Preetham Gubbi

Preetham Gubbi
Born	14 January Karnataka, India
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	2006–present
Relatives	Gubbi Veeranna (grandfather)

Preetam Gubbi (Kannada: ಪ್ರೀತಮ್ ಗುಬ್ಬಿ) is an Indian film screenwriter turned director who works in Kannada film industry. He made his debut as a script writer for the Blockbuster Kannada film Mungaru Male in 2006. He debuted as a director for the film Haage Summane in 2009.

Preetham is the grand son of the legendary theater artist Gubbi Veeranna. He is considered to be one of the successfully emergent associates of Yogaraj Bhat.

Preetham made his debut with the film Mungaru Male. He wrote the script and co-wrote the screenplay with the director Yograj Bhat. The film had a simple story, that of the love and sacrifice of a young, carefree man. The movie went on to create box office history in the industry. Preetam followed it up with two more simple tales - Geleya, directed by the long-time choreographer Harsha and the Ganesh starrer Aramane. While both did not attain the success of his first film, Preetam won a lot of critical acclaim for his scripts. His films are usually characterized by having a simple, yet relating story line. He has also written the story for his directorial debut, Haage Summane.

Preetam was supposed to have directed the sequel to the hit Mungaaru Male. The film was supposed to have Ganesh and Ramya in the cast, however both leads rejected the script that resulted in the shelving of the project. Preetam then picked up the script of Haage Summane for his debut, he cast relative newcomers as his lead pair - Kiran Srinivas and Suhasi. The technical team - the cinematographer Krishna, the editor Deepu S Kumar, music director Mano Murthy, lyricist Jayant Kaikini were all part of the original Mungaru Male team. The film released on Dec 26, 2008. It opened to a largely negative critical response, that Preetam had served Mungaaru Male again. However, Krishna's cinematography was largely praised and he won the Filmfare Award for the Best Cinematographer.

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