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Director

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Male

Birthday

06 December

Location

Maharashtra, India

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Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni

Biography

Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni is a Marathi film director. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. He is known for Marathi films such as Valu (The Wild Bull), Vihir (The Well), Deool (The Temple), and Highway.

 

He is known for short films such as Girni (Grinding Machine), Three Of Us, Vilay, Gaarud and Darshan.

 

He received a National Film Award for Best Debut Director for his short film Girni. His other short film Three Of Us was also appreciated worldwide.

 

Deool (The Temple), his feature film, received a National Film Award for best film in 2011.

 

His first feature film Valu was a significant film for Marathi cinema. It is amongst the few Marathi films that kept the box office collection on an upward swing and also traveled to more than 30 International film festivals, including the Berlin Film Festival

 

He then went on to work on features like Vihir and Deool. Vihir was featured in the Netherlands at the Berlin Film Festival and Rotterdam International Film Festival 2010. 

 

Deool won the 59th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film, Best Actor (Girish Kulkarni), and Best Dialogue (Girish Kulkarni).