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Tharun Bhascker
Bhascker at Cinivaram 2017
Born	Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 36) Madras (present-day Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology New York Film Academy
Occupations	Film director writer actor television presenter
Years active	2012–present
Spouse	Latha Naidu

Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian film director, actor and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He directed the romantic comedy Pelli Choopulu (2016), which won him the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and Best Screenplay – Dialogues. He later directed Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi (2018), and made his acting debut in a lead role with Meeku Maathrame Cheptha (2019).

Early life

Tharun Bhascker was born on 5 November 1988 in Madras (now Chennai) and was raised in Hyderabad. His father hailed from Warangal, Telangana, while his mother is from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Bhasckar studied at Hyderabad Public School, and Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology. He later graduated from New York Film Academy.

His father, Uday Bhaskar, died in 2015. His mother, Geetha Bhaskar, made her acting debut in Sekhar Kammula's Fidaa (2017).

Film career

Bhascker started his career directing short films such as Anukokunda, and Sainma. Anukokunda was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

His first full length directorial feature film was Pelli Choopulu (2016). The film received National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, and Bhasckar won Best Screenplay for Dialogues. The film was remade in Hindi as Mitron (2018), in Malayalam as Vijay Superum Pournamiyum (2019), and in Tamil as Oh Manapenne.

In 2018, Bhasckar made his acting debut with the role of Singeetham Srinivasa Rao in the biopic Mahanati. His second directorial is the buddy comedy film Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi (2018). Later in the year, he wrote the screenplay for the ZEE5 web series, B. Tech.

In 2019, Bhaskar played the lead role in Meeku Maathrame Cheptha.

Keedaa Cola, directed by Tharun Bhascker, was released on November 3, 2023.

Personal life

Bhasckar is married to Latha Naidu. She is a production and costume designer for films and advertisements. She worked for films such as Pelli Choopulu, Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi and U Turn.

Filmography

Film

As actor

Short films

As voice actor

Television

Discography

Awards and nominations

References

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External links

• Tharun Bhascker at IMDb
• Tharun Bhascker on Facebook

• 1988 births
• Living people
• Telugu film directors
• Film directors from Hyderabad, India
• 21st-century Indian screenwriters
• People from Warangal
• Screenwriters from Hyderabad, India
• Telugu screenwriters
• Best Dialogue National Film Award winners
• South Indian International Movie Awards winners
• Santosham Film Awards winners
• Indian screenwriters
• Indian male screenwriters
• Indian film directors
• Telugu playback singers
• Male actors in Telugu cinema