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DHRUVA KARUNAKAR –

Dhruva Karunakar is an Indian actor, performed lead character in the Telugu cinema Ashwamedham, that will be on screens from June 5, 2019. This is his debut film, and there are handful of movies in his kitty for near future.

Early Life:

Dhruva was born in Udupi, a small town of southern coastal India, then relocated to Mumbai at the age of 15. He was keen in many sports and wanted to be a cricketer. But neither time nor money supported that dream of being a sportsman, as Dhruva started working right after finishing his education in a restaurant.

His acting career started with stage theatre, after he finished short courses with FTII, Pune and NSD, New Delhi. Dhruva Karunakar’s small roles were noticed by prominent theatre director like Tatva Naik, who offered him the role of a parallel lead in his play. That was the beginning of Dhruva’s long standing, over 5 years stint with stage theatres where he played many highly acclaimed roles.

Career in Film:

Dhruva Karunakar’s first break on screen came in the year 2017 in a music video, ‘Eppettiki Prema’,

with co-star Aditi Arya. After that, there was no looking back for Dhruva. He learnt martial arts like ‘Muay Thai’, ‘Krav Maga’, and joined acting course with Barry John. Dhruva also did a film direction course with NYFA, New York.

Coming back to India, Dhruva got his first break as a lead role in Director Nitin G.’s production - Ashwamedham. India missed a probable cricket star, but surely got a star actor, now in making.

Filmography