Tharun Bhascker

Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian film director, writer, actor and television presenter. He is known for directing the critically acclaimed Telugu language romantic comedy film Pelli Choopulu (2016),[2] which won him the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu and Best Screenplay - Dialogues.[3]

This is a Telugu name; the family name is Dhaassyam

Tharun Bhascker
Tharun Bhascker in June 2018
Born	Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 Warangal, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana), India[1]
Education	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. His father, Vuday Bhascker, an engineering graduate from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad, hails from Waddepally in Warangal and his mother is Geetha Bhascker, who appeared in the film Fidaa as aunt of lead actress.[4] He was brought up in Marredpally neighbourhood of Hyderabad[1] and is an alumnus of Hyderabad Public School and a mechanical engineering graduate from Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology.

Tharun Bhascker was passionate about films and wanted to become a filmmaker. He graduated from New York Film Academy.

Film career

He started his career with short films and has directed many short films like critically acclaimed short film with Vinoothna Geetha Media, Anukokunda, and Sainma,[5][6] a hit on YouTube channel.

His first full length feature film was Pellichoopulu(2016). Pellichoopulu got a positive response and very high success rate. Prominent directors like SS. Rajamouli, Sukumar and many Tollywood famous personalities appreciated his work on Pellichoopulu.[7][8] He used the character arcs of Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up as references for Pelli Choopulu. He played the role of Singeetham Srinivasa Rao in the biopic, Mahanati. His second directorial, Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi revolves around 4 friends, who want to be in different roles of film making but move out due to different reasons. Finally, they come together to make a movie for a competition the day after a drunken night and landing up in Goa. Later in the year, he wrote the screenplay for the Zee5 web series, B. Tech which opened to positive reviews.[9]

Personal life

Dhaassyam is married to Latha Naidu, 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.

Short films

Year	Film	Director	Actor	Writer/Dialogues	Screenplay	Notes
2011	The Journey	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
2012	Anukokunda	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
2015	Sainma	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
2018	MAA (telugu)	No	No	Yes	No

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Story	Actor	Notes
2016	Pelli Choopulu	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Directorial Debut
2018	Mahanati	No	No	No	Yes
2018	Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2018	Sammohanam	No	No	No	Yes
2019	Falaknuma Das	No	No	No	Yes
2019	Meeku Maathrame Cheptha	No	Yes	No	Yes	dialogues only

Awards

Movie	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
Pelli Choopulu	64th National Film Awards	Best Feature Film in Telugu	Won	[10][11]
		Best Screenplay for Dialogues	Won
	64th Filmfare Awards South	Best Director	Nominated	[12]
	6th SIIMA Awards	Best Debut Director	Won	[13]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Produced by	Ref
2020	Meeku Maatrame Cheptha	Host	ETV Network	[14]

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'?".
4. "Pellichoopulu director's mom impresses in Fidaa - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
5. Sainma (12 September 2014). "Sainma" – via YouTube.
6. Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (1 December 2015). "After short films, Tarun Bhasker to direct a feature" – via The Hindu.
7. "From YouTube to 70MM".
8. Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (29 July 2016). "Pelli Choopulu: A gem of a film" – via The Hindu.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. National Film Awards 2016
12. "Winners: 64th Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 (South)". India Today. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
13. "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.
14. AuthorTelanganaToday. "Tharun Bhascker gets into reinventing mode". Telangana Today. Retrieved 16 June 2020.