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Tharun Bhascker
Warangal, Telengana, India
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…
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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).
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2026
ENE Repeat
Movie Writer
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2026
#Cult
Movie Dialogue
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2026
Gaayapadda Simham
Movie Dharshas
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2026
Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi
Movie Ambati Omkar Naidu
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2025
Santhana Prapthirasthu
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2024
Masthu Shades Unnai Ra
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2023
Dhootha
TV show Bhupathi Varma Avuduri
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2023
Mangalavaaram
Movie Special Appearance in a Song
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2023
Keedaa Cola
Movie Bhakta Naidu
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2023
Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare
Movie An Editor (Telugu Version)
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2023
Das Ka Dhamki
Movie Special Appearance
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2023
Anger Tales
TV show Rajeev
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2022
Ori Devuda..!
Movie Dialogue
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2022
Kanam
Movie Dialogue
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2022
Sita Ramam
Movie Balaji
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2021
Skylab
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2021
Oh Manapenne!
Movie Story
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2021
Pitta Kathalu
TV show Director
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2020
Middle Class Melodies
Movie AE
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2020
Comicstaan Semma Comedy Pa
TV show Acting Double
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2019
Meeku Maathrame Cheptha
Movie Rakesh
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2019
Falaknuma Das
Movie Saidulu
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2019
Vijay Superum Pournamiyum
Movie Original Film Writer
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2018
Mitron
Movie Screenplay
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2018
Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi?
Movie Jury at Goa Film Festival
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2018
Sammohanam
Movie Himself
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2018
Mahanati
Movie Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
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2016
Pelli Choopulu
Movie Writer
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2015
Sainma
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Crazy Kalyanam
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