Duniya Soori

Duniya Soori

Duniya Soori

Suri writing a script in 2017

Occupation
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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. Suri came to fame after the Duniya release, for its realistic style. The work brought a different dimension to Kannada movies.

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. Recent projects include the film Jackie with Puneeth Rajkumar which was declared the blockbuster of 2010 and was adjudged the Best Film of 2010 at the South Filmfare Awards. 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.

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.

Filmography

All films are in Kannada Language otherwise noted the Language

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

Awards

Year	Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2006-07	Duniya	Karnataka State Film Awards	Best Screenplay	Template:Won
2008-09	Junglee	Karnataka State Film Awards	Best Screenplay	Template:Won
2013	Anna Bond	2nd SIIMA Awards	SIIMA Best Director	Template:Nom
2019	Tagaru	Filmfare Awards	Best Director	Template:Nom
		8th SIIMA Awards	SIIMA Best Director	Template:Nom