Pawan Kumar (born 29 October 1982) is an Indian film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter from the Kannada film industry.[1]
Pawan Kumar | |
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Born | (1982-10-29) 29 October 1982 (age 40) |
Education | PESU, Bengaluru |
Occupation |
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Years active | 2007 - Present |
Known for | Lucia U Turn |
Spouse | Sowmya Jaganmurthy (m. 2010) |
Children | 1 |
Pawan Kumar is well known for writing the films Manasaare and Pancharangi. His directorial debut Lifeu Ishtene (2011) and the 2013 psychological thriller Lucia became one of the biggest turning points of his career. Being from a theatre background, he wrote scripts for plays on stage before working as an associate director with Yograj Bhat.[2] He has also acted in the plays he wrote namely "The Final Reharsal" (2002) which is about an actor and reality television and "The woman in me" which is loosely based on the concept that there is a woman in every man and vice versa. Pawan also holds a production house named Pawan Kumar Films. Recently[when?] during lockdown, Pawan gave free online workshop on YouTube. He also shot a short film at home- A Labour unthanked.
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Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Credited as | Language | Notes | ||
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Director | Writer | Producer | ||||
2009 | Manasaare | No | Yes | No | Kannada | |
2010 | Pancharangi | No | Yes | No | Kannada | |
2011 | Lifeu Ishtene | Yes | Yes | No | Kannada | |
2013 | Lucia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Kannada | |
2016 | U Turn | Yes | Yes | Yes | Kannada | |
2017 | Ondu Motteya Kathe | No | No | Yes | Kannada | |
2018 | U-Turn | Yes | Yes | No | Tamil Telugu |
Bilingual Film |
2023 | Dhoomam | Yes | Yes | No | Malayalam | Produced by Hombale films.[3] |
Year | Film | Credited as | Language | Notes | ||
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Director | Writer | Producer | ||||
2019 | Leila | Yes | No | No | Hindi | Netflix web series |
2021 | Kudi Yedamaithe | Yes | Yes | Co-producer | Telugu | Aha web series |
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Mr. Garagasa | ||
2008 | Inthi Ninna Preethiya | Vaasne Baabu | |
2009 | Manasaare | Dollar | |
2009 | Circus | ||
2010 | Pancharangi | Lakshman "Lucky" Rao | |
2011 | Lifeu Ishtene | Suraj | |
2015 | Plus | ||
2018 | Gultoo | Phaneesh | |
2018 | U-Turn | One of the person who made post mortem reports | |
2019 | Chambal | ||
2019 | Alidu Ulidavaru | ||
2021 | Kudi Yedamaithe | Harsha | Telugu Web series |
2022 | Honeymoon | New Friend in Bar | Web series |
2022 | Gaalipata 2 | Bhushan |
Film | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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Lifeu Ishtene | 59th Filmfare Awards South | Best Director | Nominated | [4] |
Bangalore Times Film Awards | Best Director | Won | [5] | |
Lucia | 61st Filmfare Awards South | Best Director | Won | [6] |
London Indian Film Festival 2013 | Audience Choice Award | Won | [7] | |
3rd SIIMA Awards | Best Director | Nominated | [9] | |
U Turn (2016 film) | 64th Filmfare Awards South | Best Film | Nominated | [10] |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
6th SIIMA Awards | Best Film | Nominated | [12] | |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
2nd IIFA Utsavam | Best Picture | Nominated | [13] | |
Best Direction | Won | |||
Best Story | Won | |||
Ondu Motteya Kathe | 65th Filmfare Awards South | Kannada Best Film | Won | [14] |
7th SIIMA Awards | Best Film | Nominated | [16] | |
Films directed by Pawan Kumar | |
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