Naveen Mayur (25 November 1978 – 3 October 2010) was an Indian actor who was known for his work in

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. He appeared in more than 30 films starting 2000 before he died of

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in 2010.

Early life

Mayur was born on 25 November 1978. He completed his primary education from Sri Kumaran's School,

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. Later, he joined National High School and subsequently the Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College where he obtained a degree in

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. Mayur began modeling later and was one of 25 models selected from South India for the Regional Scanning of Graviera Mr. India in 1997, but was disqualified because he was under-age to contest. He was subsequently introduced to film director

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, who cast him in his first film, '' Sparsha''.

Career

Mayur began acting when in college and performed in plays such as ''Naanu Neenu''. After his film debut with ''Sparsha'', he was cast in

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's '' Neela''. Mayur was cast as the college-going Kiran in '' Ananda'' (2003), a remake of the 2001 Telugu-language film ''

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'', opposite Rutika. Srikanth of ''

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'' wrote of his performance: "Naveen Mayur has come of age. He exudes confidence in his role and shows some excitement on the screen for the youngsters of his age." Mayur received praise for his role of a cancer patient in '' Uppi Dada M.B.B.S.''. R. G. Vijayasarathy of ''

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'' felt that he "comes out with flying colours..." Mayur also worked in television; he appeared in the popular soap, '' Danda Pindagalu''.

Death

On 3 October 2010, Mayur died of

at the age of 32.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayur, Naveen Male actors in Kannada cinema Male actors in Kannada television 1978 births 2010 deaths