Dhruva Sarja (born 6 October 1988), is an Indian actor who appears in

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

films. He made his acting debut in the 2012 film, ''

Addhuri ''Addhuri'' is a 2012 Kannada film, Kannada romantic drama film starring Dhruva Sarja in his debut film, along with Radhika Pandit in the lead roles. The story, screenplay, dialogues and direction are by A. P. Arjun of the Kannada movie ''Ambar ...

''.

Career

Sarja debuted in films with the 2012 film ''

''. His portrayal of Arjun as the male lead, opposite

Radhika Pandit Radhika Pandit is an Indian film and television actress. She has established a career in Cinema of Karnataka, Kannada cinema as a leading actress. Having worked in Soap opera, television serials such as ''Nandagokula'', ''Kaadambari'', and ''Su ...

, received praise from critics. He signed for his next film ''

Bahaddur ''Bahaddur'' ( kn, ಬಹದ್ದೂರ್) is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language masala film directed by Chethan Kumar and produced by R. Srinivas. The film stars Dhruva Sarja and Radhika Pandit in the lead roles. The supporting cast features P. ...

'' with his close friend

Chethan Kumar Chetan Kumar ( kn, ಚೇತನ್ ಕುಮಾರ) (born 24 February 1983), also known as Chetan Ahimsa, is an American Kannada-language film actor and a public intellectual. He is a socio-political activist based in India. Chetan made his o ...

in 2013. The film became commercially successful and in April 2015 he signed for '' Bharjari''. His next film has been tilted ''

Pogaru ''Pogaru'' is a 2021 Indian Kannada-language masala film directed by Nanda Kishore and produced by B. K. Gangadhar. The film stars Dhruva Sarja and Rashmika Mandanna with Chikkanna, P. Ravi Shankar, Pavitra Lokesh, and Raghavendra Rajkumar in s ...

''. A. Harsha and Sarja are also in talks for a movie.

Personal life

Dhruva Sarja's brother Chiranjeevi Sarja, an actor in

films, died on 7 June 2020. Their maternal uncle

Arjun Sarja Srinivasa "Arjun" Sarja is an Indian actor, producer, and director who works predominantly in the Tamil film industry, in addition to Kannada and Telugu languages as well. Referred to by the media and his fans as " Action King" for his roles in ...

is a South Indian actor. Their grandfather

Shakti Prasad J. C. Ramaswamy (19 May 1928 – 2 August 1986), known by his screen name Shakti Prasad, was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada films in mostly villainous roles. In a career spanning close to 20 years, he appeared in over 200 films includ ...

was also an actor in Kannada films. Dhruva got engaged to his childhood friend Prerana on 9 December 2018. They married on 25 November 2019.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarja, Dhruv 1988 births Living people Male actors from Bangalore Male actors in Kannada cinema Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors South Indian International Movie Awards winners