Bhaskar

23 Sep, 1976 | Vellore, Tamil Nadu

Director/Producer

Biography

Bhaskar , popularly known as Bommarillu Bhaskar, is a Telugu film director. In his early career, he worked as an associate director on films such as Bhadra and Arya. He was born in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, and was a student of the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. His directorial debut Bommarillu starring Siddarth Narayan and Genelia D'souza was a blockbuster, which earned him two Nandi Awards, for best debut director and best original screenplay. His next venture, Parugu starring Allu Arjun was a box office hit. Orange starring Ram Charan was his next film, which gained mixed response. His fourth film was Ongole Githa a revenge drama which was a box office and critic failure. His Tamil film Bangalore Naatkal starring Arya, Rana Daggubati, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Sri Divya, Bobby Simha was released in 2016 and had mixed responses.