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Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian film director, writer, actor, and television presenter who works in Telugu cinema. He directed the critically acclaimed romantic comedy film Pelli Choopulu (2016), which won him the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and Best Screenplay – Dialogues.[2] He later directed Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi (2018), and made his debut in a lead role with Meeku Maathrame Cheptha (2019).

Tharun Bhascker
Bhascker at Cinivaram 2017
Born	Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 34) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India[1]
Alma mater	Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology New York Film Academy
Occupation	Film director writer actor television presenter
Years active	2012–present
Spouse	Latha Naidu

Early life

Tharun Bhascker was born on 5 November 1988 in Madras and was raised in Hyderabad.[3][4] His father hails from Warangal while his mother is from Tirupati.[1] Bhasckar studied at Hyderabad Public School, and Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology.[5][6] He later graduated from New York Film Academy.[7]

His father Uday Bhaskar died in 2015.[8] His mother Geetha Bhaskar made her acting debut in Sekhar Kammula directed Fidaa (2017).[9]

Film career

Bhascker started his career with short films such as Anukokunda, and Sainma. Anukokunda was screen at the Cannes Film Festival.[10]

His first full length feature film was Pelli Choopulu (2016).[11][12] The film received National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu, and Bhasckar won Best Screenplay for Dialogues. The film was remade in Hindi as Mitron (2018), in Malayalam as Vijay Superum Pournamiyum (2019), and in Tamil as Oh Manapenne.

In 2018, Bhasckar played the role of Singeetham Srinivasa Rao in the biopic, Mahanati. His second directorial is the buddy comedy film Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi (2018). Later in the year, he wrote the screenplay for the Zee5 web series, B. Tech.[13]

In 2019, Bhaskar made his debut in a lead role with Meeku Maathrame Cheptha.[14]

Personal life

Bhasckar is married to Latha Naidu. She is a production and costume designer for films and advertisements. She worked for films such as Pelli Choopulu, Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi and U Turn.[15]

Filmography

Feature films

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Notes
2016	Pelli Choopulu	Yes	Yes
2018	Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi	Yes	Yes
2019	Meeku Maathrame Cheptha	No	Dialogues
2021	Pitta Kathalu	Yes	Yes	Netflix anthology film; Ramula segment[16]
2022	Oke Oka Jeevitham	No	Dialogues	[17]
	Ori Devuda	No	Dialogues	[18]
2023	Keedaa Cola	Yes	Yes

Acting roles

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2018	Mahanati	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
2018	Sammohanam	Himself	Cameo appearance
2019	Falaknuma Das	Saidulu
2019	Meeku Maathrame Cheptha	Rakesh
2020	Middle Class Melodies	AE	Cameo appearance
2021	Skylab	Scientist	Cameo appearance
2022	Sita Ramam	Balaji

Short films

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Notes
2011	Highderabad	Yes	Yes
2011	24 frames-Telugu version	Yes	Yes
2011	The Method	Yes	Yes
2011	Minutes to midnight	Yes	Yes
2011	Serendipity	Yes	Yes
2011	Kaala Ghoda	Yes	Yes
2011	The Journey	Yes	Yes
2012	Junun	Yes	Yes
2012	Anukokunda	Yes	Yes
2015	Sainma	Yes	Yes
2018	MAA (telugu)	No	Yes	Dialogues Only

Television

Year	Title	Role	Produced by	Ref
2020	Neeku Maathrame Cheptha	Host	ETV	[19]

Web series

Year	Series	Director	Writer	Notes
2018	B. Tech	No	Yes	ZEE5 original[20]

Discography

Year	Film	Song	Music	Co-artists	Notes
2021	Cinema Bandi	"Cinema Teesinam"	Varun Reddy	Roll Rida	also lyrics

Awards and nominations

Film	Award	Ceremony	Category	Result	Ref.
Pelli Choopulu	National Film Awards	2017	Best Feature Film in Telugu	Won	[21][22]
			Best Screenplay for Dialogues	Won
	Filmfare Awards South	2017	Best Director	Nominated	[23]
	South Indian International Movie Awards	2017	Best Debut Director (Telugu)	Won	[24]
	Santosham Film Awards	2017	Best Debut Director	Won

References

External links

• Tharun Bhascker at IMDb
• Tharun Bhascker on Facebook

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