Dhananjay (actor)

Dhananjay
Born 1986
Arasikere, Hassan, Karnataka, India
Other names Dhanu
Alma mater Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), Mysore.
Occupation Actor
Years active 2013-present

Dhananjay (Kannada: ಧನಂಜಯ್) is an Indian film and theater actor working in Kannada film industry.[1] After acting in a host of theater acts, he made his feature film debut in Director's Special in 2013. He fetched the debut actor award at the SIIMA Awards for his performance in the film.[2]

Early life and family

Dhananjay was born in Kalenhalli village in Arasikere, Hassan district. His childhood in in india days were mostly spent by watching and acting in dramas in the village along with his father. He moved to Mysore to pursue his Engineering degree in Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering and subsequently passed out as a rank student. This lead him to a good job offer from Infosys company in Mysore. However, his interest was set in acting and he used to frequently visit the popular Rangayana theater group in Mysore. Eventually, he landed up with many acting assignments in the same theater group. He also underwent an acting workshop at Germany facilitated by Germany based theater director Christian Stuckl.[3]

Film career

Dhananjay, with his frequent visits to the Rangayana theater in Mysore, fetched him many character roles in the regular dramas held there. It was director Guruprasad who noticed his acting skills and gave him an important role in his feature film Director's Special.[4] The film took three years in the making and finally released in 2013 to mixed and negative response at the box-office. However his performance was lauded and many film makers approached him for the roles in their films. Seeing the rushes of this film, director Om Prakash Rao cast him in his next Huccha-2 but later dropped due to creative differences.[5] He then was cast in A. P. Arjun's next film Rhaatee opposite Shruthi Hariharan under musician V. Harikrishna's debut production. He is currently working in Preetham Gubbi's next film Boxer which is produced by the Jayanna Films banner.[6][7]

Filmography

Year Film Title Role Director Notes
2013 Director's Special Dhananjaya Guruprasad Won - SIIMA Award for Best Male Debutant
2014 Jayanagar 4th Block Dhananjaya D. Sathya Prakash Short-film
Also story-writer[8]
2015 Rhaatee Raja A. P. Arjun
2015 Vijayaditya Vijayaditya Nirbhay Chakravarthy Filming[9]
2015 Boxer Preetham Gubbi
2016 Jessie Jessie Pavan Wadeyar
2016 Badmaash Akash Srivatsa Filming
2016 Allama T. S. Nagabharana Filming
2016 Eradane Sala Guruprasad Pre production

References

  1. ↑ Dhananjay profile
  2. ↑ Dhananjay is SIIMA's Best Debutant Actor
  3. ↑ Dhananjay took acting lessons in Germany
  4. ↑ Software to Sandalwood: A techie's dream come true
  5. ↑ Krishna in, Dhananjay out of Huccha 2
  6. ↑ Actor Dhananjaya turns boxer
  7. ↑ Preetham and Dhananjay to team up for Boxer
  8. ↑ Jayanagar IV Block comes alive in film
  9. ↑ 'Vijayaditya' shooting to begin!

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