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Suneel Puranik also known as Sunil Puranik is an Indian film and tele-serial actor, director and producer who predominantly working in the Kannada Film and Television Industry.[1][2][3][4] He is the present chairman of Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Suneel Puranik
Chairman, Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2020
Appointed by	Government of Karnataka
Preceded by	Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
Personal details
Born	Suneel Puranik (1965-08-19) 19 August 1965 (age 56) India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	K.H.K Institute, Dharwad
Occupation	Actor, Director, Producer

Early life

Suneel was born and brought up in Dharwad.^{[citation needed]} He attended Junior Technical School, Hubli and Karnataka High School, Dharwad, obtained Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from K.H.K Institute, Dharwad and pursued professional training in film making from Adarsha Film Institute.^{[citation needed]} Suneel married Suhasini in 1991 and has two sons Sagar Puranik (born 1992), and Sameer Puranik (born 2000).^{[citation needed]}

Career

Suneel started his career in film industry as an actor in tele-serial. His first project was Venkataswami Pranaya Prasangagalu directed by M. S. Sathyu. Thereafter he assisted V. Somashekhar in directing movie named Ranaranga and Parashuram. Chirasmarane a Kannada TV serial about freedom fighters from Karnataka such as, Mundaragi Bhimarao, Naragunda Babasaheb, Surapura Venkatappa Nayaka, Sangolli Rayanna, Kitturu Chennamma, etc telecasted by Doordarshan was directed by him 1997. In 2010, he made his directorial debuts with film ‘Gurukula’ about the Gurukula, an education system of our ancient India which won Best Children’s Movie Award State Award in 2009-2010. He has held positions in the Kannada Film and Television Industry such as Member, Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy, Member, Karnataka Chalanachitra Nirdeshakara Sangha, Member, and Karnataka Chalanachitra Prashasti Samithi. Suneel Puranik was an honorary Member in the Jury of National Film Awards, 2016 and was a member of jury in the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in 2018.[11][4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Actor	Director	Producer	Language	Role	Notes
1992	Chevalier Michael	Yes	No	No	Malayalam	Igineshious
2003	Abhi	Yes	No	No	Kannada	Joseph
2010	Gurukula[3][9]	No	Yes	No	Kannada		Karnataka State Film Award for Best Children Film[2]
2016	Lift Man	Yes	No	No	Kannada
TBA	Kappu Gulabi	No	Yes	No	Kannada		Filming[1]

TV Series

As Actor

Year	Title	Role	Channel
2000–2001	Devru Devru Devru		Udaya TV
2001–2002	Danda Pindagalu
2003–2004	Moodala Mane		ETV Kannada
2011–2012	Thangali		Udaya TV
2014–2016	Putta Gowri Madhuve		ETV Kannada
2016–2017	Mahasati		Udaya TV
2020–2021	Manasaare	Anand Mahendra	Udaya TV

As director

Year	Title	Channel
1997–1998	Chirasmarane	Doordarshan
2016–2017	Mahasati	Udaya TV

Accolades

Suneel has been awarded numerous accolades for his work. The most important ones are:

• Kempegowda Award in 2009[9]
• Karnataka Rajyothsava Award (2009) by Government of Karnataka[9]
• Aryabhata Award
• Best Children Film Awardee for his directorial film ‘Gurukula’.
• Chitra Rasikara Prashasti for his role in the tele-serial Sangolli Rayanna.
• Act Television award
• Indira Priyadarshini Award
• ‘Communicator of the Year’, Award from Public Relations Counsel of India.

References

External links

• Suneel Puranik at IMDb
• Suneel Puranik at IMDb

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