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{{short description|Indian actor (born 1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2016}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Naveen Kasturia
| image =
| alt = Naveen Kasturia
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|Jan|26}}
| birth_place =[[Otukpo]],
[[Benue State]], [[Nigeria]]
| death_place =
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| alma_mater = [[Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology]], [[University of Delhi]]
| other_names =
| occupation = [[Film actor]], [[Assistant director]]
| known_for = ''[[TVF Pitchers]]''
| parents =
| relatives =
}}

'''Naveen Kasturia''' (born 26 January 1985) is an Indian actor known for his work in [[The Viral Fever|TVF]] drama series - ''[[TVF Pitchers|Pitchers]]''.<ref>{{Cite web| title = From Pitch to Ted Talk| author = Barkha Kumari| work = [[The New Indian Express]]| date = 22 October 2015| accessdate = 2016-03-29| url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/From-Pitch-to-Ted-Talk/2015/10/22/article3091395.ece| archive-date = 25 March 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160325092151/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/From-Pitch-to-Ted-Talk/2015/10/22/article3091395.ece| url-status = live}}</ref> He started his career working as an assistant director on the film ''[[Jashnn]]'' and then assisted [[Dibakar Banerjee]] on ''[[Love Sex Aur Dhokha]]'' and ''[[Shanghai (2012 film)|Shanghai]]''. He also appeared as the lead actor in the critically acclaimed film ''[[Sulemani Keeda]]''.

== Early life ==
Naveen was born in [[Otukpo]], a small town in [[Nigeria]]. Though his family moved back to India when he was a year old. He was brought up in a joint family in [[Delhi]]. He did his schooling from Birla Vidya Niketan and engineering from [[Netaji Subhas University of Technology|Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT)]] in Delhi. He directed a lot of skits/plays in his school and college days. After graduation, he joined an analytics firm called Inductis in [[Gurgaon]] in 2006, where he worked for two years before moving to Mumbai in 2008. In Mumbai, he worked with [[JPMorgan Chase|JP Morgan Chase]] for a very brief period of time before making a final switch to films.

== Career ==
Naveen continued doing theatre after engineering. In 2007, Naveen and his college friends started a theatre company, Right Click Entertainment, and wrote and directed his first ticketed play ''Khel Khel Mein'', which went housefull. He worked as an assistant director in [[Jashnn]], produced by [[Vishesh Films]].

Naveen got his first television commercial when he went to meet [[Dibakar Banerjee]] since he wanted to assist Dibakar Banerjee as an AD, and Banerjee asked him to work in his coke commercial. As of now, Naveen Kasturia has worked in many advertisements for various brands such as [[Vodafone]], [[Mahindra & Mahindra|Mahindra]], Tapzo app, Marathe Jewellers, True Value and so on. Later, he assisted [[Dibakar Banerjee]] in [[Love Sex Aur Dhokha|LSD]] and [[Shanghai (2012 film)|Shanghai]], and Oscar-winning director [[Danis Tanović]] in an international film called [[Tigers (film)|Tigers]].

In 2011, [[Amit V. Masurkar|Amit Masurkar]] offered a movie to Kasturia, named [[Sulemani Keeda]]. Released in 2014, the movie proved to be a turning point in his career. Naveen did a few more sketches with [[The Viral Fever]] before [[TVF Pitchers|Pitchers]] happened.

==Films and Web series==

===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Worked as
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col"| Notes
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Jashnn]]''
| Assistant director
|
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Love Sex Aur Dhokha]]''
| Assistant director
|
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Shanghai (2012 film)|Shanghai]]''
| Actor & Assistant director
| Ranjan
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Tigers (film)|Tigers]]''
| Third Assistant Director
|
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Sulemani Keeda]]''
| Actor
| Dulal
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Loveshhuda]]''
| Actor
| Kunal
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Hope Aur Hum]]''
| Actor
| Nitin
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Turtle (film)|Turtle]]''
| Actor
|
|
|-
|2018
|''Sone Bhi Do Yaaro''
|Actor
|Naveen
|
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Waah Zindagi]]''
| Actor
|
|
|-
|}

===Short Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col"| Notes
|-
| 2013
| ''Skin Deep''
| Sanjay
|
|-
| 2014
| ''Interior Cafe Night''
| Young Boy
|
|-
| 2014
| ''Stunt Boy''
|
|
|-
| 2015
| ''Chhoti Khushi''
| Elder son
| [[Sony Liv|SonyLIV]]
|-
| 2016
| ''Pure-Veg''
| Arjun
|
|-
| 2016
| ''Half Ticket''
| Ayaan
|
|-
| 2018
| ''Half Ticket 2''
| Ayaan
|
|-
| 2018
| ''Maya''
| Raunak
|
|-
| 2019
| ''Malgook Bidro''
| Naveen
| [[Zee5]]
|-
|}

===Web Series===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!Scope="col"| Notes
|-
| 2013
| ''Chai Sutta Chronicles''
| Siddharth
| [[The Viral Fever|TVF]]
|-
| 2015
| ''[[TVF Pitchers]]''
| Naveen Bansal
| [[The Viral Fever|TVF]]
|-
| 2015
| ''Man's World''
| Bus passenger
| [[Y-Films|YFilms]]
|-
| 2017
| ''Social Series''
| Prithvi
| [[Viu (streaming media)|Viu]]
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Bose: Dead/Alive]]''
| Darbari Lal
| [[ALTBalaji]]
|-
| 2018
| ''The Good Vibes''
| Lakshya Tripathi
|
|-
| 2019
| ''Fuh se Fantasy''
| Sushil
| [[Voot]]
|-
| 2019
| ''Thinkistan''
| Amit
| [[MX Player]]
|-
| 2019
| ''Happily Ever After''
| Roneet Bagchi
| The Zoom Studios
|-
|-
| 2019
| ''Parchhayee''
| Jimmy
| [[ZEE5]]
|-
|2021
|TVF Aspirants<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-07|title=Aspirants trailer: Kota Factory set in the UPSC world|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/aspirants-trailer-tvf-kota-factory-set-in-the-upsc-world-7261539/|access-date=2021-04-07|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
|Abhilash
|[[TVF (The Viral Fever)|TVF]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|3832707}}

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