Pawan Kumar (director)

Pawan Kumar
Born	(1982-10-29) 29 October 1982 (age 42)
Occupations	Director producer screenwriter actor
Years active	2007–present
Spouse	Sowmya Jaganmurthy ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	1

Pawan Kumar (born 29 October 1982) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor who primarily works in Kannada cinema. ^[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] In 2023 he wrote and directed the Malayalam film Dhoomam which is regarded by the critics as his worst film. The film was a big disaster at the box office. ^[3]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

As director

Films

List of Pawan Kumar film directing credits

Year	Title	Credited as			Language	Notes
		Director	Writer	Producer
2009	Manasaare	No	Yes	No	Kannada
2010	Pancharangi	No	Yes	No
2011	Lifeu Ishtene	Yes	Yes	No
2013	Lucia	Yes	Yes	Yes		[4]
2016	U Turn	Yes	Yes	Yes
2017	Ondu Motteya Kathe	No	No	Yes
2018	U Turn	Yes	Yes	No	Tamil; Telugu	Bilingual Film. Debut in Tamil and Telugu cinema.
2021	Ikkat	No	No	Yes	Kannada
2023	Dhoomam	Yes	Yes	No	Malayalam	Debut in Malayalam cinema.

Web series

Pawan Kumar web series credits

Year	Title	Credited as			Network	Language
		Director	Writer	Producer
2019	Leila	Yes	No	No	Netflix	Hindi
2021	Kudi Yedamaithe	Yes	Yes	Co-producer	Aha	Telugu

As actor

Pawan Kumar film acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Mr. Garagasa
2008	Inthi Ninna Preethiya	Vaasne Baabu
2009	Manasaare	Dollar
	Circus
2010	Pancharangi	Lakshman "Lucky" Rao
2011	Lifeu Ishtene	Suraj
2015	Plus
2018	Gultoo	Phaneesh
	Chambal
2019	Alidu Ulidavaru
2021	Kudi Yedamaithe	Harsha	Telugu web series
2022	Honeymoon	New friend in a bar	web series
	Gaalipata 2	Bhushan
2023	Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare	senior	Cameo
2024	Bachelor Party	Lobo Griffin	Cameo

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations received by Pawan Kumar

Year	Work	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
	Lifeu Ishtene	59th Filmfare Awards South	Best Director	Nominated	[5]
		Bangalore Times Film Awards	Best Director	Won	[6]
	Lucia	61st Filmfare Awards South	Best Director	Won	[7]
		London Indian Film Festival 2013	Audience Choice Award	Won	[8] [9]
		3rd SIIMA Awards	Best Director	Nominated	[10]
	U Turn	64th Filmfare Awards South	Best Film	Nominated	[11] [12]
			Best Director	Nominated
		6th SIIMA Awards	Best Film	Nominated	[13]
			Best Director	Nominated
		2nd IIFA Utsavam	Best Picture	Nominated	[14]
			Best Direction	Won
			Best Story	Won
	Ondu Motteya Kathe	65th Filmfare Awards South	Kannada Best Film	Won	[15] [16]
		7th SIIMA Awards	Best Film	Nominated	[17]

References

1. Pawan Kumar says 'move on' with Lifeu Ishtene
2. Kannada Movie: Pawan Hailed Asst Directors Grow – Jayanth Kaikini
3. "Dhoomam (2023)".
4. Suresh, Anandu (6 July 2023). "Dhoomam director Pawan Kumar says he wants to do a light-hearted film next: 'I have a genuine fondness for slice-of-life films'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
5. "59th Idea Filmfare Awards South (Winners list)". Filmfare. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
6. "The Bangalore Times Film Awards 2011". The Times of India . 21 June 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012.
7. "61st Idea South Filmfare Awards". Indiasnaps.com. 12 July 2014.
8. PTI (29 July 2013). "Kannada film Lucia wins at London Indian Film Festival". TheHindustan Times. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
9. Kannada film Lucia wins at London Indian Film Festival – Hindustan Times
10. "And-the-SIIMA-Awards-go-to". The Times of India. timesofindia. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
11. "64th Filmfare South Awards 2017: Here's Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tamil nomination lists". ibtimes.com. 8 June 2015.
12. "Winners: 64th Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 (South)". Times of India. 19 June 2017.
13. "SIIMA Nominations: Theri, Janatha Garage, Maheshinte Prathikaram and Kirik Party lead". Indian Express. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
14. "IIFA Utsavam 2017 (2016) Kannada Full Show, Nominees & Winners". Updatebro.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
15. "Nominations for the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018". Filmfare. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
16. "Winners of the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018". Filmfare. 16 June 2018. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
17. "Nomination List / Kannada". SIIMA. siima.in. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

External links

• Pawan Kumar on Facebook
• Pawan Kumar at IMDb