Tarun Shivappa

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Tarun Shivappa
Born	(1983-04-01) 1 April 1983 (age 38) Attibele, Bangalore
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film Producer , Entrepreneur
Years active	2007–present
Known for	Victory 2 , Mass Leader
Spouse(s)	Manasa Tarun
Parent(s)	Shivappa(Father), Susheelamma(Mother)

Tarun Shivappa (Kannada: ತರುಣ್ ಶಿವಪ್ಪ) is an Indian producer best known for his Kannada films. Tarun has been in the entertainment industry for over 11 years and has essayed production of 3 feature films. His latest venture Victory 2 (sequel to Victory) was a hit running for 50+ days in theatres.

Early life[]

Tarun Shivappa was born on 1 April 1983 to Shivappa and Susheelamma in Attibele, a town in Bangalore, Karnataka. He graduated with Bachelor of Commerce degree from BTL Degree College & BES College. He is married to Mansa Tarun and is a full-time entrepreneur and producer.

Career[]

Tarun broke into spotlight industry as an AD for a TV Channel in 2007. He worked himself into positions of Film Section Head and Programming Head^[1] of TV Channels in a span of 5 years. Tarun later launched 9 Thots Media Solutions, his advertising agency and an event management company hosting film award and audio launch functions. He then moved into film production.

Debut Film - Rose[]

Tarun started his Production House Tarun Talkies and debuted with Kannada movie Rose^[2] in the year 2014 starring Ajay Rao and Shravya in lead roles.

Big Flick - Mass Leader[]

Tarun Shivappa is an ardent fan of Century Star Dr. Shivrajkumar. He had pitched the project of Mass Leader in 2014 to Shivrajkumar and also had obtained consent on the venture. Mass Leader had huge star cast including Vijay Raghavendra, Loose Mada Yogi, Gururaj Jaggesh, Ashika Ranganath, Sharmila Mandre and Prakash Belwadi. The mega flick directed by Narasimha and co-produced by Hardik Gowda went into two and half years of pre-production alone and included an 18-day shoot schedule in Kashmir. The film opened in theatres with appreciation from critics and public alike.

Victory 2 - Success[]

Tarun teamed up with director Hari Santhosh to bring out sequel to the much successful 2013 flick Victory.^[3] The name of the sequel was retained^[4] and the sequel saw humongous response from the audience. Indian Express wrote "Victory 2 - A sequel that offers four times the entertainment".^[5] The film song "Naav Maneg Hogodilla, Namge Baglu Thegiyorilla" by Arjun Janya was a hit and drove crowd to theatres. Victory 2 stands one of the major successes for Sandalwood in 2018 crossing 50 Days.^[6]

Tarun is currently producing Chiranjeevi Sarja's next titled Khaki with debutant Naveen Reddy.^[7][8]

Filmography[]

References[]

External links[]

• Tarun Shivappa at IMDb