Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian film director, writer, actor, and television presenter who works in

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cinema. He directed the critically acclaimed romantic comedy film ''

Pelli Choopulu ''Pelli Choopulu'' () is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Tharun Bhascker and produced by Raj Kandukuri and Yash Rangineni. It features Vijay Deverakonda and Ritu Varma in the lead roles. Partly based ...

'' (2016), which won him the

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for Best Feature Film in Telugu and Best Screenplay – Dialogues. He later directed '' Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi'' (2018), and made his debut in a lead role with ''

Meeku Maathrame Cheptha ''Meeku Maathrame Cheptha'' () is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film written and directed by Shammeer Sultan, and produced by Vardhan Deverakonda and Vijay Deverakonda under the banner King of the Hill Entertainment. The film featu ...

'' (2019).

Early life

Tharun Bhascker was born on 5 November 1988 in Madras and was raised in

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. His father hailed from

Warangal Warangal () is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 704,570 per 2011 Census of India, and spreading over an . Warangal ser ...

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, while his mother is from

Tirupati Tirupati () is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Tirupati district. The city is home to the important Hindu shrine of Tirumala Venkateswara Temple and other historic temples and is re ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. Bhasckar studied at

Hyderabad Public School The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet (HPS, Begumpet) is a privately funded public school in Hyderabad, Telangana State, India. Children are schooled from the pre-primary stage to the 12th standard (ages 3 to 17). The school is affiliated with ...

, and

Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology Swami Vivekanada Institute of Technology (SVIT) is an engineering college in the premises of Mahbub College High School grounds in Patny Centre, Secunderabad of Hyderabad District. History SVIT is located in the premises of Mahboob College, ...

. He later graduated from

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

Fidaa ''Fidaa'' () is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Sekhar Kammula, and produced by Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations banner. The film stars Sai Pallavi (in her Telugu debut) with Varun Tej in the ...

'' (2017).

Film career

Bhascker started his career with short films such as ''Anukokunda'', and '' Sainma. Anukokunda'' was screen at the

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. His first full length feature film was ''

'' (2016). The film received

for Best Feature Film in Telugu, and Bhasckar won Best Screenplay for Dialogues. The film was remade in

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as ''

Mitron ''Mitron'' (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Nitin Kakkar, written by Sharib Hashmi and produced by Vikram Malhotra under the Abundantia Entertainment banner. An official remake of the 2016 Telugu film ''Pell ...

'' (2018), in

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as ''

Vijay Superum Pournamiyum ''Vijay Superum Pournamiyum'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film, written and directed by Jis Joy, starring Asif Ali and Aishwarya Lekshmi, along with Balu Varghese, Siddique, Aju Varghese and Renji Panicker in supp ...

'' (2019), and in

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as ''

Oh Manapenne ''Oh Manapenne!'' ( ) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Kaarthikk Sundar in his directorial debut and written by Deepak Sundarrajan. A remake of the Telugu film ''Pelli Choopulu'' (2016), it stars Harish Kalyan and ...

''. In 2018, Bhasckar played the role of

Singeetham Srinivasa Rao Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (born 21 September 1931), commonly known as Singeetam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, composer, and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the most versatile directors of India. He is credited with hav ...

in the biopic, ''

Mahanati ''Mahanati'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language biographical drama film based on the life of actress Savitri. It is written and directed by Nag Ashwin, and produced by Priyanka Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies and Swapna Cinema. The film feature ...

''. His second directorial is the

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film '' Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi'' (2018). Later in the year, he wrote the screenplay for the

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web series, ''B. Tech''. In 2019, Bhaskar made his debut in a lead role with ''

''.

Personal life

Bhasckar is married to Latha Naidu. She is a

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and

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for films and advertisements. She worked for films such as ''

'', ''

Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi ''Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi'' ( What happened to this city?) is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language buddy comedy drama film written and directed by Tharun Bhascker, and produced by D. Suresh Babu under Suresh Productions. The film stars Vishwak Sen, Sa ...

'' and ''

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''.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

Television

Web series

Discography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhascker, Tharun 1988 births Living people Telugu film directors Film directors from Hyderabad, India 21st-century Indian film directors 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