Saurav Lokesh

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Saurav Lokesh
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Saurav Lokesh
Born (1984-05-28) May 28, 1984 (age 39)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materNational College Jayanagar, Bangalore.
OccupationActor
Years active2009-Present

Saurav Lokesh (born 28 May 1984), also known as Bhajarangi Loki, is an Indian film Actor who predominantly works in the Kannada Film industry. He rose to the fame with the 2013 blockbuster Bhajarangi.[1][2]

Early life[edit]

Saurav was born as youngest son to V. Ramakrishna & L. Rajalakshmi in Srinagar Bangalore district, Karnataka. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. He was instantly drawn to acting after watching a play during his Final Year in College. He was employed at HSBC before he resigned and followed his passion for acting and started doing theatre.

Career[edit]

Lokesh started his acting journey from theatre in the year 2006. He has worked with most of the amateur & professional theatre groups from 2006 to 2014, which includes more than 30 plays which has been performed over 100+ shows. While he was doing theatre he managed to get into television serials and started doing supporting roles but did not achieve much success.

Saurav Lokesh made his sandalwood debut in the year 2009 with a small role in the movie Savaari directed by Jacob Verghese. He then appeared in small supporting roles in Huli, AK 56, and Shiva, all directed by Om Prakash Rao, between 2010 and 2012. He appeared as minor antagonists in Googly and Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari.

He has appeared in more than 12 movies in small supporting roles before getting his breakthrough performance in Bhajarangi, directed by A. Harsha, which won him many applause and was praised for his role as Rana. The movie was a commercial hit and got him wide recognition as an actor and he became popular as Bhajarangi Loki.[3][4][5] In the year 2015 he appeared Rathaavara as a transgender, which furthered his fame.[6][7] He also played a role of a lawyer in Mahakaali.[8] He also appeared as an antagonist in Sharp Shooter. In 2016, he appeared in the movie Jaguar; a bilingual film in both Kannada and Telugu, this was Lokesh's Telugu debut. [9] In the same year, he also appeared as one of the lead antagonists in Jai Maruthi 800. Saurav appeared in the role of Bhujanga in Raj Vishnu. In Thayige Thakka Maga, Lokesh played an antagonist in the role of Sharath Kale.[10] Later, in 2019, Lokesh played a police officer in the suspense-thriller Striker.[11] In the same year he appeared as Bairaa, an antagonist, in Radhika Kumaraswamy's comeback film Damayanthi, directed by Navarasan.[12] In 2020, he appeared as an antagonist in rom-com fantasy movie Kaanadante Maayavadanu.[13][14]

Filmography[edit]

Films[edit]

Year Film Role Director Notes
2009 Savaari Salman Jacob Verghese
2010 Mathe Mungaru Fisher Man Dwarki
Huli College Student Om Prakash Rao
2012 AK 56 Local Goon Om Prakash Rao
Narasimha Local Goon Mohan Shankar
Shiva Police Trainee Om Prakash Rao
2013 Googly (film) Local Goon Pavan Wadeyar
Mangana Kaili Manikya Antagonist Rajendra Karanth
Sweety Nanna Jodi Antagonist's Brother Vijayalakshmi Singh
Bhajarangi Rana A. Harsha Nominated for SIIMA in Best Actor in a Negative Role (2014)
2014 Sadagara Antagonist Gopi Surya
Belli Antagonist Mussanje Mahesh
Ambareesha Antagonist Mahesh Sukhadhare
Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari Antagonist Santhosh Ananddram
2015 Mahakaali Lawyer S. Mahender
Just Maduveli Antagonist KolarSeena
Sharp Shooter (film) Antagonist Ghouse Peer
Rathaavara Maadevi Chandrashekar Bandiyappa
2016 Jai Maruthi 800 Narasimha A. Harsha
Jaguar Ajay A. Mahadev Bilinguial release in Kannada & Telegu
2017 Veera Ranachandi Lucky Anand P Raju
Raj Vishnu Rupai Bhujanga K. Madesh
2018 Gaanchali Johnny K. N. Ashok [15]
Thayige Thakka Maga SharathKaale Shashank Nominated for Filmibeat best of Kannada negative role 2018
2019 Striker Purushotham PawanTrivikram
Ranabhoomi COP Deepak [16]
Damayanthi Bhaira Navarasan
Margaret Ramachari M. S. Sreenath [17]
2020 Kaanadante Maayavadanu Jayanna Raj Pathipati
2021 TakkarFilms that have not yet been released Raghu Shastry Post Production
Bhajarangi 2Films that have not yet been released A. Harsha Filming
AcharyaFilms that have not yet been released
TBA
Koratala Siva Telugu debut ; filming

OTT/Web Series[edit]

Year Title Role Network Notes
2019 Raktha Chandana Psycho Killer Watchoo Channel Directed by Giri Raj[18]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Network Notes
2008 Nakutanti Office Boy Udaya TV Directed by Giri Raj
2011 Mahabharata (Kannada) Younger Bheeshma Udaya TV Produced by Cinevistaas Limited
2012 Cheluvi Army Officer Suvarna TV
2014 CID Karnataka CID Zee Kannada

Awards and Nominations[edit]

Year[lower-alpha 1] Film Award Category Result Ref
2014 Bhajarangi SIIMA - 2014 Best Actor in a Negative role Nominated [19]
2018 Thayige Thakka Maga 'Filmibeat' Best of 2018 Best Kannada Negative Role 2018 Nominated [20]

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ Refers to the year in which the award ceremony was held.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Saurav Lokesh Biography". Nettv4u. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Sourav Lokesh". Chiloka. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Bhajarangi Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Bhajarangi Loki". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Bad Boys on the prowl". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Bhajarangi Loki's respect for transgenders increases after acting in Rathaavara". Filmibeat. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Loki in a Mangala Mukhi Avatar in Rathaavara". The New Indian Express. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Mahakaali Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Jaguar drives Bhajarangi Loki to Telugu". The New Indian Express. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Thayige Takka Maga review : a mediocre outing". The New Indian Express. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Striker Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  12. ↑ "'Bhajarangi' Loki to play antagonist in Radhika Kumaraswamy's 'Damayanthi'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Antagonistic Avatars". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Bhajarangi Loki movies". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Gaanchali Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Ranabhoomi Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Margaret Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Giriraj's next is "Raktha Chandana"". News Karnataka. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  19. ↑ "SIIMA 2014 kannada nominations". IBT. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  20. ↑ "Best kannada negative role 2018". Filmibeat. Retrieved June 25, 2020.

External links[edit]

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