M.S.Sathyu
Born	July 6, 1930 (1930-07-06) (age 79)

Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu (Kannada ಮೈಸೂರು ಸಿನಿವಾಸ್ ಸತ್ಯು )(born 6 July 1930 in Mysore, Karnataka) is a leading film director, stage designer and art director from India. His film Garam Hawa is a film on the partition of India. He is a leftist intellectual. He is a recipient of the Padma Shri.^[1]

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Awards 4 Production 4.1 Theatre plays 4.2 Films 4.3 Television 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early life

Sathyu conducted his schooling and higher education at Mysore and Bangalore. In 1952 he quit college while working on his Bachelors of Science degree and instead plunged into the uncertain world of films in Bombay.

He freelanced as an animator in 1952-3. After being unemployed for nearly four years, he got his first salaried job as assistant director to film-maker Chetan Anand.

[edit] Career

His first assignment as an independent Art Director was for Haqeeqat, a film by Chetan Anand, which got him the Filmfare Award in 1964 and along with that came recognition. He also did work in theatre as a designer and director, including designing sets and lights for productions of Hindustani Theatre, Okhla Theatre of Habib Tanvir, Kannada Bharati and other groups of Delhi. In films, he has worked as an art director, camera-man, screenwriter, producer and director. His filmography includes over 15 documentaries and 8 feature films in Hindi, Urdu and Kannada. ^[1]

His best known work, Garam Hawa (Scorching Winds, 1973), is one of the last cinema productions featuring 1950s Marxist cultural activists including Balraj Sahni and Kaifi Azmi. Garam Hawa won several Indian national awards in 1974, including a National Integration Award.^[2] It was invited for the competitive section at Cannes and also the Indian entry at the Oscars, and achieved a Filmfare award for best screenplay.^[3]

M. S. Sathyu currently is associated mainly with television and stage.

Mr. Sathyu is one of the patrons of Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA.

[edit] Awards

• 1966: Filmfare Best Art Direction Award: Haqeeqat (for black-and-white film category)
• 1974:Cannes Film Festival: Golden Palm - Nominated.
• 1984 Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie: Sookha ^[4]

[edit] Production

M.S. Sathyu is so prolific that only notable works are listed...

[edit] Theatre plays

• Dara Shikoh
• Mudrarkshas
• Aakhri Shama
• Rashmon
• Bakri
• Girija Ke sapne

[edit] Films

Feature films

• Ek Tha Chotu Ek Tha Motu
• Garam Hawa (Hot Winds) 1973
• Kanneshwara Rama (The Legendary Outlaw)
• Bara/Sookha (Famine)

Short films and documentaries

• Irshad
• Black Mountain
• Ghalib
• Islam in India

[edit] 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

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Barnouw, Erik, and S. Krishnaswamy, Indian Film, New York and London, 1963.
2. ^ Chakravarty, Sumita S., National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema, 1947–1987, Austin, Texas, 1993
3. ^ Azmi, Kafi and Shama Zaidi, Three Hindi Film Scripts, 1974.
4. ^ Awards Internet Movie Database.

[edit] External links

• M. S. Sathyu at the Internet Movie Database