Pawan Kumar

Pawan Kumar is a writer, director and actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema. He is well known for the films Manasaare, Pancharangi, his directorial debut, Lifeu Ishtene, and the 2013 psychological thriller Lucia, which 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.

Pawan Kumar made his debut as a director with the 2011 film Lifeu Ishtene and went on to direct the critically acclaimed film Lucia in 2013. In 2016, he directed the film U Turn, which was both critically acclaimed and financially successful. He is currently working on another crowd-funded film, C10H14N2, which is in its pre-production stage.