Akash Puri

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Born
Akash Puri

(1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 27) [1]
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Father Puri Jagannadh

Akash Puri is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. [2] [3] He started his career in 2008 as a child actor in the films Chirutha , Bujjigadu , Ek Niranjan , The Lotus Pond , Businessman , Dhoni and Gabbar Singh . [4]

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Puri debuted as a lead and adult with the 2015 film Andhra Pori . [5] His notable films include Mehbooba and Romantic .

Career

Puri made his debut as a child artist in Chirutha as a young Charan in 2007. The film was directed by his father Puri Jagannadh, starring Ramcharan and Neha Sharma. He has also done more 7 films as a child artist which includes Bujjigadu, Ek Niranjan, The Lotus Pond, Businessman, Dhoni and Gabbar Singh .

Puri made his debut as a lead actor in 2015 with the film Andhra Pori . After that, he made a film Mehbooba, which was directed by his father Puri Jagannadh. The film achieved a commercial hit. [6] He also starred in romantic film with Ketika Sharma which got mixed talk from viewers. [7]

He will next feature in romantic-action film Chor Bazaar directed by B. Jeevan Reddy. [8]

Filmography

Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2007 Chirutha Young CharanChild actor
2008 Bujjigadu Young Bujji
2009 Ek Niranjan Sameera's guitar student
2010 The Lotus Pond Neeraj English film; child actor [9]
2012 Businessman Younger Vijay SuryaChild actor
Dhoni Karthik Subramaniam
Gabbar Singh Young Venkataratnam Naidu / Young Gabbar Singh [10]
2015 Andhra Pori NarsinghAdult debut [11]
2018 Mehbooba Roshan/Kabir [12]
2021 Romantic Vasco De Gama [13]
2022 Chor Bazaar Bachchan Saab [14]

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