Dhruva Sarja

Dhruva Sarja
Dhruva Sarja
	Dhruva Sarja in 2021
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present
Spouse(s)	Prerana Shankar
Relatives	Arjun Sarja (uncle); Kishore Sarja (uncle); Shakti Prasad (grandfather); Aishwarya Arjun (cousin); Meghana Raj (sister-in-law)
Family	Chiranjeevi Sarja (brother)

Dhruva Sarja is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. He made his acting debut in the 2012 film Addhuri, which brought him much appreciation and popularity.

Career[]

Sarja, once when he was young, was watching a movie with his uncle Arjun Sarja and told him that he wanted to become a film hero. Arjun Sarja replied, saying that before becoming a hero, you should be a good actor and suggested that he take training classes. Dhruva took the classes and was prepared for acting. When he heard about an audition call for a lead role in A. P. Arjun's new movie, he attended the audition and got selected. Until he was selected, he didn't reveal that he is a nephew of Arjun Sarja. Dhruva debuted in films with the 2012 blockbuster film Addhuri. His portrayal of Arjun as the male lead, opposite Radhika Pandit, received praise from critics.^[1] He signed for his next film Bahaddur with his close friend Chethan Kumar in 2013, starring again opposite Pandit. The film became commercially successful^[2]^[3] and in April 2015 he signed for Bharjari which was released in September 2017, becoming a blockbuster and giving hat-trick success to Dhruva Sarja.^[4] His next film has been tilted Pogaru.

A. Harsha and Dhruva Sarja are also in talks for a movie.^[5]^[6]

Personal life[]

Dhruva Sarja's brother Chiranjeevi Sarja, an actor in Kannada films, died on 7 June 2020. Their maternal uncle Arjun Sarja is a South Indian actor. Their grandfather Shakti Prasad was also an actor in Kannada films.

Dhruva got engaged to his childhood friend Prerana on 9 December 2018.^[7]

Filmography[]

Key
	Denotes films that have not yet been released

List of films and roles
Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Addhuri	Arjun	Debut as lead role film
2014	Bahaddur	Ashok Raj Bahaddur
2017	Bharjari	Surya Rudraprathap
2018	Prema Baraha	Himself	Special Appearance in "Jai Hanumantha" song
2020	RajaMarthanda	Raja Marthanda (Voice role)	Voice role for his late brother (Chiranjeevi Sarja)	^[8]
2021	Pogaru	P. Ramakrishna (Shiva)	The film was dubbed into Tamil as Semma Thimiru
	Martin	TBA	Filming; Releasing in 5 languages	^[9]
	Dubari	TBA	Filming	^[10]

Awards and nominations[]

List of awards and nominations
Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
Addhuri	2nd SIIMA Awards	Best Male Debutant	Won	^[11]
	Udaya Film Awards	Best Debutant - Male	Won	^[12]
	Suvarna Film Awards	Suvarna Award for Best Debutant	Won
Bahaddur	4th SIIMA Awards	Best Actor	Nominated	^[13]
Bharjari	Love Lavike Readers Choice Awards	Best Actor	Nominated
Bharjari	7th SIIMA Awards	Best Actor	Nominated	^[14]^[15]

References[]

^ "Addhuri Movie Review: Fun film replete with emotions". India Today. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ "Dhruv Has His Cake and Eats it Too". The New Indian Express. 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
^ "Dhruva Sarja set to romance two beauties". The Times of India. 3 September 2014. Archived from the original on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ Sharadhaa A. (14 April 2015). "Bharjari Kicks Off With Dhruva and Chethan". The New Indian Express. newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
^ "Dhruva Sarja, A Harsha in talks for a film". The New Indian Express. 17 March 2021.
^ "Pogaru actor Dhruva Sarja and A Harsha to join hands for a fresh project?". The Times of India. 18 March 2021.
^ "Actor Dhruva Sarja to get engaged to his girlfriend on this date". The Times of India. 16 November 2018.
^ "Dhruva Sarja completes dubbing for Chiranjeevi Sarja in 'Rajamarthanda'". The News Minute. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "Dhruva Sarja-AP Arjun's 'Martin' launched". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "Dhruva Sarja's next is Dubari; actor to get stylish makeover - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
^ "SIIMA in Sharjah postponed to September". Gulf News. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Eng, David. (2013-03-06) 2013 Udaya Film Awards – winners. Chino Kino. Retrieved on 2016-02-27.
^ Ujala Ali Khan (8 August 2015). "Dubai hosts fourth South Indian International Movie Awards". thenational.ae. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
^ "SIIMA Awards 2018 - Telugu, Kannada nomination list out". International Business Times. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
^ "SIIMA Awards 2018 Telugu Kannada winners list". International Business Times. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

External links[]

Dhruva Sarja at IMDb

[1] "Addhuri Movie Review: Fun film replete with emotions". India Today. 19 June 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

[2] "Dhruv Has His Cake and Eats it Too". The New Indian Express. 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

[3] "Dhruva Sarja set to romance two beauties". The Times of India. 3 September 2014. Archived from the original on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

[4] Sharadhaa A. (14 April 2015). "Bharjari Kicks Off With Dhruva and Chethan". The New Indian Express. newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.

[5] "Dhruva Sarja, A Harsha in talks for a film". The New Indian Express. 17 March 2021.

[6] "Pogaru actor Dhruva Sarja and A Harsha to join hands for a fresh project?". The Times of India. 18 March 2021.

[7] "Actor Dhruva Sarja to get engaged to his girlfriend on this date". The Times of India. 16 November 2018.

[8] "Dhruva Sarja completes dubbing for Chiranjeevi Sarja in 'Rajamarthanda'". The News Minute. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[9] "Dhruva Sarja-AP Arjun's 'Martin' launched". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[10] "Dhruva Sarja's next is Dubari; actor to get stylish makeover - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

[11] "SIIMA in Sharjah postponed to September". Gulf News. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

[12] Eng, David. (2013-03-06) 2013 Udaya Film Awards – winners. Chino Kino. Retrieved on 2016-02-27.

[13] Ujala Ali Khan (8 August 2015). "Dubai hosts fourth South Indian International Movie Awards". thenational.ae. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[14] "SIIMA Awards 2018 - Telugu, Kannada nomination list out". International Business Times. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

[15] "SIIMA Awards 2018 Telugu Kannada winners list". International Business Times. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

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hide v t SIIMA Award for Best Male Débutante
Kannada	Srikanth (2012) Dhruva Sarja (2013) Dhananjay (2014) Bharat Sarja (2015) Vinay Rajkumar (2016) Nikhil Gowda (2017) Rishi (2018) Danish Sait (2019)
Malayalam	Unni Mukundan (2012) Dulquer Salmaan (2013) Krish J. Sathaar (2014) Farhaan Faasil (2015) Siddharth Menon (2016) Shane Nigam (2017) Antony Varghese (2018) Pranav Mohanlal (2019)
Tamil	Sharwanand (2012) Vikram Prabhu (2013) Gautham Karthik (2014) Chandran (2015) G. V. Prakash Kumar (2016) Kalidas Jayaram (2017) Vasanth Ravi (2018) Dinesh (2019)
Telugu	Aadi (2012) Sudheer Babu (2013) Raj Tarun (2014) Sai Dharam Tej (2015) Akhil Akkineni (2016) Roshan Meka (2017) Ishaan (2018) Kalyaan Dhev (2019)