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{{Infobox person<br />
| image = M S Sathyu Cropped.jpg<br />
| name = Mysore Srinivas Sathyu<br />
| caption = Sathyu in 2010<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1930|07|06}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mysore]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]], [[British India]]<br />
| occupation = Film director <br />[[Scenic design|Stage Designer]]<br />[[Art Director]]<br />
| known_for = [[Garm Hava]] and [[Bara (1982 film)|Bara]]<br />
| spouse = [[Shama Zaidi]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu''' (born 6 July 1930) is a film director, [[Scenic design|stage designer]] and [[art director]] from [[India]]. He is best known for his directorial ''[[Garm Hava]]'' (1973), which was based on the [[partition of India]].<ref name=mint>{{cite news |title=Back Story: Separate lives |url=http://www.livemint.com/2012/07/27221329/Film--Back-story.html |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date= 27 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101140149/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/xh9EvT8R5nSO58eu3RJgRL/Film--Back-story.html |archive-date=1 November 2018 }}</ref> He was awarded [[Padma Shri]] in 1975.<ref name="secund" /><br />
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==Early and personal life==<br />
Born into a [[Kannada]] family, Sathyu grew up in [[Mysore]]. He pursued his higher education at Mysore and later Bangalore. In 1952, he quit college while working on his [[Bachelor of Science|Bachelor of Science degree]]. Sathyu is married to [[Shama Zaidi]], a north Indian [[Shia]] Muslim. They have two daughters.<br />
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==Career==<br />
He freelanced as an animator in 1952–53. After being unemployed for nearly four years, he got his first salaried job as assistant director to filmmaker [[Chetan Anand (producer and director)|Chetan Anand]].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 (1964 film)|Haqeeqat]], a film by [[Chetan Anand (producer & director)|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]].<ref name="secund">Barnouw, Erik, and S. Krishnaswamy, [[Cinema of India|Indian Film]], New York and London, 1963.</ref><br />
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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 [[National Film Awards|Indian national awards]] in 1974, including a National Integration Award.<ref name="thurd"><br />
Chakravarty, Sumita S., National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema, 1947–1987, Austin, Texas, 1993</ref> 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.<ref name="prime">Azmi, Kafi and Shama Zaidi, Three Hindi Film Scripts, 1974.</ref><br />
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M. S. Sathyu currently is associated mainly with television and stage. In 2013, Sathyu featured in the popular [[Google]] ''[[Reunion (advertisement)|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).<ref name="indianexpress">{{cite news |title=Searching for Memories|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/searching-for-memories/1195036/ |publisher=[[The Indian Express]] |date= 15 November 2013 }}</ref> The commercial went viral on social media.<ref name="hindu142">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/back-with-the-wind/article6596295.ece|title=Back with the wind|date=14 November 2014|work=The Hindu|access-date=2014-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/10459212/Google-Search-emotional-Google-India-reunion-advert-goes-viral.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120053619/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/10459212/Google-Search-emotional-Google-India-reunion-advert-goes-viral.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 November 2013|title=Google Search: emotional Google India reunion advert goes viral|date=19 November 2013|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2014-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://world.time.com/2013/11/14/why-indians-and-pakistanis-find-this-ad-incredibly-moving/|title=Google India-Pakistan Search Ad|date=14 November 2013|magazine=TIME|access-date=2014-11-14}}</ref> Sathyu is one of the patrons of Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). He directed musical play Gul E Bakavali written by [[Sudhir Attavar|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.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 1965 : [[Filmfare Best Art Direction Award]]: ''[[Haqeeqat (1964 film)|Haqeeqat]]'' (for black-and-white film category)<br />
* 1974 : [[Cannes Film Festival]]: [[Golden Palm]] : ''Garm Hava'': Nominated.<br />
* 1974 : [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]]: [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]]: ''Garam Hawa''<ref name="21stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/21st_nff_1973.pdf|title=21st National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=29 September 2011}}</ref><br />
* 1975 : [[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013) |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref><br />
* 1981-82 : [[Karnataka State Film Award for First Best Film]] for "Bara"<br />
* 1981-82 : [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Director]] for "Bara"<br />
* 1982 : [[Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada]] for "Bara"<br />
* 1982 : [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada]] for "Bara"<br />
* 1984 : [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]]: [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]]: ''[[Sookha]]''<ref name="31staward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm31stNFAAward.aspx|title=31st National Film Awards|publisher=[[India International Film Festival]]|access-date=9 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112200555/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm31stNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=12 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="31stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/31st_nff_1984.pdf|title=31st National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=9 December 2011}}</ref> <br />
* 1984 : [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film|Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie Hindi]] : ''Sookha''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766166/awards Awards] ''[[Internet Movie Database]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Critics Award for Best Film| publisher = Filmfare Awards Official listing, [[Indiatimes]]| url = http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_cfilm.htm| access-date = 2014-05-20| archive-date = 18 December 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141218030957/http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_cfilm.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref><br />
* 1994 : [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]: Stagecraft<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm |title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees |publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Official website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217185616/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-date=17 February 2012 }}</ref><br />
* 2014 :[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] : Theatre <ref>{{cite web|title=Declaration of Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Year 2014|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/files2015-16/Press%20Release%20SNA%20Awards%20for%20the%20year%202014%20-%20English.pdf|website=www.sangeetnatak.gov.in|access-date=13 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614110227/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/files2015-16/Press%20Release%20SNA%20Awards%20for%20the%20year%202014%20-%20English.pdf|archive-date=14 June 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==Production==<br />
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===Theatre plays===<br />
* Gul E Bakavali musical Play written by Sudheer Attavar<br />
* [[Dara Shikoh]] written by Danish Iqbal<br />
* Mudrarkshas<br />
* Aakhri Shama<br />
* Rashmon<br />
* Bakri ("Kuri" in Kannada)<br />
* Girija Ke sapne<br />
* Mote Ram Ke Sathyagrah<br />
* Emil's Enemies<br />
* [[Amrita]] :<br />
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===Films===<br />
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'''Feature Films'''<br />
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*Ek Tha Chotu Ek Tha Motu<br />
*[[Garm Hava|Garm Hawa]] (Hot Wind) 1973<br />
*''[[Chithegu Chinthe]]'' 1978 - Screened at 7th IFFI.<br />
*''[[Kanneshwara Rama]]'' (The Legendary Outlaw)<br />
* Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya (1981)<br />
*[[Bara (1982 film)|Bara]] (Famine), based on a short story by U.R. Anantha Murthy (1982)<br />
* ''[[Sookha]]'' Hindi version of the Kannada movie [[Bara (1982 film)|Bara]] (1983)<br />
*''[[Galige]]'' (1994) (Kannada)<br />
*Kotta (1999)<br />
*[[Ijjodu]] ( Kannada) 2009<br />
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'''Short films and Documentaries'''<br />
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*Irshad<br />
*Black Mountain<br />
*Ghalib<br />
*Islam in India<br />
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===Television===<br />
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'''TV serials'''<br />
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*Pratidhwani 1985<br />
*Choli Daaman 1987–88<br />
*Kayar (Coir) 1992<br />
*Antim Raja (The Last Raja of Coorg) 1986<br />
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'''Tele-films'''<br />
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*Aangan<br />
*Ek Hadsa Char Pehlu<br />
*Thangam<br />
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'''Television and YouTube Advertisements'''<br />
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*''[[Reunion (advertisement)|Reunion]]'', an advertisement for [[Google Search]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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