Dhruv Vikram (born 23 September 1995) is an Indian actor, singer and lyricist who works in

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. The son of actor Vikram, he made his acting debut with the 2019 romantic drama ''

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'' and has since starred with his father in '' Mahaan'' (2022).

Early life

Dhruv was born on 23 September 1995 in

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as the son of actor Vikram and his wife Shailaja. His elder sister Akshitha is married to Manu Ranjith, who is the great-grandson of politician M. Karunanidhi. His grandfather

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was also an actor who acted in a few Tamil films.

Career

Dhruv had been first approached to play a role in

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's '' M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi'' (2004), but eventually did not feature.

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later approached him to play the role of Anbukkarasu in ''

Pasanga ''Pasanga'' () is an Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language children's film directed by Pandiraj. It stars debutant child actors like Kishore DS, Sree Raam and Thamizh (actor), Pandian, along with newcomer Vimal and Vega Tamotia in supporting rol ...

'' (2008); however, Vikram was then not keen on letting his son get into acting and the role subsequently went to

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. A short film titled "Good Night Charlie" directed by Dhruv based on child abuse was released in 2016 on YouTube. Dhruv was to have made his feature film debut with Bala's ''

Varmaa ''Varmaa'' is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Bala and produced by Mukesh Mehta of E4 Entertainment. A remake of the 2017 Telugu film '' Arjun Reddy'', directed by Sandeep Vanga, the film stars Dhruv Vikram and ...

'', a remake of the

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film ''

Arjun Reddy ''Arjun Reddy'' is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, and produced by his brother Pranay Reddy Vanga's company Bhadrakali Pictures. It stars Vijay Deverakonda and Shalini Pandey while ...

'' (2017); however, the release of the film was stalled after the producer was not content about the final product. The film was relaunched as ''

'', directed by Gireesaaya, with Dhruv continuing his role, and released in 2019 with M. Suganth of ''

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'' noting that "Dhruv Vikram comes up with a performance that captures

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's intense and raw act from the original note for note, but there is an assuredness and honesty here that makes us appreciate it rather than dismiss it just as mimicry". ''Varmaa'' had a delayed release in 2020 and Suganth stated that "As for Dhruv Vikram, he is rawer here, looking sure-footed in some scenes and like a novice in some". Dhruv acted alongside his father in the latter's 60th film, '' Mahaan'' which was released on 10 February 2022 on

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. He also wrote and sang a song named "Missing Me" for the film. Dhruv later wrote, sang and directed the music video of "Manase", composed by Ujwal Gupta. Dhruv is signed up for an untitled film to be directed by

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Filmography

Discography

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