Tarun Kumar

Tarun Kumar is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in few Tamil and Malayalam films. He has received three state Nandi Awards and the National Film Award for his works.[1]

Tarun
Born
Tarun

(1983-01-08) 8 January 1983
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present
Parent(s)Roja Ramani(mother)
S chakrapani(father)

He received the National Film Award for Best Child Artist in 1991, for his work in Mani Ratnam's Anjali, which was India's official entry to the Oscars for that year.[2] Tarun won critical acclaim with the Malayalam children's film, Abhayam (1991), which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film for that year, and Tarun won the Best Child artist Award at the Furoshiki Film Festival in Japan.[3] As a child artist, Tarun starred in super hits such as Manasu Mamatha (1990), Surya IPS (1991), Aditya 369 (1991), Teja (1992), My Dear Muthachan (1992), and Johny (1993).[4]

After a seven-year break, Tarun was the lead actor in the blockbuster Nuvve Kavali in 2000, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year, and Tarun won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South for his work in the film.[5] He then starred in successful films such as Priyamaina Neeku (2001), Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu (2002), Nuvve Nuvve (2002), Punnagai Desam (2002) (Tamil), Ninne Istapaddanu (2003), Ela Cheppanu (2003), Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu (2003), Sakhiya (2004), Bhale Dongalu (2008), Sasirekha Parinayam (2009), Chukkalanti Ammayi Chakkanaina Abbayi (2013), Yuddham (2014), and Idhi Naa Love Story (2018), and established himself as one of the successful actors of Telugu cinema.

Early life

Tarun is the child of G. Roja Ramani and Chakrapani. He started his artist career at the age of ten, under Eyefull Studios productions.

Non-film work

Tarun is an accomplished cricketer and participates in Indian Celebrity Cricket League. He is the brand ambassador of Medak Mavericks team of Telangana T20 League cricket.

Filmography
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1990Manasu MamathaTeluguNandi Award for Best Child Actor
Bujjigadi Babai
AnjaliArjunTamilNational Film Award for Best Child Artist
1991ThalapathiPetty thiefCameo appearance
Surya IPSTelugu
Pillalu Diddina KapuramNandi Award for Best Child Actor
AbhayamVinuMalayalamBest Child Artist Award - Furoshiki Film Festival in Japan
Aditya 369Kishore KumarTelugu
1992MeeraJesuTamil
TejaTejaTeluguNandi Award for Best Child Actor
My Dear MuthachanManuMalayalam
1993JohnyJohny
1995VajramYoung ChakriTelugu
2000Nuvve KavaliTarun SavvanaNational Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
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2001Priyamaina NeekuGanesh
ChirujalluVamsi
2002Nuvvu Leka Nenu LenuRadha Krishna
Punnagai DesamGaneshTamil
AdrustamTarunTelugu
Nuvve NuvveRishi
2003Ninne IshtapaddanuCharanTelugu
Ela CheppanuSekhar
Enakku 20 Unakku 18SridharTamil
Nee Manasu Naaku TelusuSridharTelugu
2004SakhiyaHari
2005SoggaduRavi
Oka OoriloSeenu
2007Nava VasanthamGaneshRemake of Punnagai Desam
2008Bhale DongaluRamuRemake of Bunty aur Babli
2009Sasirekha ParinayamAnand/Abhi
2013Chukkalanti Ammayi Chakkanaina AbbayiSanjay
2014YuddhamRishi
VetaKarthik
2018Idi Naa Love StoryAbhi
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References
  1. maatv. "Tarun Birthday Special". YouTube. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  2. "38th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  3. "The Hindu : Chocolate HERO". thehindu.com.
  4. "Nava Vasantham - Review". oneindia.in. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.
  5. "Filmfare Awards South - 2001 - Winners & Nominees". awardsandwinners.com.
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