Tarun

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.

Most Known For

Ela Cheppanu

as Sekhar

Nava Vasantham

as Ganesh

Thalapathi

as Petty Thief

Enakku 20 Unakku 18

as Sridhar

Aditya 369

as Kishore

Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu

as Radha Krishna

Nuvve Kavali

Sasirekha Parinayam

as Anand

Nuvve... Nuvve...

as Rishi

Anjali

as Arjun

Dharma Chakkaram

Ganapa

Meera

as Jesu

Priyamaina Neeku

as Ganesh

Punnagai Desam

Ninne Ishtapaddanu

Johnny

as Jhonny

Bhale Dongalu

as Ramu

Sakhiya

Surya IPS

as Child artist