Mysore Srinivas Sathyu | |
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 Sathyu in 2010 | |
| Born | (1930-07-06)6 July 1930 (age 95) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director Stage Designer Art Director |
| Known for | Garm Hava andBara |
| Spouse | Shama Zaidi |
Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu (born 6 July 1930) is a film director,stage designer andart director fromIndia. He is best known for his directorialGarm Hava (1973), which was based on thepartition of India.[1] He was awardedPadma Shri in 1975.[2]
Born into aKannada family, Sathyu grew up inMysore. He pursued his higher education at Mysore and later Bangalore. In 1952, he quit college while working on hisBachelor of Science degree. Sathyu is married toShama Zaidi, a north IndianShia Muslim. They have two daughters.
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 filmmakerChetan Anand.He worked in theatre as a designer and director, including designing sets and lights for productions of Hindustani Theatre,Okhla Theatre ofHabib Tanvir, Kannada Bharati and other groups ofDelhi. In films, he has worked as an art director, camera-man, screenwriter, producer and director. His first film. His fas an independentArt director orHaqeeqat, a film byChetan 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 andKannada.[2]
His best known work,Garm Hava (Scorching Winds, 1973), is one of the last cinema productions featuring 1950s Marxist cultural activists includingBalraj Sahni andKaifi Azmi. Garm Hava won severalIndian national awards in 1974, including a National Integration Award.[3] 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.[4]
M. S. Sathyu currently is associated mainly with television and stage. In 2013, Sathyu featured in the popularGoogleReunion 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).[5] The commercial went viral on social media.[6][7][8] Sathyu is one of the patrons of Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). He directed musical play Gul E Bakavali written bySudheer 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.
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Tele-films
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