Navarasan is an Indian

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 ...

film

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, actor,

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and

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. He is best known for the 2019 film ''

Damayanthi ''Damayanti'' (Sanskrit: दमयंती) is a character in a love story found in the Vana Parva book of the Mahabharata. She was the daughter of Bhima (not the Pandava one) and a princess of the Vidarbha Kingdom, who married King Nala of th ...

''.

Early life

Navarasan was born on 26 November 1985 in

Kolar Gold fields Kolar Gold Fields (K.G.F.) is a mining region in K.G.F. taluk (township), Kolar district, Karnataka, India. It is headquartered in Robertsonpet, where employees of Bharat Gold Mines Limited (BGML) and BEML Limited (formerly Bharat Earth Move ...

. He was born to a

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family, and completed his schooling in Santhosh High school Bangarpet. His childhood was mostly spent in helping out his father in

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Career

Navarasan is mainly known for his works in

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and

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movies. He was trained for action and direction at Koothupattarai Institute in

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

. In the year 2014, Navarasan made his debut as an

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

in a

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''Nee en uyire'' directed by Vikas Lathiraj. His work in the Kannada film industry began as both producer and actor in a

movie ''Raakshasi'' which was released in the year 2015. Navasaran played a lead role in this film along with

Sindhu Lokanath Sindhu known by her stage name Sindhu Loknath, is an Indian actress and model. She made her debut in films, with a cameo role in '' Parichaya'' (2009). She is recognized for her performances in '' Lifeu Ishtene'' (2011), ''Drama'' (2012), '' C ...

. While he gained experience in various departments of the film industry he decided to test his direction skills with the film '' Vaira''. The good feedback he received for ''Vaira'' gave him the confidence to come up with the big budget film ''

''. The movie was released in many languages including:

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and

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as ''Damayanthi'' and ''Samharini'' in

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. Kannada actress

Radhika Kumaraswamy Radhika Kumaraswamy (born 1 November 1986), credited as Radhika and as Kutty Radhika in Tamil films, is an Indian actress. She has primarily appeared in Kannada films. Career Radhika started her acting career with the Kannada film ''Neela Megh ...

acted as a lead in this film. ''Damayanthi'' gave Navarasan his big break in the Indian film industry as a director.

Filmography

As actor

As producer

As Director, Story and Screenwriter

* '' Vaira'' * ''

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1985 births People from Kolar district Indian actors Living people