(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 Production Theatre plays Gul E Bakavali musical Play written by Sudheer Attavar Dara Shikoh written by Danish Iqbal Mudrarkshas Aakhri Shama Rashmon Bakri ("Kuri" in Kannada) Girija Ke sapne Mote Ram Ke Sathyagrah Emil's Enemies Amrita : Films Feature Films Ek Tha Chotu Ek Tha Motu Garm Hawa (Hot Wind) 1973 Chithegu Chinthe 1978 - Screened at 7th IFFI. Kanneshwara Rama (The Legendary Outlaw) Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya (1981) Bara (Famine), based on a short story by U.R. Anantha Murthy (1982) Sookha Hindi version of the Kannada movie Bara (1983) Ghalige (Kannada) Kotta (1999) Ijjodu ( Kannada) 2009 Short films and Documentaries Irshad Black Mountain Ghalib Islam in India Television TV serials Pratidhwani 1985 Choli Daaman 1987–88 Kayar (Coir) 1992 Antim Raja (The Last Raja of Coorg) 1986 Tele-films Aangan Ek Hadsa Char Pehlu Thangam Television and YouTube Advertisements Reunion, an advertisement for Google Search References External links Living people Indian art directors Hindi-language film directors Indian television directors Kannada film directors Artists from Mysore Indian theatre directors Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Filmfare Awards winners Indian scenic designers Filmfare Awards South winners 20th-century Indian designers Screenwriters from Karnataka 20th-century Indian film directors Film directors from Karnataka Film producers from Karnataka 21st-century Indian film directors Producers who won the Best Film on National Integration National Film Award Directors who won the Best Film on National Integration National Film Award 1930 births Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship