Senna Hegde is an Indian film director and screenwriter who mainly works in Malayalam films. He has also direct a film in a Kannada. His debut film was the 2016 docudrama 0-41* and his second film was the romantic comedy, Katheyondu Shuruvagide. His third movie, Malayalam film Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam, won the National Film Award for Best Malayalam Film.
Biography Senna was born in the town of Kanhangad, Kasaragod, in northern Kerala. He graduated with a master's degree in information technology from Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, and went on to work as a business analyst in the United States for four years. Then he moved to the Middle East, where for the next eight years he worked for various international advertising agencies. He returned to India in 2014.
Senna worked with Rakshit Shetty's team as a script consultant for his 2014 film Ulidavaru Kandanthe. Back in his hometown, Senna turned his hand to making his own films. He wrote the script for his debut feature film, 0-41*, in three days. A docudrama set in Kanhangad, it follows the lives of players on two rival volleyball teams. With a budget of , a crew of four, and a Canon 5D Mark III, he shot the 91-minute film over nine days. The six-member cast were not professional actors, which gave their performance what Anurag Kashyap described as an "innocence". The film made its world premiere at the 11th 'Cinema on the Bayou' film festival in Lafayette, Louisiana on 26 January 2016. It has played at other festivals, but has not been released commercially.
Senna's second film, Katheyondu Shuruvagide is a Kannada-language romantic comedy starring Diganth and Pooja Devariya, with Ashwin Rao Pallaki and Shreya Anchan in supporting roles.
On the occasion of Onam in 2020, he announced his next Malayalam film Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam. The film won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film and Senna Hegde received the award for Kerala State Film Award for Best Story in the 51st Kerala State Film Awards. The film also won the Best Feature Film in Malayalam in the 68th National Film Awards.
Filmography
Year Film Language Credited as RefDirectorWriterProducerActor20160-41*Malayalam 2018 Katheyondu ShuruvagideKannada 2021Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam Malayalam 20221744 White Alto 2023 Padmini 2024 Rifle Club 2025Avihitham
Awards +FilmAwardCategory StatusRef.Katheyondu Shuruvagide8th SIIMA AwardsBest Debut DirectorSIIMA Awards 2019: Here's a complete list of nomineesThinkalazhcha Nishchayam68th National Film AwardsBest Feature Film in Malayalam51st Kerala State Film AwardsSecond Best FilmBest Story 67th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Director (Malayalam)10th South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Film (Malayalam)Best Director (Malayalam)International Film Festival of Kerala 2020Malayalam cinemaMazhavil Entertainment Awards 2022Best Entertaining Debutant Director1744 White AltoInternational Film Festival Rotterdam 2023Harbour AvihithamNew York Indian Film Festival 2026Narrative FeatureBest DirectorIndian Film Festival of Melbourne 2026Narrative Feature
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