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Tarun

Acting Born Jan 8, 1981 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India 24 credits

Biography

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.

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. 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. 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).

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][6] 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.

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Ela Cheppanu

as Sekhar

Rebirth

as Arjun

Full filmography

  • Ela Cheppanu (2003) as Sekhar
  • Nava Vasantham (2007) as Ganesh
  • Meera (1992) as Jesu
  • Oka Oorilo (2005) as Seenu
  • Surya IPS (1991) as Child artist
  • Soggadu (2005) as Ravi
  • Punnagai Desam (2002)
  • Thalapathi (1991) as Petty Thief
  • Bhale Dongalu (2008) as Ramu
  • Ganapa (2015)
  • Yuddam (2014)
  • Enakku 20 Unakku 18 (2003) as Sridhar
  • Anjali (1990) as Arjun
  • Nuvve Kavali (2000)
  • Aditya 369 (1991) as Kishore
  • Priyamaina Neeku (2001) as Ganesh
  • Nuvve... Nuvve... (2002) as Rishi
  • Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu (2002) as Radha Krishna
  • Ninne Ishtapaddanu (2003)
  • Sakhiya (2004)
  • Sasirekha Parinayam (2009) as Anand
  • Johnny (1993) as Jhonny
  • Chukkalanti Ammayi Chakkanaina Abbayi (2013) as Sanjay
  • Idi Naa Love Story (2018) as Actor