Akash Puri

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]

Akash Puri
Akash in 2018
Born	Akash Puri (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 27)[1] Hyderabad, Andhra pradesh (now Telangana) India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–present
Father	Puri Jagannadh

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007	Chirutha	Young Charan	Child 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 Surya	Child actor
	Dhoni	Karthik Subramaniam
	Gabbar Singh	Young Venkataratnam Naidu / Young Gabbar Singh		[10]
2015	Andhra Pori	Narsingh	Adult debut	[11]
2018	Mehbooba	Roshan/Kabir		[12]
2021	Romantic	Vasco De Gama		[13]
2022	Chor Bazaar	Bachchan Saab		[14]

Playback singer

• "Mera Naam Vasco De Gama"