Tharun Bhascker

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 in 2018
Born	Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam 5 November 1988 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(s)	Latha

Early life

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

His father Uday Bhaskar died in 2015.[6] His mother Geetha Bhaskar made her acting debut in Sekhar Kammula-directed Fidaa (2017).[7]

Film career

Bhascker started his career with short films such as Anukokunda, and Sainma. Anukokunda was screen at the Cannes Film Festival.[8]

His first full length feature film was Pelli Choopulu (2016).[9][10] 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.[11]

In 2019, Bhaskar made his debut in a lead role with Meeku Maathrame Cheptha.[12]

Personal life

Bhasckar is married to Latha, co-founder of Miss Baker. She is a Telugu film industry production designer, handles both costumes and art for films and advertisements. She also worked as a production designer for Pelli Choopulu, Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi and U Turn.

Filmography

Films

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Story	Notes
2016	Pelli Choopulu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Directorial debut
2018	Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi	Yes	Yes	Yes
2019	Meeku Maathrame Cheptha	No	Yes	No	Dialogues
2021	Pitta Kathalu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Netflix anthology film; Completed[13][14]
TBA	Untitled remake of Oh My Kadavule	No	Yes	No	Dialogues[15]

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	Lead role; also dialogues
2020	Middle Class Melodies	AE	Cameo appearance

Short films

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Notes
2011	The Journey	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 Network	[16]

Web series

Year	Series	Director	Writer	Story	Notes
2018	B. Tech	No	Yes	Yes	ZEE5 original[17]

Awards and nominations

Film	Award	Ceremony	Category	Result	Ref.
Pelli Choopulu	National Film Awards	2017	Best Feature Film in Telugu	Won	[18][19]
			Best Screenplay for Dialogues	Won
	Filmfare Awards South	2017	Best Director	Nominated	[20]
	South Indian International Movie Awards	2017	Best Debut Director	Won	[21]
	Santosham Film Awards	2017	Best Debut Director	Won

References

1. "మాటలు మురిపించి... ప్రతిభ పరిమళించి!". eenadu.net. Hyderabad: ఈనాడు. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
2. "Will Salman Khan remake Telugu indie hit 'Pellichoopulu'?".
3. "'Your mistakes drive you to be a better person' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
4. "I want to leave no genre untouched: Tharun Bhascker". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
5. "Nag Ashwin to Tharun Bhascker, 7 Telugu directors who studied abroad". The News Minute. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
6. kavirayani, suresh (17 August 2016). "Pellichoopulu director Tharun yet to make up his mind". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
7. "Pellichoopulu director's mom impresses in Fidaa - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
8. Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (1 December 2015). "After short films, Tarun Bhasker to direct a feature" – via The Hindu.
9. "From YouTube to 70MM".
10. Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (29 July 2016). "Pelli Choopulu: A gem of a film" – via The Hindu.
11. "B. Tech review: Tharun Bhascker's Zee5 webseries takes a familar [sic] premise and turns it into magic - Entertainment News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
12. "Vijay Deverakonda's debut production venture titled 'Meeku Maathrame Cheptha'". The News Minute. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
13. "Tharun Bhascker on 'Lust Stories': "My directorial part will be a dark-comedy and a spinoff to Sainma" - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
14. "Pitta Kathalu | Official Teaser | Shruthi Haasan, Eesha Rebba, Amala Paul, Lakshmi Manchu". YouTube.
15. Balach, Logesh. "Vishwak Sen to star in Telugu remake of Oh My Kadavule". India Today.
16. AuthorTelanganaToday. "Tharun Bhascker gets into reinventing mode". Telangana Today. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
17. "Tharun Bhascker's web series 'B.Tech' opens to positive reviews". The News Minute. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
18. "Call for entries; 64th National Film Awards for 2016" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
19. National Film Awards 2016
20. "Winners: 64th Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 (South)". India Today. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
21. "SIIMA Awards 2017 Telugu winners list: Jr NTR and Rakul Preet Singh declared best actors". International Business Times. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2019.