Tarun

Tarun Kumar (Telugu: తరుణ్) is an Indian film actor who primarily works in Telugu and Tamil cinema. He frequently appears in romantic comedy films.

Career

He is the elder son of Oriya actor Chakrapani & noted actress Roja Ramani. He started his acting career under Usha Kiran Movies production, as a child actor. Tarun bagged the National Film Award for Best Child Artist in 1991 for the Tamil film Anjali directed by Mani Ratnam. He has acted in numerous films as a child artist including the Tamil blockbuster Thalapathi (1991), starring Rajinikanth. His first film as a lead actor, Nuvve Kavali, went on to become Tollywood's biggest blockbuster of 2000.

Filmography

Year	Film	Co-star	Role	Language	Notes
1990	Manasu Mamatha	Naresh		Telugu
1990	Bujjigadi Babai	Naresh		Telugu
1990	Anjali	Raghuvaran, Revathi, BhanuPriya	Arjun Bhatti	Tamil	As Master Tarun National Film Award for Best Child Artist
1991	Thalapathi		Cameo appearance	Tamil	As a petty-thief who finds baby Rajnikanth in train
1991	Pillalu Diddina Kapuram	Jagapathi Babu		Telugu	As Jagapathi babu's son in dual role
1991	Aditya 369	Nandamuri Balakrishna, Mohini	Kishore Kumar	Telugu
1992	Meera		Jesu	Tamil	Credited as Master Tharun
1992	Teja		Teja	Telugu	An adaptation of Home Alone
1992	My Dear Muthachan		Manu	Malayalam
1993	Abhayam			Malayalam
1995	Vajram	Akkineni Nagarjuna	Young Nagarjuna	Telugu
2000	Nuvve Kavali	Richa Pallod, Sai Kiran	Tarun Bhatti	Telugu
2000	Uncle	AVS		Telugu
2000	Priyamaina Neeku	Sneha, Preethi	Ganesh	Telugu
2001	Chirujallu	Richa Pallod		Telugu
2002	Nuvvu Leka Nenu lenu	Aarthi Agarwal	Radha Krishna	Telugu
2002	Punnagai Desam		Ganesh	Tamil
2002	Adrushtam	Gajala	Tarun	Telugu
2002	Nuvve Nuvve	Shriya Saran	Rishi	Telugu
2003	Ninne Ishtapaddanu	Anita Hassanandani, Sridevi	Charan	Telugu
2003	Ela Cheppanu	Shriya Saran	Sekhar	Telugu
2003	Enakku 20 Unakku 18 / Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu	Trisha Krishnan, Shriya Saran	Sridhar	Tamil/Telugu	Bilingual
2004	Sakhiya (Naatho Raa)	Nauheed Cyrusi	Hari	Telugu
2005	Soggadu	Aarthi Agarwal	Ravi	Telugu
2005	Oka Voorilo	Saloni	Seenu	Telugu
2007	Nava Vasantham	Aakash, Rohith, Sunil	Ganesh	Telugu
2008	Bhale Dongalu	Ileana D'Cruz, Jagapathi Babu	Ramu	Telugu
2009	Sasirekha Parinayam	Genelia	Anand/Abhi	Telugu
2011	Chukkalanti Ammayi Chakkanaina Abbayi	Vimala Raman		Telugu	Post Production
2012	Anucharudu	Sri Hari		Telugu	Filming
2012	Yuddam			Telugu	Filming