Pilibail Yamunakka – A Film by K Sooraj Shetty

Yamunakka – A Film by K Sooraj Shetty

16 Year old boy having a dream of making cinema travels to Bengaluru. What happened next is miracle! Yes we are talking about K Sooraj Shetty director of Pilibail Yamunakka. Famous quote “Hard work pays off” well suits for hard working young talented director K Sooraj Shetty which made him one of the most wanted director of Tulu Cinema.

Sooraj Shetty, son of late Koragappa Shetty and Padmavathi, born on 18^th August 1986, Manjeshwara. With the dream of film making Sooraj shifted to Bengaluru at a young age. After the effort he put on as cameraman in famous Kannada channel, he got an opportunity to work under cameraman H C. Venugopal as assistant for the film.  HC Venugopal is a renowned camera man and husband of sandalwood actress Tara.

His first Tulu Cinema was as Assistant Director with Srinivas Kaushik directorial “Birse”, thereafter he worked with Raghunath Rai Kumbra’s “Kanchilda Baale” as Asst. Director. His break film as independent director is “Yekka Saka” which gave him lots of fame with his creative direction skill and quality.  Ln. Kishore D Shetty’s given him a chance by seeing his past talent and experience.

Sooraj Says “Pilibali Yamunakka has a different story line and a new conception which has comedy, fight and romance. Film is about nature of a common man Anger, Jealousy and Love”.

“Film has come out more than I expected, Sonal and Pruthvi Ambar and Chandrakala Mohan has done excellent acting. Different comedy subject used in PBY has Naveen D Padil’s comedy and Sathish Bandale, Vismaya Vinayak’s comedy pair whereas Vismaya Vinayak’s kirikiri(irritation) with Sathish Bandale will be seen in film” he says.

“I usually take 7 to 11 months to complete one project and I am more comfortable with my own story, dialogue and screenplay”. “I discuss lot with my team and always involve my producer also to be part of the film, this helps the producer when, where and for what to spend his money in this way producer will be aware of the expenses and this will help in his future projects” he says.

Presently K Sooraj Shetty has a ready project in hand in the name “English”, He added saying “Tulu Industry is very small, film either should help industry or an investing producer. I will be the happy director if I achieve either of them”

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