Deepa Bhaskar
Actor, voice artiste and Kathak dancer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Actor, voice artiste and Kathak dancer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deepa Bhaskar is an Indian film and theatre actor, voice artiste and Kathak dancer. Considered by many to be a child prodigy who was introduced to the film industry through Tiger Prabhakar's movie Mahendra Varma. She has acted in several Kannada movies. She has played the lead role in movies like My Autograph and No 73, Shanthi Nivasa.
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Deepa Bhaskar | |
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| Born | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, voice artiste and Kathak dancer |
Born to Late Shri. S R Bhaskar and Smt. Uma M S, Deepa resides in Bangalore. She tied the knot with Shri. Bharath Nagendra in the year 2016.
At an early age of 6, Deepa was introduced to the field of theatre and drama through Shri. A S Murhty's school of drama for kids, Bimba.
Deepa got introduced to the film industry as a child actor in Late Shri. Tiger Prabhakar's directorial Mahendra Verma. Since then she had the opportunity of working in many Kannada movies like Deepavali (2000 film), Super Star (2002 film), Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu and so on. She acted with the who's who of Kannada film industry. Dr. Vishnuvardhan (actor),Ramesh Aravind, Upendra (actor), to name a few. She played her first lead role as Kamli in the, renowned Kannada actor Sudeepa's directorial My Autograph. She also played the lead role in No 73, Shanthi Nivasa.
Deepa also stormed through the small screen through her impeccable acting abilities. She became a household name with her roles in television soap operas like Dibbana, Preeti Illada Mele, Papa Pandu, Malebillu, Anavarana, Madarangi, Ninnolumeyindale, Yugantara and several more. Her onscreen presence with the then newbee and today's superstar Yash (actor) was an icing on the cake. She portrayed the character of the most loved Subbalakshmi in the famous television serial aired on Zee Kannada, Subbalakshmi Samsara. Her comic timing was on display when she played the role of Urmila in the famous comedy based talk show series on Colors Kannada, Majaa Talkies. Helmed by Srujan Lokesh as the lead actor of the show, Deepa lightened up the stage with her entry in each one of her segments making the audience invariably say "Chennaaaag Heladri"
Deepa is also known fondly for her contributions to Kannada film industry as a voice artiste or more commonly called Voice Dubbing. She has dubbed / lent her voice to several of the leading ladies of Kannada film industry in over 500 movies. Deepa made her debut as voice artiste in the Puneeth Rajkumar and debutant Ramya (actress) starrer Abhi (film). Excuse Me (2003 film), Mungaru Male, Jogi (2005 film), Duniya (2007 film), Bulbul (2013 film), Bhajarangi, Googly (2013 film), Krishnan Love Story, Shivalinga (2016 film), Malashri starrer Ganga (2015 film) are a sample list of movies in which Deepa lent her voice to the heroines of the movie. Ramya (actress), Pooja Gandhi, Deepa Sannidhi, Aindrita Ray, Priyanka Upendra, Priyamani, Rachita Ram, Malashri are a few to name for whom Deepa has lent her voice in their movies. The tinsel world queens from Kollywood and Tollywood like Trisha (actress), Sneha (actress), Amala Paul, Bhavana (actress), Shriya Saran and others had Deepa as their voice when they acted on the Kannada silver screen. Deepa has won 3 state awards for her voice dubbing work in Arasu (2007 film), Ranga SSLC and Just Maath Maathalli. Actor Malashri won the best actor state award for her role in the movie Ganga (2015 film) in which Deepa had lent her voice to her.
Deepa is also a trained Kathak dancer. She started as a Kathak dancer under the tutelage of Smt. Nirupama Rajendra and Shri. Rajendra. Under their guidance she toured across the American and European continents and has performed as a dancer. She is pursuing her advanced Kathak training currently under Shri. Sharat R Prabhat at the Prabhat Academy of Dance in Bangalore. She has performed as a Kathak Dance at several prestigious platforms over the last few years.
Deepa has also tried her hand in direction and production of music videos in collaboration with her husband Shri. Bharath Nagendra. She has directed 4 music videos viz., An Evening Coffee, My Two Cents, Storm in a Tea Cup and Shubhayoga. These are music videos where the traditional Dasa sahitya of Shri Purandara Dasaru has been knitted to a contemporary presentation to showcase that a piece of literature composed in the early 16th century is still relevant to the modern day society of the 21st century. As part of the Shubhayoga video production she had the opportunity to work with and direct the who's who of the Carnatic and Hindustani music field of Karnataka. To name a few - Vidwan. Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma, Vidwan. Tirumale Srinivas, Vidushi. Sathyavathi, Vidushi. Nagamani Srinivas, Pandit. Nagaraja Rao Havaldar, Vidwan. S Shankar, Pandit. Fayaz Khan and Vidushi Varijashree Venugopal.
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