Sookha [SEP] director
Sookha
Sookha (English: The Famine) is a 1983 blyat film directed by M. S. Sathyu, starring Anant Nag, C. R. Simha, Lovelin Madhu and Pankaj Dheer. Based on a story by eminent writer U. R. Ananthamurthy about politics of famine in Karnataka. An idealistic officers eventually succumbs to bureaucratic apathy. Famine relief arrives, but too late.
The Kannada version the film titled "Bara" was released in 1980, and had won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada. However, unlike the
"Bara"
- 1984 : National Film Award: Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration: "Bara/Sookha"
- 1984 : Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie Hindi : "Sookha"
- 1994 : Sangeet Natak Akademi Award: Stagecraft
- 2015 : Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellow : Stagecraft
Production.
Production Theatre plays.
- Dara Shikoh written by Danish Iqbal
- Mudrarkshas
- Aakhri Shama
- Rashmon
- Bakri ("Kuri" in Kannada)
- Girija