Sharan

Sharan (born 6 February 1974) is an Indian film actor and an occasional playback singer and film producer who works in Kannada cinema. He made his acting debut in the mid-1990s and appeared mostly in comedy roles and small supporting roles. However, he earned much recognition during the late 2000s and made his lead role for his 100th film Rambo (2012 film) and since then featuring as the lead actor in comedy films.

Sharan was born into a family of theater artistes. His grandparents and parents were reckoned artistes at the Gubbi theater. His younger sister Shruti was one of the leading Kannada actresses in the 1990s. Though he was pushed to acting genre by his parents, his initial interest was in music and was part of an orchestra as a singer. He cut his own private devotional albums and also sang the title tracks for television series.

Sharan's first tryst in acting began with a television series aired in Doordarshan channel. Subsequently he began to get offers to act in various television serials resulting in director Siddlingaiah spotting his talent and offer him a small comedy role for his film Prema Prema Prema.

Sharan debuted his feature film acting with a small role in Siddalingaiah's Prema Prema Prema. Since then he featured in over 100 films as a comedian and supporting actor. He was mostly noticed for his comic flavor in movies such as Karpoorada Gombe (1996), Friends (2002), Monalisa (2004), Jothe Jotheyali (2006), Pallakki (2007), Maleyali Jotheyali (2009) among several others.

2012–present

Sharan appeared in a lead role for the third time after Karpoorada gombe and Sundari Ganda Sadananda with coincidenting 100th film Rambo in 2012 and starring Victory in 2013 both films emerged critical and commercial successes, with his performance winning acclaim alongside.

In his first film of 2014, Maanikya, Sharan appeared in a supporting role. In the comedy Jai Lalitha, he was cast as Jayaraj and appeared in female character as well. G. S. Kumar of The Times of India wrote, "It's all Sharan who shines in lady character with excellent mannerism, dialogue delivery and body language." The film however performed average at the box-office. In his final release of the year, Adyaksha, a romance-comedy, and a remake of the Tamil film Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam (2013), he was cast as Chandrashekhara Gowda, and along with his sidekick Narayana (played by Chikkanna), played the role of a villager who creates havoc in the village as the president of an association "Chi Thu Sangha" ("Chinthe Illada Thund Haikla Sangha"), who then falls in love with a landlord's daughter. The film emerged as a major commercial and critical success, with critics acclaiming Sharan's performance. It turned out to be one of Kannada cinema's biggest commercial successes of 2014. His performed earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Actor nomination.

In 2015, Sharan starred in Raja Rajendra as Bottle Mani, who takes a contract to kill an elder member of the royal family. The film received mixed reviews from critics, though his performance was praised. He was cast in a double role in the comedy Bullet Basya as Basavaraj "Basya", a Royal Enfield Bullet-riding villager, who has a proclivity for women, and Muthu, his exact opposite. He also sang the song "Kaal Kg Kallekaai" for the film. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics. On Sharan's performance, Bangalore Mirror wrote, "Sharan has almost gone overboard in search of comedy, but does justice to the two roles."

As actor

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	Prema Prema Prema
1996	Karpoorada Gombe
1999	Snehaloka	Gopi
2000	Nan Hendthi Chennagidale
2001	Yuvaraja
2002	Friends
2002	Ninne Preethisuve
2003	Kaun Banega Kotyadipathi
2004	Monalisa
2004	Rowdy Aliya
2006	7 O' Clock
2006	Hatavadi
2006	Tananam Tananam
2007	Sixer
2007	Pallakki
2007	Krishna	Rama
2007	Gunavantha
2008	Honganasu
2008	Sundari Ganda Sadananda		Based on Phone Booth
2008	Ee Preethi Yeke Bhoomi Melide
2008	Akka Thangi
2009	Maleyali Jotheyali	Venkatesh
2009	Josh
2010	Gaana Bajaana
2010	Eradane Maduve
2010	Aithalakkadi
2010	Eno Onthara
2010	Police Quarters
2010	Premism
2010	Hoo
2010	Porki
2010	Nooru Janmaku
2010	Punda
2010	Modalasala
2011	Olave Mandara
2011	Kempe Gowda	Pashupathi
2011	Sanju Weds Geetha
2011	Mathond Madhuvena
2011	Kool...Sakkath Hot Maga
2011	Johny Mera Naam Preethi Mera Kaam
2011	Bhadra
2012	Aarakshaka
2012	Parijatha
2012	Lucky
2012	Rambo	Krishna Murthy ("Kitty")	100th movie - Also producer
2013	Ee Bhoomi Aa Bhanu
2013	Varadanayaka
2013	Neenandre Ishta Kano
2013	Bulbul
2013	Victory	Chandru	Dual Role Based on 1978 movie The Odd Job and 1995 Kannada movie Ganeshana Galate Remade in Telugu as Selfie Raja
2014	Maanikya
2014	Jai Lalitha	Jayaraj	Remake of Mayamohini
2014	Adyaksha	Chandrashekhara Gowda ("Chandru")	Remake of Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam
2015	Raja Rajendra	Bottle Mani	Dual Role Based on His Highness Abdullah
2015	Bullet Basya	Basavaraj ("Basya") / Muthu	Dual Role
2016	Jai Maruthi 800	Jeeva
2016	Nataraja Service	Nataraja
TBA	Raaj Vishnu		Post Production

As playback singer

Filmfare Awards South

• 2009: nominated, Best Supporting Actor – Kannada: Josh
• 2012: nominated, Best Supporting Actor – Kannada: Parijatha
• 2014: nominated, Best Actor – Kannada: Adyaksha

South Indian International Movie Awards

• 2012: nominated, Best Debutant Producer (Kannada): Rambo
• 2012: nominated, Best Male Debutant (Kannada): Rambo

Udaya Film Awards

• 2012: nominated, Best Debut Actor (Male): Rambo

Bangalore Times Film Awards

• 2012: Best Actor in a Comic Role: Rambo