Pawan Kumar is a Kannada film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

. He is well known for the movies Manasaare

Manasaare

Manasaare is an Indian Kannada language movie directed by Yograj Bhat starring Diganth in the lead.-Plot:Manohara is an unemployed youth who is always looked down on by his family. However his uncle is very supportive to him. One day in order to prove that he is capable of doing something in his...

, Pancharangi

Pancharangi

The audio of the movie was released on 14 August 2010 by Sonu Nigam, Puneeth Rajkumar in the presence of cast and crew of the movie. The music for the movie is scored by Mano Murthy, who has scored for many of the earlier movies of Yogaraj Bhat.-External links:*...

 and his latest directorial debut Lifeu Ishtene

Lifeu Ishtene

Lifeu Ishtene is a dark comedy-drama Kannada film written and directed by Pawan Kumar. It features Diganth, Sindhu Lokanath and Samyukta Horanadu in the lead roles...

. Being from a theater background, he used to write scripts for plays on stage before working as an associate director with Yograj Bhat

Yograj Bhat

Yograj Bhat is a prominent Kannada film director, producer, screenwriter and a lyricist. He is most predominantly known for the 2006 film Mungaru Male, which he co-wrote with Preetam Gubbi. He was also the director of the film and was one of the lyricists in the film...

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Career

Pawan Kumar started his career in theater arts from the year 1998. He was part of many workshops and short-term training programs. After his first few years as an enthusiast creating amateur theatre within the college. Later he underwent professional training and moved on to a producing theater within a professional setup with regular public shows. He formed an English theater company called ACTor Productions in 2004 and he worked as an Artistic Director and a Producer. He has produced more than 70 public shows and he has collaborated in various capacities in theater productions produced by other theater companies. He has also conducted theater workshops in corporate companies, colleges, schools and for general public.

As a director

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| 2011 || Lifeu Ishtene

Lifeu Ishtene

Lifeu Ishtene is a dark comedy-drama Kannada film written and directed by Pawan Kumar. It features Diganth, Sindhu Lokanath and Samyukta Horanadu in the lead roles...

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As an Actor

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| 2007 || Mr. Garagasa || Dinesh Baboo

Dinesh Baboo

Dinesh Baboo , is an Indian film director, cinematographer, producer, actor and screenwriter. He has worked in both Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. His directorial ventures were chiefly with Kannada films...

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| 2008 || Inthi Ninna Preethiya

Inthi Ninna Preethiya

Inthi Ninna Preethiya is a 2008 Kannada film directed by Soori, under the Suri Talkies banner. The film stars Srinagar Kitty, Bhavana and Sonu in pivotal roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Sadhu Kokila...

|| Duniya Soori

Duniya Soori

Suri , also known as Duniya Soori or Soori, is a movie director from India. He became known as Duniya Soori 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. Soori came to fame after the Duniya...

 || Acted in a negative character
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| 2009 || Manasaare

Manasaare

Manasaare is an Indian Kannada language movie directed by Yograj Bhat starring Diganth in the lead.-Plot:Manohara is an unemployed youth who is always looked down on by his family. However his uncle is very supportive to him. One day in order to prove that he is capable of doing something in his...

|| Yograj Bhat

Yograj Bhat

Yograj Bhat is a prominent Kannada film director, producer, screenwriter and a lyricist. He is most predominantly known for the 2006 film Mungaru Male, which he co-wrote with Preetam Gubbi. He was also the director of the film and was one of the lyricists in the film...

 || Acted as a lunatic engineer
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| 2010 || Pancharangi

Pancharangi

The audio of the movie was released on 14 August 2010 by Sonu Nigam, Puneeth Rajkumar in the presence of cast and crew of the movie. The music for the movie is scored by Mano Murthy, who has scored for many of the earlier movies of Yogaraj Bhat.-External links:*...

|| Yograj Bhat

Yograj Bhat

Yograj Bhat is a prominent Kannada film director, producer, screenwriter and a lyricist. He is most predominantly known for the 2006 film Mungaru Male, which he co-wrote with Preetam Gubbi. He was also the director of the film and was one of the lyricists in the film...

 || Acted as Software Engineer returned from US
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| 2011 || Lifeu Ishtene

Lifeu Ishtene

Lifeu Ishtene is a dark comedy-drama Kannada film written and directed by Pawan Kumar. It features Diganth, Sindhu Lokanath and Samyukta Horanadu in the lead roles...

|| Pawan Kumar

Pawan Kumar

Pawan Kumar is a Kannada film director, actor and screenwriter. He is well known for the movies Manasaare, Pancharangi and his latest directorial debut Lifeu Ishtene...

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Awards and Recognitions in Theatre and Films

• Young Performing Arts Entrepreneur 2009 (India finalist) by British Council
• Osians Indian Talent Campus 2007
• Ability Foundation Short Films 2007 (Finalist)
• Indian Young Achiever 2006 (Finalist)
• 101 Genesis Film Project 2006 (Finalist)
• Best Actor Thespo 2002
• Best Creative Direction for Times Playfest