Duniya Soori

Suri/Soori known as Duniya Suri or Sukka Suri is an Indian movie director. He became known as Duniya Suri in the wake of the success of his debut movie Duniya, for which he won the 2006–2007 Karnataka State Film Awards in the Best Screenplay category.[1] Suri came to fame after the Duniya release, for its realistic style. The work brought a different dimension to Kannada movies.

Duniya Soori
Suri writing a script in 2017
Born	Gottigere, Bangalore, India
Occupation	Filmmaker Art director
Years active	2006 - Present
Works	Filmography
Style	Crime Drama Black Comedy Action
Children	1

His second film Inthi Ninna Preethiya though critically acclaimed, performed poorly at the box office, while his next project Junglee was a greater critical and commercial success.[2] Recent projects include the film Jackie with Puneeth Rajkumar which was declared the blockbuster of 2010[3] and was adjudged the Best Film of 2010 at the South Filmfare Awards.[4] After the success of Jackie in 2010, Soori teamed up with Puneeth Rajkumar again in Anna Bond which released on 1 May 2012 and broke all previous Sandalwood opening records.[5]

Early life

With a bachelor's degree in Visual Arts in 1999 from Kalamandira School of Arts - Bangalore, he extensively worked in visual arts, television and documentaries before getting the big break in his directorial debut film ‘Duniya’ in 2006. He started his own signboard business at an early age of 12 and successfully expanded his works to various parts of India through wall paintings, portraits, interior decoration, window displays and art reproduction works before deciding to pursue a degree in Visual Arts. His works in stage and art continued even during his Kalamandira days and as a reflection, his films are also well known for excellent art work.[6]

Filmography

All films are in Kannada Language otherwise noted the Language

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Story	Producer	Notes
2003	Mani	No	Yes	No	No	co-writer: Yogaraj Bhat
2004	Ranga SSLC	No	Yes	Yes	No
2007	Duniya	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2008	Inthi Ninna Preethiya	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2009	Junglee	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2010	Jackie	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2012	Anna Bond	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2013	Kaddipudi	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	co-writer: Rajesh Nataranga
2015	Kendasampige	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	co-writer: Rajesh Nataranga
2016	Doddmane Hudga	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	co-writer: Vikas
2018	Tagaru	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	co-Storywriter: Surendranath
2020	Popcorn Monkey Tiger	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	co-writer: Amritha K Bhargav[7]
TBA	Kage bangara	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Filming ; delayed
TBA	Silent Sunila	Yes	Yes	No	No	co-writer: Agni Shridhar delayed
TBA	Bad Manners	Yes	Yes	TBA	No	Filming

Awards

Year	Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2006-07	Duniya	Karnataka State Film Awards	Best Screenplay	Won	[8]
2008-09	Junglee	Karnataka State Film Awards	Best Screenplay	Won	[9]
2013	Anna Bond	2nd SIIMA Awards	SIIMA Best Director	Nominated	[10]
2019	Tagaru	Filmfare Awards	Best Director	Nominated	[11]
		8th SIIMA Awards	SIIMA Best Director	Nominated	[12]

References

1. ""Duniya" - Kannada Movie Archived 26 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine"
2. "Second time unlucky". Deccan Chronicle. 6 November 2009.
3. "Jackie celebrates 50 days". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
4. "The glitter, the gloss, the razzmatazz - South Filmfare Awards". The Times of India. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
5. Puneet to work with Soori
6. "Official website". Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
7. "Behind the scenes of Suri's Popcorn Monkey Tiger", New Indian Express, 13 February 2020
8. Karnataka State Film Awards – 2006-2007 Archived 2011-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
9. INFORMATION: STATE FILM AWARDS 2008-09 (KARNATAKA)
10. Sudish Kamath. "Stars in Sharjah for 2nd SIIMA". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
11. "Nominations for the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
12. SIIMA Awards 2019: Here’s a complete list of nominees