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Tarun Kumar (born 8 January 1983) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in
Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of Film, motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Based in Film N ...
, with appearances in a few
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and
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films. Tarun began his career as a child actor and received the
National Film Award The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...
for Best Child Artist for his performance in ''Anjali'' (1990), directed by
Mani Ratnam Gopalaratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. H ...
. He has also won the
Nandi Award The Nandi Awards are annual awards presented by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to recognise excellence in Telugu cinema, theatre, and television, as well as lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. The awards are named after the monolithic s ...
for Best Child Actor three times. He made his debut as a lead actor with '' Nuvve Kavali'' (2000) and starred in successful films like ''
Priyamaina Neeku ''Priyamaina Neeku'' () is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Balasekaran. The film stars Tarun, Sivaji, Sneha (in her Telugu debut) and Preetha, while Ali, Venu Madhav and Tanikella Bharani played ...
'' (2001), '' Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu'' (2002), ''
Punnagai Desam ''Punnagai Desam'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by K. Shajahan. The film was produced by R. B. Choudary under the production banner Super Good films. The film stars an ensemble cast of Tarun (T ...
'' (2002), '' Nuvve Nuvve'' (2002), '' Ninne Ishtapaddanu'' (2003), and ''
Nava Vasantham ''Nava Vasantham'' () is a 2007 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language film directed by K. Shahjahan and starring Tarun (Telugu actor), Tarun, Jai Akash, Akash, Rohit (Telugu actor), Rohit, Priyamani, Sunil (actor), Sunil and Ankitha, Ankita. ...
'' (2007).


Early life

Tarun was born into a Telugu family to actors
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and Chakrapani. His mother, Roja Ramani, hails from
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and was raised in
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. She acted in multiple film industries, including Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil, and was a prominent dubbing artist in Telugu cinema during the 1980s and 1990s, lending her voice to several leading actresses. Chakrapani was born into a Telugu family with ancestral roots in
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,
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. Chakrapani's grandfather lived in
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, while his father worked as a mechanical engineer for
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at
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in
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, where Chakrapani was raised. He acted in both Odia and Telugu films and was once a leading actor in the Odia film industry.


Career

Tarun started his career as a child actor with the Telugu-language film ''Manasu Mamatha'' (1990). As a child, Tarun was a fan of
Mani Ratnam Gopalaratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. H ...
's films such as '' Nayagan'' (1987) and '' Agni Nakshatram'' (1988) and accepted the offer to work in the Tamil-language film '' Anjali'' (1990) as distraught Shamlee's brother. Tarun won the
National Film Award for Best Child Artist The National Film Award for Best Child Artist is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Silver Lotus (Raj ...
for his role in the film. He also received critical acclaim for the Malayalam film ''Abhayam'' (1991), which won the
National Film Award for Best Children's Film The National Film Award for Best Children's Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Golden Lotus ...
, and earned him the Best Child Artist award at the Furoshiki Film Festival in Japan. He also worked on the Telugu television serial ''Wonder Boy'' for Eenadu TV. He participated on quiz show but left the show after it interfered with his education. He won the
Nandi Award for Best Child Actor The Nandi Award for Best Child Actor winners since 1981: References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nandi Award For Best Child Actor Child Actor The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage, television, or in film ...
for ''Manasu Mamatha'' (1990), ''Pillalu Diddina Kapuram'' (1991) and '' Teja'' (1992). Tarun collaborated again with Mani Rathnam in ''
Thalapathi ''Thalapathi'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language gangster drama film written and directed by Mani Ratnam, and produced by G. Venkateswaran. The film stars Rajinikanth and Mammootty with Arvind Swamy in his feature-film debut, Jaishankar, ...
'' (1991) in a minor role. He also starred in '' Aditya 369'' (1991), the Malayalam films '' Abhayam'' (1991), '' My Dear Muthachan'' (1992), and '' Johny'' (1993) and the Tamil film '' Meera'' (1992). Tarun also worked in the unreleased telefilm ''En Jeevane'' produced by Radhika. After a hiatus, Tarun then worked on commercials for Spinz Talc and
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with
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. His role in the Fanta advertisement helped him bag the lead role in K. Vijaya Bhaskar's '' Nuvve Kavali'' in 2000, the Telugu remake of '' Niram'' (1999). The film ran for more than a hundred days. For the film, he won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year, and Tarun won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South for his work in the film. Post ''Nuvve Kavali'', he and Richa Pallod collaborated again for '' Chirujallu'' (2001), which released to negative reviews. He had some successful films such as ''
Priyamaina Neeku ''Priyamaina Neeku'' () is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Balasekaran. The film stars Tarun, Sivaji, Sneha (in her Telugu debut) and Preetha, while Ali, Venu Madhav and Tanikella Bharani played ...
'' (2001), '' Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu'' (2002) and '' Nuvve Nuvve'' (2002) while his other films such as '' Ela Cheppanu'' flopped. The success of ''Priyamaina Neeku'' lead the makers to release the film in Tamil. He made his full-fledged Tamil debut with ''
Punnagai Desam ''Punnagai Desam'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by K. Shajahan. The film was produced by R. B. Choudary under the production banner Super Good films. The film stars an ensemble cast of Tarun (T ...
'' (2002). That same year, he starred in the bilingual '' Enakku 20 Unakku 18''/'' Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu'', which was a failure despite having a notable soundtrack by
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and he stopped taking up Tamil films. ''
Nava Vasantham ''Nava Vasantham'' () is a 2007 Indian Telugu language, Telugu-language film directed by K. Shahjahan and starring Tarun (Telugu actor), Tarun, Jai Akash, Akash, Rohit (Telugu actor), Rohit, Priyamani, Sunil (actor), Sunil and Ankitha, Ankita. ...
'', the Telugu remake of ''
Punnagai Desam ''Punnagai Desam'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by K. Shajahan. The film was produced by R. B. Choudary under the production banner Super Good films. The film stars an ensemble cast of Tarun (T ...
'' by the same director, and ''
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'' (2009) were his last successful films. He collaborated again with K. Vijaya Bhaskar for '' Bhale Dongalu'' (2008), a movie inspired by ''
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'', but the film flopped. After a four year gap, he returned with '' Chukkalanti Ammayi Chakkanaina Abbayi'' (2013), which released to negative reviews. He was then seen in '' Yuddham'' (2014), '' Veta'' (2014) and '' Idi Naa Love Story'' (2018), all of which had a low-key release.


Filmography

;Child Artist ;Lead Actor ;Dubbing artist ;Television *''Wonder Boy'' (
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) *'' En Jeevene'' (unreleased)


References

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