Sumana Kittur

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Sumana Kittur
Born
Kittur, Mysore, Karnataka, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesSuman Kittur
Occupations
  • Film director
  • lyricist
  • screenwriter
  • journalist
Years active2007–present
Spouse
Sreenivas
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(m. 2020)​

D. Suman Kittur is an Indian journalist, film director and lyricist working in Kannada cinema. [1] She began as an independent director with Slum Bala (2008), before working on films such as Kallara Santhe (2009), Edegarike (2012) and Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu (2016). Most of her films deal with anti-social elements. [2] She is one of the few women directors to win a state award.

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Biography

Suman was born in Kittur, a village near Periyapatna in Mysore district of Karnataka. Her father owned a small theatre in the same village. [3] With the love and passion for cinemas, he ran the theatre, though it faced huge losses. His vision to bring entertainment even to small towns was the reason she took movies. Her Inspiration came from her father initially. After her graduation, she moved to Bangalore , when the villagers forced her to marry. Seeing the talent she possessed, her father took him to journalist turned film director Agni Shridhar. Later his father died and She began her film career assisting him. She began her life as a writer for Agni Journals. With her writing skills she later began writing songs and scripts for movies. Foreseeing her talent, his guru gave the first opportunity to work in films. She began with film Aa Dinagalu. Though she took the entire work of the film, she gave credits to the director and later realising her talent she was given the huge responsibility of become a debut director.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2007 Aa Dinagalu Associate director and lyricist
2008 Slum Bala Director, lyricist [4]
2009 Kallara Santhe Director, lyricist Karnataka State Film Award (Special Jury Award) [4]
2012 Edegarike Director, screenwriter, lyricist Karnataka State Film Award for Third Best Film
Bangalore International Film Festival Special Jury Award
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Director
Nominated, Bangalore Times Film Award for Best Director		 [5] [6] [7]
2016 Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Director [8] [9] [10]

Personal life

Sumana Kittur was married on 17 April 2020. [11] [12]

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