Navarasan

Navarasan
Born	(1985-01-03) 3 January 1985 (age 40) Kolar Gold Fields(KGF)
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Director Actor Screenwriter Producer
Years active	2014 – present
Known for	Damayanthi
Spouse	Krishna Priya (m. 2024)
Parent(s)	Yuvaraj (Father), Geetha (Mother)

Navarasan (born 03 January 1985) is an Indian Kannada film director, actor, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for the 2019 film Damayanthi.[1]

Early life

Navarasan was born on 03 January 1985 in Kolar Gold fields. He was born to a farmer family, and completed his schooling in Santhosh High school Bangarpet. His childhood was mostly spent in helping out his father in agriculture.

Career

Navarasan is mainly known for his works in horror and thriller movies. He was trained for action and direction at Koothupattarai Institute in Chennai.^[citation needed]

In the year 2014, Navarasan made his debut as an actor in a tamil movie Nee en uyire directed by Vikas Lathiraj.[2][3]

His work in the Kannada film industry began as both producer and actor in a horror movie Raakshasi which was released in the year 2015. Navasaran played a lead role in this film along with Sindhu Lokanath.[4] [5] [6]

While he gained experience in various departments of the film industry he decided to test his direction skills with the film Vaira.[7][8] The good feedback he received for Vaira gave him the confidence to come up with the big budget film Damayanthi.[9] The movie was released in many languages including: Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi as Damayanthi and Samharini in Telugu.[10] Kannada actress Radhika Kumaraswamy acted as a lead in this film.[11] Damayanthi gave Navarasan his big break in the Indian film industry as a director.

Filmography

As actor

Year	Film	Language	Role	Notes
2014	Nee en uyire	Tamil	Navarasan	Debut Cinema
2015	Raakshasi	Kannada	Siddharth
2017	Vaira	Kannada	Raj
2017	Psycho Shankra	Kannada	Psycho Shankar	[12]
2018	Aa Karala Rathri	Kannada	Kannappa

As producer

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2014	Nee en uyire	Tamil	Debut Cinema
2015	Raakshasi	Kannada
2019	Damayanthi	Kannada	multilingual

As Director, Story and Screenwriter

• Vaira
• Damayanthi

References

1. "Navarasan". Book my show. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
2. "Nee en uyire". Book my show. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
3. "Women power to the fore". Times of India. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
4. "Raakshasi synopsis". Times of India. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
5. "Raakshasi". Book my show. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
6. "Raakshasi audio launch at Ambedkar Ground in Bengaluru". Times of India. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
7. "Vaira movie review". Times of India. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
8. "'Vaira is an entertainer, don't go by A-rating, appeals actor-director Navarasan". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
9. "Director Navarasan is back with 'Damayanti'". Times of India. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
10. "Samharini synopsis". Times of India. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
11. "Radhika Kumaraswamy will be seen as a doctor and ghost in 'Damayanti'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
12. "Psycho Shankra synopsis". Times of India. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

External links

• Navarasan at IMDb