Sandeep Malani | |
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Born |
Sandeep Malani 19 November 1971 Mumbai, Maharashtra |
Occupation | Film director, film actor, screenplay writer, documentary film maker, choreographer, and film critic |
Years active | 1991–present |
Spouse(s) | Reshma Malani née Sequeira |
Sandeep Malani (born 19 November 1971) is an Indian film director.
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.
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 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).