M. S. Sathyu

Film Director

M. S. Sathyu was born in Mysore, Karnataka, India on July 6th, 1930 and is the Film Director. At the age of 94, M. S. Sathyu biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
July 6, 1930
Nationality
India
Place of Birth
Mysore, Karnataka, India
Age
94 years old
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Profession
Art Director, Film Director
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Shama Zaidi
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M. S. Sathyu Career

He worked in theatre as a designer and director, including designing sets and lights for productions of Hindustani Theatre, Okhla Theatre of Habib Tanvir, Kannada Bharati and other groups of Delhi. In films, he has worked as an art director, camera-man, screenwriter, producer and director. His first film. His fas an independent Art director or Haqeeqat, a film by Chetan 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 and Kannada.

His best known work, Garm Hava (Scorching Winds, 1973), is one of the last cinema productions featuring 1950s Marxist cultural activists including Balraj Sahni and Kaifi Azmi. Garm Hava won several Indian national awards in 1974, including a National Integration Award. 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.

M. S. Sathyu currently is associated mainly with television and stage. In 2013, Sathyu featured in the popular Google Reunion 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). The commercial went viral on social media.

Sathyu is one of the patrons of Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA).

He directed musical play Gul E Bakavali written by Sudheer 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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M. S. Sathyu Awards
  • 1965 : Filmfare Best Art Direction Award: Haqeeqat (for black-and-white film category)
  • 1974 : Cannes Film Festival: Golden Palm : Garm Hava: Nominated.
  • 1974 : National Film Award: Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration: Garam Hawa
  • 1975 : Padma Shri
  • 1981-82 : Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film for "Bara"
  • 1981-82 : Karnataka State Film Award for Best Director for "Bara"
  • 1982 : Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada for "Bara"
  • 1982 : Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada for "Bara"
  • 1984 : National Film Award: Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration: Sookha
  • 1984 : Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie Hindi : Sookha
  • 1994 : Sangeet Natak Akademi Award: Stagecraft
  • 2014 :Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship : Theatre