Vikky Varun (born Santhosh Reva; also credited as Vikky Varun) is an Indian actor and director who works 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 ...

. He has given 3 super hits titled ''Kendasampige''

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''College Kumara''

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and ''Kaalapatthar'' 024 He worked as an assistant director for

Duniya Soori Duniya Suri, credited onscreen as Suri, is an Indian movie director. He became known as Duniya Suri in the wake of the success of his debut movie '' Duniya'', for which he won the 2006–2007 Karnataka State Film Awards in the Best Screenpl ...

and

Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He is most known for the 2006 film '' Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office coll ...

before making his debut in films with ''

Kendasampige ''Kendasampige'' () is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language crime thriller film directed by Duniya Soori from a story written by Surendranath and produced by Parimala Film Factory. The film stars Vikky Varun and Manvita Kamath, Rajesh Nataranga, ...

'' (2015) which earned him wide appreciations and nominations under the best debut actor category at the

Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...

and

SIIMA Awards The South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA Awards) rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry. It was launched in 2012 by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Brinda Prasad Adusimilli to appreciate and hono ...

Early life

He completed his B.Com. degree at the

Mysore University The University of Mysore is a public state university in Mysore, Karnataka, India. The university was founded during the reign of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV and the premiership of Sir M. Visvesvaraya. The university is recognised by t ...

. His strong interest towards film making made him to approach leading film directors

and

and bagged the opportunity to work as an associate and later assistant director for both of them.

Career

Soon after being employed as an associate director, Vikky assisted director Duniya Soori in films such as '' Jackie'', ''

Anna Bond ''Anna Bond'' () is a 2012 Kannada-language romantic action film directed by Duniya Soori and produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar. The film stars Puneeth Rajkumar, alongside Priyamani, Nidhi Subbaiah, Rangayana Raghu, Avinash Yelandur, Sathish Nin ...

'' and ''

Kaddipudi ''Kaddipudi'' is a 2013 Indian Kannada language crime drama film directed by Duniya Soori and produced by M. Chandru. The screenplay was written by Soori and Rajesh Nataranga and the film stars Shiva Rajkumar as Anand alias Kaddipudi, a rowdy in ...

'', where he also played a brief role. He assisted Yogaraj Bhat in the film '' Paramathma''. He considered Soori as his protege and upon his insistence, he agreed to star as a lead role in the director's offbeat film ''

'' opposite another debutant

Manvitha Harish Manvita Kamath is an Indian actress who primarily works in Kannada films. She began her career as a radio jockey at Radio Mirchi and made her acting debut with '' Kendasampige'' (2015). Her performance in ''Tagaru'' (2018), earned her the Film ...

in 2015. The film went on to one among the top grossers of the year and also screened for hundred days across cinema halls. Subsequently, he was nominated for the best debut actor in both SIIMA and Filmfare Awards South. Following the success of his debut film, Vikky took a year break and chose ''

Alemari ''Alemari'' () is a 2012 Indian Kannada romantic action drama film directed by Santhu and starring Yogesh and Radhika Pandit in the lead roles. The music of the film was composed by Arjun Janya. B. K. Srinivas has produced the venture under ...

'' fame Santhu's next directorial subject titled '' College Kumar'' opposite

Samyuktha Hegde Samyuktha Hegde is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Kannada and Tamil films. She made her film debut with the Kannada film '' Kirik Party'' opposite Rakshit Shetty, directed by Rishab Shetty. She played the role named Arya, for whi ...

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Varun, Vikky Living people Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors from Mysore Male actors in Kannada cinema Year of birth missing (living people)