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Saurav Lokesh (born 28 May 1984), also known as Bhajarangi Loki, is an Indian film Actor who predominantly works in the Kannada Film industry. He rose to the fame with the 2013 blockbuster Bhajarangi.[1][2]

Saurav Lokesh
Saurav Lokesh
Born (1984-05-28) May 28, 1984 (age 37)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materNational College Jayanagar, Bangalore.
OccupationActor
Years active2009-Present

Early life


Saurav was born as youngest son to V. Ramakrishna & L. Rajalakshmi in Srinagar Bangalore district, Karnataka. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. He was instantly drawn to acting after watching a play during his Final Year in College. He was employed at HSBC before he resigned and followed his passion for acting and started doing theatre.[3]


Career


Lokesh started his acting journey from theatre in the year 2006. He has worked with most of the amateur & professional theatre groups from 2006 to 2014, which includes more than 30 plays which has been performed over 100+ shows. While he was doing theatre he managed to get into television serials and started doing supporting roles but did not achieve much success.

Saurav Lokesh made his sandalwood debut in the year 2009 with a small role in the movie Savaari directed by Jacob Verghese. He then appeared in small supporting roles in Huli, AK 56, and Shiva, all directed by Om Prakash Rao, between 2010 and 2012. He appeared as minor antagonists in Googly and Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari.

He has appeared in more than 12 movies in small supporting roles before getting his breakthrough performance in Bhajarangi, directed by A. Harsha, which won him many applause and was praised for his role as Rana. The movie was a commercial hit and got him wide recognition as an actor and he became popular as Bhajarangi Loki.[4][5][6] In the year 2015 he appeared Rathaavara as a transgender, which furthered his fame.[7][8] He also played a role of a lawyer in Mahakaali.[9] He also appeared as an antagonist in Sharp Shooter. In 2016, he appeared in the movie Jaguar; a bilingual film in both Kannada and Telugu, this was Lokesh's Telugu debut. [10] In the same year, he also appeared as one of the lead antagonists in Jai Maruthi 800. Saurav appeared in the role of Bhujanga in Raj Vishnu. In Thayige Thakka Maga, Lokesh played an antagonist in the role of Sharath Kale.[11] Later, in 2019, Lokesh played a police officer in the suspense-thriller Striker.[12] In the same year he appeared as Bairaa, an antagonist, in Radhika Kumaraswamy's comeback film Damayanthi, directed by Navarasan.[13] In 2020, he appeared as an antagonist in rom-com fantasy movie Kaanadante Maayavadanu.[14][15]


Filmography



Films


Year Film Role Notes
2009 Savaari Salman
2010 Mathe Mungaru Fisher Man
Huli College Student
2012 AK 56 Local Goon
Narasimha Local Goon
Shiva Police Trainee
2013 Googly Local Goon
Mangana Kaili Manikya
Sweety Nanna Jodi
Bhajarangi Rana Nominated for SIIMA in Best Actor in a Negative Role (2014)
2014 Sadagara
Belli
Ambareesha
Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Ramachari's collegemate
2015 Mahakaali Lawyer
Just Maduveli
Sharp Shooter
Rathaavara Maadevi
2016 Jai Maruthi 800 Narasimha
Jaguar Ajay Bilingual release in Kannada & Telugu
2017 Veera Ranachandi Lucky
Raj Vishnu Rupai Bhujanga
2018 Gaanchali Johnny [16]
Thayige Thakka Maga SharathKaale Nominated for Filmibeat best of Kannada negative role 2018
2019 Striker Purushotham
Ranabhoomi COP [17]
Damayanthi Bhaira
Margaret Ramachari [18]
2020 Kaanadante Maayavadanu Jayanna
2021 Bhajarangi 2 Sudheendra [19] [20]
2022
Local Train Telugu film
Acharya Rathod's Brother Telugu film[21]
Takkar TBA Telugu language film
Ghoda sambashivudu Post Production
Nachindi girlfriend Vikram Roy Post Production

Television


Year Title Role Network Notes
2008 Nakutanti Office Boy Udaya TV Directed by Giri Raj
2011 Mahabharata (Kannada) Younger Bheeshma Udaya TV Produced by Cinevistaas Limited
2012 Cheluvi Army Officer Suvarna TV
2014 CID Karnataka CID Zee Kannada
2019 Raktha Chandana Psycho Killer Watchoo Channel Directed by Giri Raj[22]

Awards and nominations


Year[lower-alpha 1]FilmAwardCategoryResultRef
2014 Bhajarangi SIIMA - 2014 Best Actor in a Negative role Nominated [23]
2018 Thayige Thakka Maga 'Filmibeat' Best of 2018 Best Kannada Negative Role 2018 Nominated [24]

Notes


  1. Refers to the year in which the award ceremony was held.

References


  1. "Saurav Lokesh Biography". Nettv4u. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  2. "Sourav Lokesh". Chiloka. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  3. "Saurav Lokesh Biography". Nettv4u. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  4. "Bhajarangi Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  5. "Bhajarangi Loki". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  6. "Bad Boys on the prowl". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  7. "Bhajarangi Loki's respect for transgenders increases after acting in Rathaavara". Filmibeat. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  8. "Loki in a Mangala Mukhi Avatar in Rathaavara". The New Indian Express. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  9. "Mahakaali Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  10. "Jaguar drives Bhajarangi Loki to Telugu". The New Indian Express. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  11. "Thayige Takka Maga review : a mediocre outing". The New Indian Express. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  12. "Striker Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  13. "'Bhajarangi' Loki to play antagonist in Radhika Kumaraswamy's 'Damayanthi'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  14. "Antagonistic Avatars". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  15. "Bhajarangi Loki movies". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  16. "Gaanchali Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  17. "Ranabhoomi Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  18. "Margaret Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  19. "Meet the four towering characters of Bhajarangi 2". Times of India. Retrieved Oct 23, 2021.
  20. "Check the first look of actor Saurav Lokesh's Bhajarangi 2". The Prime Time.
  21. The New Indian Express (21 January 2021). "Bhajarangi-fame Loki makes his Telugu debut with Chiranjeevi's 'Acharya'". Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  22. "Giriraj's next is "Raktha Chandana"". News Karnataka. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  23. "SIIMA 2014 kannada nominations". IBT. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  24. "Best kannada negative role 2018". Filmibeat. Retrieved June 25, 2020.




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