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Sandeep Malani
Born	Sandeep Malani (1971-11-19) 19 November 1971 (age 53) Mumbai, Maharashtra
Occupation(s)	Film director, film actor, screenplay writer, documentary film maker, choreographer, and film critic
Years active	1991–present

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

Early years

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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.

Malani co-directed the Kannada version of the Tamil film One Two Three starring Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram, Prasad and Jyothika. The film was directed by K Subaash.

Sandeep Malani directed the Bollywood Film, 'Woh 5 Din' 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)

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Feature films

Short films

Documentaries

Selected filmography (as actor)

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

References

1. "Sundeep Malani | Actor, Director, Writer". IMDb. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
2. Sundeep Malani – Lights, Camera, Action! – 6 March 2009, Mangalorean.com
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7. Malini's Work Pays – 13 December 2006, One India
8. ^ SMS 6260 – A Directorial Debut By Versatile Mangalorean Sundeep Malani – 25 March 2009, Mangalorean.com
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12. "From Kanglish to Hindi". The Times of India. 10 December 2009. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
13. "Ambuja | Song - Laali Laali Jo Jo Laali (Lyrical) | Kannada Video Songs - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
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17. Sundeep Malani's Triple Short on Loans! ICARE Live
18. "Sandeep Malani's next - 'Maa' is a family entertainer". Newskarnataka. 24 July 2016.
19. "Sandeep Malani's 'Maa - yeh cine-maa hai' poster released". Newskarnataka. 10 September 2016.

External links

• Sundeep Malani at IMDb

• Living people
• 1971 births
• Indian Sindhi people
• Film directors from Mumbai
• Indian documentary filmmakers
• Indian male screenwriters
• Male actors in Kannada cinema
• Indian male film actors
• 21st-century Indian male actors
• Male actors from Mumbai
• Film producers from Mumbai