Naveen Shankar (born 25 May 1988) is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Kannada cinema. Naveen made his feature film debut with Gultoo in 2018. He is known for his performance in Hondisi Bareyiri and Gurudev Hoysala.
Early life
Naveen Shankar was born on 25 May 1988 in Ilkal, Bagalkot, Karnataka.
Career
Shankar began working as a film journalist for a local news channel after dropping out from engineering studies in 2009. In 2012, he joined the U2 Music channel as an anchor. Around this time, he began acting in theatre, performing in more than 45 plays and approximately 200 street performances, while working for various theatre production houses.
In 2018, Shankar made his film acting debut in Janardhan Chikkanna's cybercrime thriller Gultoo.
Shankar was cast as lead actor for the role of an MMA boxer in the crime drama film Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage. The film's title is inspired from the folk song "Punyakoti". The film was launched in 2019 but completed shooting in 2021 after long delays and released on November 2022.
In June 2023, KRG Studios announced movie Kirket 11 with Naveen and Danish Sait. Directed by Suman Kumar, who co-write the The Family Man and Farzi.