Sudheer Attavar is an Indian film director-lyricist and Sahitya Academy awarded author who predominantly works in South Indian films. His Kannada film Mrityorma, produced by Trivikrama Sapalya, won a special jury award in Jaipur International Film Festival. He is the director of Parie, a 2012 Kannada-language film with three Padma Shri awardees; M S Sathyu, Usha Uthup and Nemai Ghosh. His film MADI received Global Best Social Awareness Film Award in 7th Rajasthan International Film Festival and Best Director Award in 2021. He received Sahitya Akademi Award for Gul E Bakavali. This play was represented in the 8th World Theatre Olympics. He is the producer of the film Munnudi which received a National Award. Kabir Bedi made his Kannada film debut in Kari Haida KORAGAJJA, film directed by Sudheer Attavar and produced by Trivikram Sapalya. His film career started as a lyricist. His debut film was IJJODU by BIG Pictures and later wrote more than 50 film songs in Kannada & Tulu. He started Success Films International, a production house with editor Vidyadhar Shetty. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudhir_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)