Pavan Wadeyar

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Pavan Wadeyar
Born (1987-12-10) 10 December 1987 (age 36)
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Film director, actor
Years active2010–present
Spouse
Apeksha Purohit
(m. 2018)

Pavan Wadeyar (born 10 December 1987) [1] is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist, actor and producer best known for his work in Kannada cinema. He is known for writing and directing Govindaya Namaha (2012), [2] for which he won the SIIMA award for the Best Debut Director. Being Producer, His Film Dollu won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film In Kannada 2022.

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Career

Wadeyar began his career by working as an assistant director to Yogaraj Bhat in Pancharangi (2010). He made his directional debut with Govindaya Namaha (2012) that went to become a successful film. [2] He won the SIIMA award for the Best Debut Director. He later remade the film in Telugu as Potugadu (2013).

Wadeyar's Googly starring Yash and Kriti Kharbanda was a major success. Wadeyar made his acting debut in 2014 film Preethi Geethi Ityaadi directed by Veerendra. In 2015 he directed Rana Vikrama starring Puneeth Rajkumar which became blockbuster hit. [3] In 2016 Pavan directed Jessie and Nataraja Service.

His film Dollu won 68th National Film Awards 2022 in Best Feature Film in Kannada.

Currently he is foraying into Bollywood with "Awasthi Vs Awasthi". [4]

Personal life

Wadeyar was born on 10 December 1987 to Geetha and Gajanana Wadeyar in Kunigal, Karnataka. In recent Facebook live he told that he basically hails from Athani Taluk, Belagavi district. He has an elder sister called Ashwini Madhusudhan. He is a Bachelor of Commerce graduate with distinction. He worked at Fidelity company in Bangalore for 8 months due to his passion towards cinema he resigned his job and entered film industry. In December 2017, Wadeyar got engaged to actress and fashion designer Apeksha Purohit. They married in August 2018 [5] and are parents to two children. [6]

Filmography

YearFilmProducerDirectorActorWriterLyricistNotes
2012 Govindaya Namaha NoYesNoYesYes
2013 Potugadu NoYesYesYesNoTelugu remake of Govindaya Namaha and a cameo appearance
Googly NoYesYesYesYesCameo appearance in the song "Yeno Yeno Aagide"
2014 Kwatle Satisha NoNoNoYesNo
Preethi Geethi Iyaadi NoNoYesNoNoLead role debut
Bahuparak NoNoYesNoNoCameo appearance as himself
2015 Rana Vikrama NoYesYesYesYes
2016 Jessie NoYesNoYesYes
Nataraja Service NoYesNoYesYes
2017 Pushpaka Vimana NoNoNoNoYes
2019 Natasaarvabhowma NoYesNoYesYes
2021 Dollu YesNoNoNoNoDebut in film production
2022 Raymo NoYesNoYesNo

Awards

FilmAwardCategoryResultRef.
Govindaya Namaha 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards Best Debutant DirectorWon [7]
Best Lyricist for "Pyarge Agbittaite"Nominated
Radio MirchiUpcoming LyricistWon
60th Filmfare Awards South Best Lyricist for "Pyarge Aagbittaite"Nominated [8]
Googly 3rd South Indian International Movie Awards Best Director Won [9]
Best Lyricist for "Googly"Won
Rana Vikrama 63rd Filmfare Awards South Best Director Nominated [10]
Best Lyricist for "Jagave Ondu Ranaranga"Nominated
5th SIIMA Awards Best Director Nominated [11]
Jessie 6th SIIMA Awards Best Director Nominated [12]
Natasaarvabhowma 10th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Director Nominated [13]
Best Lyricist for "Natasaarvabhowma"Won

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