Tharun Bhascker
- Directing
- November 5, 1988 · Warangal, Telengana, India
Biography
Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam (born 5 November, 1988) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, and television host who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He earned a degree in filmmaking from the New York Film Academy. His early directorial work included the short films *Anukokunda*, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival, and *Sainma*. He made his full-length directorial debut with the romantic comedy *Pelli Choopulu* (2016). The film won two National Film Awards, including Best Screenplay (Dialogues) for Bhascker and Best Feature Film in Telugu, as well as the SIIMA Award for Best Debut Director. He later directed *Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi* (2018), directed the "Ramula" segment in the anthology film *Pitta Kathalu* (2021), and wrote and directed the crime comedy *Keedaa Cola* (2023). As an actor, Bhascker appeared in the biopic *Mahanati* (2018) as Singeetham Srinivasa Rao and played the lead role in the comedy *Meeku Maathrame Cheptha* (2019). He also appeared in *Falaknuma Das* (2019), *Middle Class Melodies* (2020), *Sita Ramam* (2022), *Keedaa Cola* (2023), and the web series *Dhootha* (2023).
Known for
Filmography
- ENE Repeat · Writer, Director
- #Cult · Dialogue
- Crazy Kalyanam
- Gaayapadda Simham · Dharshas
- Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi · Ambati Omkar Naidu
- Santhana Prapthirasthu
- Masthu Shades Unnai Ra
- Dhootha · Bhupathi Varma Avuduri
- Mangalavaaram · Special Appearance in a Song
- Keedaa Cola · Bhakta Naidu, Director
- Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare · An Editor (Telugu Version)
- Das Ka Dhamki · Special Appearance
- Anger Tales · Rajeev
- Ori Devuda..! · Dialogue
- Kanam · Dialogue
- Sita Ramam · Balaji
- Skylab · Cameo Appearance
- Oh Manapenne! · Story, Screenplay
- Pitta Kathalu · Director, Writer
- Middle Class Melodies · AE
- Comicstaan Semma Comedy Pa · Acting Double
- Meeku Maathrame Cheptha · Rakesh
- Falaknuma Das · Saidulu
- Vijay Superum Pournamiyum · Original Film Writer
- Mitron · Screenplay
- Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi? · Jury at Goa Film Festival, Director
- Sammohanam · Self
- Mahanati · Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
- Pelli Choopulu · Writer, Director
- Sainma · Director
- Thulabharam · Devaraj