Sachin Kundalkar or Sacin Kuṇḍalakar is an Indian film director[1] and screenplay writer who mostly works in Marathi cinema.

Kundalkar, who had had an interest in film making since his school days, had approached director Ashutosh Gowarikar for assistance.

[5] After completing his degree in Commerce, Kundalkar later on enrolled at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).

[3] With a scholarship from the French Government, he then attended La Fémis, Paris, and made a short film, One Cafe Please.

His 2005 documentary short film The Bath, starring Rajat Kapoor, is based on an explicit gay theme.

[17] His second directorial film, Nirop, presented the unsurfaced feelings of a musician in his last days in his hometown in Konkan before he moves to France.

[21] Kundalkar's Bollywood directorial debut, Aiyyaa, starring Rani Mukherjee and Prithviraj in lead roles released in 2012.

[22] In 2022, he directed Marathi relationship drama film Pondicherry, which was entirely shot on iPhone with only 15 crew members.