2017Nominee
Best Picture
Ondu Motteya Kathe
Pawan Kumar
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
October 29, 1982
Biography
Pawan Kumar is a film director, actor and screenwriter in the Kannada film industry. He is well known for the films Manasaare, Pancharangi, his directorial debut Lifeu Ishtene and the 2013 psychological thriller Lucia became one of the biggest turning points of his career. Being from a theatre background, he wrote scripts for plays on stage before working as an associate director with Yograj Bhat.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2025Nominee
Best Performance
Shodha
2021Nominee
Best Performance
Seetimaarr
Career Highlights
2017Highlight
Best Writing
Careful
2018Highlight
Best Director
U Turn