Sundeep Malani
Introduction '''Sandeep Malani''' (born 19 November 1971) is an Indian film director, documentary film maker, screenplay writer, and actor. He is the managing director of the production company 'Malani Talkies'.
Early years Sandeep Malani was born in 1971 to a Roman Catholic family in Mumbai and was raised in Mangalore. Malani himself did his early schooling at the Milagres School in Mangalore. and his BBM at SDM College. Later he did Journalism course at Sandesha, Mangalore. Has been trained Japanese and speaks most of the Indian languages. His mother tongue is Konkani.Malani was a choreographer and a dancer. He organised various events in Mangalore during 1992 to 1996 - all successful under the name 'Malani Presents - Something Special'Malani was a film journalist for The Canara Times,Mangalore and later for a few years in The Times of India,Bangalore. He also was a freelancer film critic for various websites and magazines.Malani co-directed the Kannada film, ''Miss California'', which was the debut film of actor Diganth.He has variously served as a TV host for local Mangalorean channels, events organiser, costume designer and directed a few music videos for local channels involving dancers and stage artistes of Mangalore. Malani has acted in a few theatre plays as well. Malani co-directed the Kannada version of the Tamil film ''One Two Three'' starring Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram, Prasad and Jyothika. The film was directed by K Subaash.Sandeep Malani directed the Bollywood Film, 'Woh 5 Din' a suspense thriller shot in Barielly and Nainital with newcomers. Later he directed Kalpana Pandit, Akash Hora and Anant Nag in 'Janleva 555'.As a Screenwriter, Malani has assisted K Subaash in the writing of Rohit Shetty's film Chennai Express and also wrote the script of 'Hello India' starring Akshay Kumar.Malani has also been a part of the direction team in Onir's ''I Am'' anthology film, working on the "I Am Abhimanyu" and "I Am Omar" segments.He has directed a variety of short films, some of them covering controversial issues such as AIDS ("Jo Jo Laali – a heart wrenching lullaby") and homosexuality ("Shaayad"). His other short film was made in three languages: "Hum Tum Aur Loan" (Hindi), "Yella Ok, Loan Yaake" (Kannada) and "A Loanly Life" (English).
Filmography (as director and co-director) === Feature films === Year  Film  Language  Directed by  Other notes  1995  ''1995 A Dance Story''   English  Sundeep Malani  Director and Choreographer 2006  ''Miss California''   Kannada   Kudlu Ramakrishna  Co-director 2006  ''SMS 6260''   Kannada   Sundeep Malani   2006  ''SMS 6260''   English  Sundeep Malani   2011  ''I Am'' Hindi  Onir  Assistant Director  "Omar" & "Abhimanyu" segments 2011  ''Woh 5 Din''   Hindi  Sundeep Malani  2012  ''Janleva 555''   Hindi  Sundeep Malani  2014  ''Sulige Sikkidaaga''   Kannada Sundeep Malani  2017  ''Yeh CineMaa Hai''   Hindi  Sundeep Malani === Short films === Year  Film  Language  Other notes 2010  "Albatross – a flying tale"  English  Director   2010  "Moments"  Hindi  Director   2010  "Jo Jo Laali – a heart wrenching lullaby"  Kannada  Director  2010  "Hum Tum Aur Loan"  Hindi  Director 2010  "Shaayad"  English  Director 2012  "Jojo Darling"  Hindi  Director  === Documentaries === Year  Film  Language  Other notes 2005  ''Fun With Language''  Japanese  Director 2010  ''LMAI – The Evolution''  English  Director 2014  ''Roop Ki Rani Sridevi''  Hindi Musical  Director 2014  ''YashRaj Heroines De Jayenge''  Hindi Musical  Director 2018  ''Sridevi Lives Forever''  English  Director
Selected filmography (as actor)  Year Film Role Type Other notes1993''Bangar Patler''  Tulu 1995''September (8)''  Tulu 1997''Bogsanhe'' Hotel Owner's son Konkani  1999''Z'' Kannada  2000''Indradhanush'' Guest in a song  Kannada''Swalpa Adjust Madkolli'' Artist  Kannada2001''Aryabhata'' Kannada  2002''123'' Boss Tamil Also Assistant Director''Manasella Neene'' Venu's Friend Kannada  Also Assistant Director2005''Jootata'' Hotel OwnerKannada 2006''Padri'' Guest in a song Konkani ''Miss California'' Temple Priest Kannada  Also Co-director''SMS 6260'' Guest College Lecturer Kannada-English  Also Director 2007''Masala'' Scientist Konkani ''Tirupathi'' Judge Kannada ''Julie'' Boss Kannada ''C/o Footpath'' Artist Kannada  2009 ''Kazar''  Konkani film  2015''Dhand''DoctorTulu2017''MAA:yeh cine-maa hai'' Hindi/English  2018''Iruvudellava Bittu''   Kannada  2018''Darpana''Doctor EeshwarKannada2018''Abhaya Hastha''DancerKannada 2018''Huttadha Sutha''GangsterKannada2018''Mookavismitha''Hiriyanna, Egoistic Father KannadaBest Supporting Actor Award, Best Actor Award
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