Nagabhushana

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Nagabhushana
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Nagabhushana N S
Alma materSJCE Mysore
OccupationActor
Years active2018–present

Nagabhushana N S, also known as Nagabhushana, is an Indian film actor, who has worked predominantly in Kannada movie industry. Nagabhushana made his debut with the Kannada film Sankashta Kara Ganapathi .

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Career

Nagabhushan joined GPIER, an amateur theatre group founded by Rangayana artist Mime Ramesh.He worked in a government job before he left the job to pursue a career in acting. Along with his friends from college, he started a YouTube channel, Karnataka Entertainment Board, in 2016 to convey socially relevant issue through humour. [1] He has acted, directed and wrote scripts of many of the episodes published in the channel. One of the episode named "Lucia Pawan has HFPS Disease", in which Pawan Kumar acted as a patient with social media addiction, has received more than 350,000 views on Youtube. [2] After making his film debut with Badmaash (2016), he acted in Sankashta Kara Ganapathi (2018) as Likith Shetty's friend. A critic from The Times of India noted that "Nagabhushan as Likith's best buddy is a hoot and is another show stealer". [3] He wrote the story for a web series titled Honeymoon and also acted in it opposite Sanjana Aanand. [4] [5] [6] [7] The episodes of the Honeymoon web series were first released in Telugu on Aha streaming service and later in Kannada on Voot. [4] [8] He has also acted in a lead role in Ikkat, a comedy entertainer which depicts the struggles of a married couple during the Covid-19 related forced lockdown. [9] [10] [11] The Ikkat movie premiered on July 21, 2021, on Amazon Prime Video and got mostly positive reviews by film critics. [12] [13] A BookMyShow review on the Ikkat film mentioned that "Nagabhushan pulls off a brilliant comical act with a great mix of expressions and dialogue delivery". [13]

Controversy

On October 1, 2023, Nagabhushana was arrested for fatally running over woman in Bengaluru. [14]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
2018 Sankashta Kara Ganapathi Ganapathi's friend
Johnny Johnny Yes Papa Rahul
U Turn Auto DriverTelugu-Tamil film
Ondalla Eradalla Suresha
2020 French Biriyani Purushottam
2021 Ikkat Vasu [15] [16]
Salaga Vijay's Lawyer [17]
Yuvarathnaa Doctor
Badava Rascal Nagalinga
2022 Honeymoon PraveenWeb Series [18] [19]
Hope Somu
Petromax Krishnamurthy
Lucky Man Shetty
Made in China Abhiram [20]
2022 Nodi Swamy Ivanu Irode Heege Hacker
2023 Daredevil Musthafa Sarpabhushana
Kousalya Supraja Rama Santhu
Tagaru Palya Chikka [21]
2024 Matinee Nixon Flash

Accolades

FilmAwardsCategoryResultRef
Ikkat 10th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Debutant Actor- KannadaWon [22]
Badava Rascal Best Supporting ActorNominated
67th Filmfare Awards South Best Supporting Actor Nominated [23]
Tagaru Palya 69th Filmfare Awards South Best Actor Nominated [24]
Kousalya Supraja Rama Best Supporting Actor Nominated
12th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actor In a Comedy RolePending [25]

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