Sundeep Malani

Sandeep Malani (born 19 November 1971) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is the managing director of the production company 'Malani Talkies'.

Early years

Sandeep Malani was born in 1971 to a Roman Catholic family in Mumbai and was raised in Mangalore. Malani himself did his early schooling at the Milagres School in Mangalore. and his BBM at SDM College. Later he did Journalism course at Sandesha, Mangalore. Has been trained Japanese and speaks most of the Indian languages. His mother tongue is Konkani. Malani was a choreographer and a dancer. He organised various events in Mangalore during 1992 to 1996 - all successful under the name 'Malani Presents - Something Special' Malani was a film journalist for The Canara Times,Mangalore and later for a few years in The Times of India,Bangalore. He also was a freelancer film critic for various websites and magazines.

Malani co-directed the Kannada film, Miss California, which was the debut film of actor Diganth.

He has variously served as a TV host for local Mangalorean channels, events organiser, costume designer and directed a few music videos for local channels involving dancers and stage artistes of Mangalore. Malani has acted in a few theatre plays as well. a suspense thriller shot in Barielly and Nainital with newcomers. Later he directed Kalpana Pandit, Akash Hora and Anant Nag in 'Janleva 555'.

As a Screenwriter, Malani has assisted K Subaash in the writing of Rohit Shetty's film Chennai Express and also wrote the script of 'Hello India' starring Akshay Kumar.

Malani has also been a part of the direction team in Onir's I Am anthology film, working on the "I Am Abhimanyu" and "I Am Omar" segments.

He has directed a variety of short films, some of them covering controversial issues such as AIDS ("Jo Jo Laali – a heart wrenching lullaby") and homosexuality ("Shaayad"). His other short film was made in three languages: "Hum Tum Aur Loan" (Hindi), "Yella Ok, Loan Yaake" (Kannada) and "A Loanly Life" (English).

Filmography (as director)

Feature films Year Film Language Other notes 1995 1995 A Dance Story English Director and Choreographer 2006 SMS 6260 Kannada 2011 Woh 5 Din Hindi 2012 Janleva 555 Hindi 2014 Sulige Sikkidaaga Kannada 2017 Yeh CineMaa Hai Hindi

Short films Year Film Language Other notes 2010 "Albatross – a flying tale" English Director 2010 "Moments" Hindi Director 2010 "Jo Jo Laali – a heart wrenching lullaby" Kannada Director 2010 "Hum Tum Aur Loan" Hindi Director 2010 "Shaayad" English Director 2012 "Jojo Darling" Hindi Director

Documentaries Year Film Language Other notes 2005 Fun With Language Japanese Director 2010 LMAI – The Evolution English Director 2014 Roop Ki Rani Sridevi Hindi Musical Director 2014 YashRaj Heroines De Jayenge Hindi Musical Director 2018 Sridevi Lives Forever English Director

Selected filmography (as actor)

Note: all films are in Kannada, unless otherwise noted.