Naveen Shankar (born 25 May 1988) is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in

Kannada cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. Kannada cinema is based in Gandhi Nagar ...

. Naveen made his feature film debut with ''

Gultoo ''Gultoo'' is a 2018 Indian Kannada language cyber-thriller film written and directed by Janardhan Chikkanna and scored by Amit Anand, released by Vivid Films. It stars Naveen Shankar and Sonu Gowda along with Rangayana Raghu and Avinash. Sh ...

'' in 2018. He is known for his performance in '' Hondisi Bareyiri'', '' Gurudev Hoysala'' and '' Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire''.

Early life

Naveen Shankar was born on 25 May 1988 in Ilkal,

Bagalkot Bagalkote, is a city in the state of Karnataka, India, which is also the headquarters of Bagalkot district. It is situated on branch of River Ghataprabha, The population of the urban agglomeration was 111,933"District Census Handbook – Guntu ...

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Career

Shankar began working as a film journalist for a local news channel after dropping out from engineering studies in 2009. In 2012, he joined the U2 Music channel as an anchor. Around this time, he began acting in theatre, performing in more than 45 plays and approximately 200 street performances, while working for various theatre production houses. In 2018, Shankar made his acting debut in

Janardhan Chikkanna Janardhan Chikkanna is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Kannada cinema. He rose to fame following the success of his directorial debut ''Gultoo.'' Gultoo — produced by Prashanth Reddy and Devaraj Ramanna under the Vivid Film ...

's cybercrime thriller ''

''. The movie opened to positive reviews and Naveen's acting performance was praised. He then took his time to sign his next film. Finally, Shankar was cast as lead actor for the role of an

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boxer in the crime drama film '' Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage''. The film's title is inspired from the folk song "Punyakoti". The film was launched in 2019 but completed shooting in 2021 after long delays and released in November 2022. The film opened to positive to mixed reviews, however his acting was praised. In 2023, he had four films starting with '' Hondisi Bareyiri'' which opened to positive reviews, Shankar received praise from critics and audience for his role. He was then seen playing antagonist role in the movie '' Gurudev Hoysala''. His performance was once again appreciated along with the film, but the film ended as an average farer at the box office. His net was '' Kshetrapathi'' alongside Archana Jois directed by Debutant Srikanth where he portrayed a young Graduate fighting the system, though the film received mixed reviews, his performance was once again appreciated. He then ended his year with the Prashant Neel directorial Salaar which also marked his Telugu debut. In June 2023,

KRG Studios KRG Studios is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Bengaluru, India. It primarily deals with the production and distribution of Kannada-language and non-Kannada films across Karnataka. Background KRG Studios established ...

announced ''Kirket 11'' with Naveen and

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. Directed by Suman Kumar, who co-wrote ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Filmography

* ''All films are in Kannada language, unless otherwise noted''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shankar, Naveen 1988 births Living people Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors People from Bagalkot district Kannada male actors Actors in Kannada cinema Actors in Telugu cinema