Background
Sandeep Malani was born in 1971 to a Roman Catholic family in Mumbai and was raised in Mangalore.
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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, Mission California, which was the debut film of actor Diganth. He has variously served as a television 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 Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ("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).