned to

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in 2014. Senna worked with

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 ...

's team as a script consultant for his 2014 film ''

Ulidavaru Kandanthe ''Ulidavaru Kandante'' ( As Seen by the Rest) is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language neo-noir gangster film written and directed by debutant Rakshit Shetty. Shetty appears in the lead role, along with Kishore, Tara, Achyuth Kumar, Rishab Shetty, ...

''. Back in his hometown, Senna turned his hand to making his own films. He wrote the script for his debut feature film, '' 0-41*'', in three days. A docudrama set in

, it follows the lives of players on two rival volleyball teams. With a budget of , a crew of four, and a

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, he shot the 91-minute film over nine days. The six-member cast were not professional actors, which gave their performance what

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described as an "innocence". The film made its world premiere at the 11th 'Cinema on the Bayou' film festival in

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on 26 January 2016. It has played at other festivals, but has not been released commercially. Senna's second film, ''

'' is a

Kannada-language Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a s ...

romantic comedy starring

Diganth Diganth Manchale (born 28 December 1983), known professionally as Diganth, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema, Kannada films. Diganth made his lead acting debut in ''Miss California (film), Miss California'' (2006) and ...

and

Pooja Devariya Pooja Devariya is an Indian film and theatre actress who is known for her works in Tamil and Kannada films. After making her film debut with Selvaraghavan's ''Mayakkam Enna'' (2012), she worked extensively in theatre with the Stray Factory, bef ...

, with Ashwin Rao Pallaki and Shreya Anchan in supporting roles. On the occasion of

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in 2020, he announced his next Malayalam film ''

Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam () is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language, comedy-drama film written and directed by Senna Hegde. The film won the Best Feature Film in Malayalam at the 68th National Film Awards. It was also chosen as the Second Best Fil ...

''.

The film won the

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and Senna Hegde received the award for

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in the 51st Kerala State Film Awards. The film also won the Best Feature Film in Malayalam in the

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Filmography

Awards

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hegde, Senna People from Kasaragod district Kannada screenwriters Living people Kannada film directors Malayalam film directors Year of birth missing (living people)