D. Sumana Kittur

Sumana Kittur
Born	D. Sumana Kittur Kittur, Periyapatna, Mysore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Film director, lyricist, screenwriter, journalist
Years active	2007–present

D. Sumana Kittur is an Indian journalist, film director and lyricist working in Kannada cinema. She debuted into cinema as an associate to director K. M. Chaitanya with Aa Dinagalu (2007) and also wrote the lyrics for the title track . Following this, she rose to fame becoming an independent director with Slum Bala (2008). Her subsequent films such as Kallara Santhe (2009), Edegarike (2012) and Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu (2016) have earned critical acclaim, awards and commercial success. Most of her films deal with the anti-social elements dominating in the present era.

Sumana was born in Kittur, a small village near Periyapatna in Mysore District of Karnataka. Her father owned a small theatre house in the same village. After her graduation, she moved to Bangalore with the help of famous journalist turned film director Agni Shridhar. She began her film career assisting him and considers him as her teacher.

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