Dhruv sarja biography


Dhruva Sarja

Indian actor

Dhruva Sarja

Sarja in 2021

Born (1988-10-06) 6 October 1988 (age 36)

Bangalore, Karnataka, India[1]

NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present
Spouse

Prerana Shankar

(m. 2019)​
RelativesSarja family

Dhruva Sarja (born 6 October 1988) is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. He made his acting debut in the 2012 film, Addhuri.

Early life

Dhruva's elder brother Chiranjeevi Sarja, who was also an actor in Kannada films, died on 7 June 2020. The Sarja family originally hails from Sarjapura.[2] Their maternal uncle Arjun Sarja is a South Indian actor, and their maternal grandfather Shakti Prasad was also an actor in Kannada films. Director Kishore Sarja was his maternal uncle and actress Aishwarya Arjun is his cousin.

Career

Sarja debuted in films with the 2012 film Addhuri. His portrayal of Arjun as the male lead, opposite Radhika Pandit, received praise from critics.[3] He signed for his next film Bahaddur with his close friend Chethan Kumar in 2013. The film became commercially successful[4][5] and in April 2015 he signed for Bharjari.[6] Upcoming films include Pogaru (2021), Martin (2024) and KD - The Devil (2024) and The Untold story of Vijay Salaskar (2025).[7]

A. Harsha and Sarja are also in talks for a movie.[8][9]

Personal life

Dhruva got engaged to his childhood friend Prerana on 9 December 2018.[10] They married on 25 November 2019.[11] and they have two children, a daughter named Rudrakshi and son named Hayagriva.

Filmography

Denotes films that have not yet been released

As a dubbing artist

Awards and nominations

References

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