Bhaskar is an Indian film director, who works predominantly in

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Early life

Bhaskar was born in

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. He was a student of the

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Career

In his early career, he worked as associate director on films ''

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'' and ''

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''. His directorial debut, ''

Bommarillu ''Bommarillu'' () () is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy family drama film directed and co-written by Bhaskar in his directorial debut, and produced by Dil Raju. The film stars Siddharth, Genelia, Prakash Raj and Jayasudha. ...

'' starring Siddarth and

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, earned him two

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for Best Debut Director and

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. The way the film's dialogues were conceived was rather uniquehim and

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stayed in a closed room and used lines from casual conversations as dialogues in the film. His next venture, ''

Parugu ''Parugu'' () is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film written and directed by Bhaskar and was produced by Dil Raju on Sri Venkateswara Creations. The film stars Allu Arjun, Sheela Kaur and Prakash Raj. The music was compos ...

'' starring

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, was also a box office hit. However, ''

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'', which starred

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, garnered mixed reviews but later became a cult classic. His fourth film was ''

Ongole Gittha ''Ongole Gittha'' () is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by Bhaskar and produced by B. V. S. N. Prasad under Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra. The film stars Ram Pothineni and Kriti Kharbanda. The soundtrack wa ...

'', which was a box office failure. He made his

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debut in 2016 with ''

Bangalore Naatkal ''Bangalore Naatkal'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Bhaskar, which is a remake of the 2014 Malayalam film '' Bangalore Days'' written and directed by Anjali Menon. Featuring an ensemble cast consisting of Ar ...

'', starring

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, and Parvathy. The film was a remake of the Malayalam film ''

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'' (2014), and it too was a box office failure. In 2021, he directed ''

Most Eligible Bachelor ''Most Eligible Bachelor'' is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Bhaskar and produced by Bunny Vas and Vasu Varma on GA2 Pictures. It stars Akhil Akkineni and Pooja Hegde with music composed by Gopi Sun ...

'' with

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and

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, which received positive reviews and became a success.

Filmography

* All films are in Telugu unless noted otherwise

References

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