Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam

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

Early life Tharun Bhascker was born on 5 November 1988 in Madras (now Chennai) and was raised in Hyderabad. His father hailed from Warangal, Telangana, while his mother is from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. He later graduated from New York Film Academy.

His father, Uday Bhaskar, died in 2015. His mother, Geetha Bhaskar, made her acting debut in Sekhar Kammula's Fidaa (2017).

Film career Bhascker started his career directing short films such as Anukokunda, and Sainma. Anukokunda was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

His first full length directorial feature film was Pelli Choopulu (2016). 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 made his acting debut with 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.

In 2019, Bhaskar played the lead role in Meeku Maathrame Cheptha.

Keedaa Cola, directed by Tharun Bhascker, was released on 3 November 2023. His upcoming film as a lead actor Gaayapadda Simham is set to release theatrically on 1st May, 2026.

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. He is nephew of Warangal West Ex-MLA Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar.

Filmography As a director + Year TitleNotes 2016 Pelli Choopulu National Film Award for Best Screenplay – Dialogues 2018 Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi 2021 Pitta KathaluNetflix anthology film; Ramula segment 2023 Keedaa Cola 2026ENE Repeat

As an actor

As dialogue writer + Year TitleNotes 2018Maa Short film; Telugu dubbed version 2019 Meeku Maathrame Cheptha

As short film director

As voice actor

Television

Discography YearFilmSongMusicCo-artistsNotes2021 Cinema Bandi"Cinema Teesinam"Varun ReddyRoll Ridaalso lyrics

Awards and nominations