Sudhakar Vasanth

Sudhakar Vasanth, also known as Sudhakar Basant, is an Indian film director, choreographer and actor known for his works in Odia cinema.^[1][2]

Sudhakar Vasanth
Other names	Sudhakar Basanta
Occupation(s)	Director, choreographer, actor
Years active	1992–present
Father	Vasanth Kumar

Career

Sudhakar Vasanth assisted his father Vasanth Kumar as a choreographer and worked alongside Prabhu Deva, Chinni Prakash, and B H Tarun Kumar. He made his debut as one of the lead actors in the Tamil film Innisai Mazhai (1992). His tryst with Odia cinema started when Gopal Jogesh, the director of Sola Shukrabaar (1999), asked him to choreograph one of the songs while the film shoot was occurring in Chennai. After music director Prasant Padhi suggested he get into filmmaking, he made his directorial debut with Mitare Mita (2009).^[3] He has since worked as a choreographer for 1,200 songs.^[3]

Filmography

As film director

Year	Title	Director	Choreographer	Ref.
2009	Mitare Mita	Yes		[3]
2010	Prema Adhei Akhyara	Yes		[4]
2011	Kiese Dakuchi Kouthi Mate	Yes	Yes
	Balunga Toka	Yes	Yes	[5]
2012	Something Something	Yes	Yes	[5]
	Matric Fail	Yes		[6]
	ACP Ranveer	Yes	Yes	[7]
2013	Mo Duniya Tu Hi Tu	Yes		[3]
	Daha Balunga	Yes	Yes	[8]
2014	Omm	Yes		[3]
	Something Something 2	Yes
	Ganja Ladhai	Yes		[3]
2015	Aashiq	Yes	Yes	[9]

As choreographer

Year	Title	Ref.
1995	Mo Mana Khali Tumari Pain
1999	Sola Shukrabaar	[3]
	Prem Bandhan
2001	Baazi
2005	Tate Mo Rana
	Babu I Love You
2006	Tu Eka Aama Saha Bharasa
2007	Chaka Chaka Bhaunri
	Mu Tate Love Karuchi
	Pheria Mo Suna Bhauni
2008	Kalinga Putra
	Mate Ta Love Helare
	Satya Meba Jayate
	Nandini I Love U
2009	Prem Rogi
2010	Mu Kana Ete Kharap
	Aalo Mora Kandhei
	Sanju Aau Sanjana
	Swayamsiddha
2011	Loafer
	Most Wanted
	Tu Mo Girlfriend
	Family No.1
	Kemiti A Bandhana
	Aain Kanoon
2012	Shapath
	Tu Mo Arambha Tu Mo Sesha
	Idiot: I Do Ishq Only Tumse
	Rangila Toka
	Chanda Na Tame Tara
2013	Tu Mo Suna Tu Mo Hira
	Hata Dhari Chalutha
	Kehi Jane Bhala Lagere
2015	Maya
	Mo Dil Kahe Ilu Ilu
2016	Love Station

As an actor

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
1992	Innisai Mazhai	Saravanan	Tamil		[3]
2000	Ingane Oru Nilapakshi		Malayalam
	Rapid Action Force		Malayalam
2006	Thoothukudi		Tamil
	Narakasuran	Vijay/Prabhakaran alias Prabhu	Malayalam	Also producer
2007	Veeramum Eeramum	Semmarai Pandian	Tamil
2011	Kiese Dakuchi Kouthi Mate		Odia	Guest appearance
	Balunga Toka		Odia
2012	ACP Ranveer
2014	Omm
	Ganja Ladhai	Anna
2015	Kie Daba Takkar	Bhalu Yadav
	Aashiq	Bijay Singh

Awards

• 2010: 2nd Tarang Cine Awards – Best Choreography
• 2012: 3rd ETV Odia Film Awards – Best Director for Balunga Toka