Tarun Shivappa

Tarun Shivappa (ತರುಣ್ ಶಿವಪ್ಪ) is an Indian film producer best known for his work in Kannada cinema. Shivappa has produced three feature films. His latest venture is Victory 2, the sequel to Victory.

Early life
Tarun Shivappa was born on 1 April 1983 to Shivappa and Susheelamma in Attibele, a town in Bangalore, Karnataka. He graduated with Bachelor of Commerce degree from BTL Degree College & BES College. He is married to Mansa Tarun and is a full-time entrepreneur and producer.

Career
Shivappa broke into the spotlight industry as an assistant director for a TV channel in 2007. He acquired the positions of film section head and programming head. Shivappa launched 9 Thots Media Solutions, his advertising agency and an event management company, hosting film award and audio launch functions. He then moved into film production.

Tarun started his production company Tarun Talkies and debuted with the Kannada language film Rose in 2014 starring Ajay Rao and Shravya in lead roles.

Shivappa is an ardent fan of Shiva Rajkumar. He had pitched the project of Mass Leader in 2014 to Shivrajkumar and received approval on the venture. Mass Leader had huge star cast including Vijay Raghavendra, Loose Mada Yogi, Gururaj Jaggesh, Ashika Ranganath, Sharmiela Mandre and Prakash Belawadi. The mega flick directed by Narasimha and co-produced by Hardik Gowda went into two and half years of pre-production alone and included an 18-day shoot schedule in Kashmir. The film opened in theatres with appreciation from critics and public too.

Tarun teamed up with director Hari Santhosh to produce the sequel to Victory. The name of the sequel was retained. The film reportedly received positive audience reception. Indian Express wrote, "Victory 2 - A sequel that offers four times the entertainment". The song "Naav Maneg Hogodilla, Namge Baglu Thegiyorilla" by Arjun Janya was featured in the film. Victory 2 stands one of the major successes for Sandalwood in 2018 crossing 50 Days.

Tarun is producing Chiranjeevi Sarja's next film titled Khaki with debutant Naveen Reddy. After Khaki, Tarun reunites with Sharan once again for Navneeth’s upcoming directorial film, 'Choo Mantar,' which features Chikkanna and Aditi Prabhudeva in the lead roles. The first look of the movie was released by Crazy Star V. Ravichandran and the trailer was also released in February.