Saurav Lokesh

Saurav Lokesh (born 28 may,1984) also known as Bhajarangi Loki is an Indian film Actor. Who, predominantly works in Kannada Film industry. He rose to the fame with 2013 blockbuster Bhajarangi starring Shivarajkumar.[1][2]

Saurav Lokesh
Saurav Lokesh
Born (1984-05-28) May 28, 1984
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materNational College Jayanagar, Bangalore.
OccupationActor
Years active2009-Present
Parent(s)V. Ramakrishna (father), L. Rajalakshmi (Mother)

Early life

Saurav was born as youngest son to V. Ramakrishna & L. Rajalakshmi in Srinagar Bangalore district, Karnataka. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. He was instantly drawn to acting after watching a play during his Final Year in College. He was employed at HSBC before he resigned and followed his passion for acting and started doing theatre.

Career

Saurav Lokesh started his acting journey from Theatre in the year 2006. He has worked with most of the amateur & professional theatre groups from 2006-2014, which includes more than 30 plays which has been performed over 100+ shows. While he was doing theatre he managed to get into television serials and started doing supporting roles but did not achieve much success.

Saurav Lokesh made his sandalwood debut in the year 2009 with a small role in the movie Savaari directed by Jacob Verghese. He then appeared in small supporting roles in the Huli, AK 56 & Shiva – all directed by Om PrakashRao between 2010-2012. He appeared as an antagonist in Rocking Star Yash’s starrer in 2013 release Googly & Mr. & Mrs. Ramachari both went on to be blockbuster films.

He has appeared in more than 12 movies in small supporting roles before getting his breakthrough performance in Dr.ShivaRajKumar starrer Bhajarangi directed by A. Harsha which won him many applause and was praised for his role as Rana. The movie was a commercial hit and got him wide recognition as an actor and he became popular as Bhajarangi Loki.[3][4][5] In the year 2015 he appeared in a movie Rathaavara directed by Chandrashekar Bandiyappa. In this Saurav appeared in a role of Transgender which furthered his fame. The movie was also later released in Telgu as Rathavaram.[6][7] In 2015 releases, he played a role of lawyer in the movie Mahakaali[8] directed by S. Mahendar and as an antagonist opposite to Diganth's Sharp Shooter. In 2016, he appeared in the movie Jaguar, which was made as a bilingual [Kannada & Telgu] is one of the highest budget movie of Sandalwood. The movie won mixed review & he also managed to get an introduction to Telugu film industry.[9] In the same year, he appeared as one of the lead antagonist in Jai Maruthi 800 (2016) directed by A. Harsha. In 2017, Sharan starrer Raj Vishnu which was a remake of Tamil movie “RajiniMurgan” Saurav appeared in the role of Bhujanga. In Thayige Thakka Maga (2018), he played as an antagonist in the role of Sharath Kale which was directed by Shashank.[10] In 2019, Pawan Trivikram's directorial debut "Striker" Saurav Lokesh played a role as a Cop in the suspense thriller film.[11] In the same year he appeared as Bairaa in Radhika Kumarswamy's come back film “Damayanthi” (2019) directed by Navarasan.[12] In 2020, he appeared as an antagonist in Rom-com fantasy movie “Kaanadante Maayavadanu” which was Raj Pathipati’s directorial debut starrer Vikas & Sindhu Loknath.[13][14]

Filmography

Films
Year Film Role Director Notes
2009 Savaari Salman Jacob Verghese
2010 Mathe Mungaru Fisher Man Dwarki
Huli College Student Om Prakash Rao
2012 AK 56 Local Goon Om Prakash Rao
Narasimha Local Goon Mohan Shankar
Shiva Police Trainee Om Prakash Rao
2013 Googly (film) Local Goon Pavan Wadeyar
Mangana Kaili Manikya Antagonist Rajendra Karanth
Sweety Nanna Jodi Antagonists Brother Vijayalakshmi Singh
Bhajarangi Rana A. Harsha Nominated for SIIMA in best Negative role category (2014)
2014 Sadagara Antagonist Gopi Surya
Belli (film) Antagonist Mussanje Mahesh
Ambareesha Antagonist Mahesh Sukhadhare
Mr&Ms Ramachari Antagonist Santhosh Ananddram
2015 Mahakaali Lawyer S. Mahender
Just Maduveli Antagonist KolarSeena
Sharp Shooter (film) Antagonist Ghouse Peer
Rathaavara Maadevi Chandrashekar Bandiyappa As a Transgender
2016 Jai Maruthi 800 Narasimha A. Harsha
Jaguar Ajay A. Mahadev was a bilinguial released in Kannada & Telgu
2017 Veera Ranachandi Lucky Anand P Raju
Raj Vishnu Rupai Bhujanga K. Madesh
2018 Gaanchali Johnny K. N. Ashok [15]
Thayige Thakka Maga SharathKaale Shashank Nominated for Filmibeat best of Kannada negative role 2018
2019 Striker Purushotham PawanTrivikram
Ranabhoomi COP Deepak [16]
Damayanthi Bhaira Navarasan
Margaret Ramachari M. S. Sreenath [17]
2020 Kaanadante Maayavadanu Jayanna Raj Pathipati
Takkar Raghu Shastry Post Production
Bhajarangi 2 A. Harsha Filming

OTT/Web Series
Year Title Role Network Notes
2019 Raktha Chandana Psycho Killer Watchoo Channel Directed by Giri Raj[18]

Television
Year Title Role Network Notes
2008 Nakutanti Office Boy Udaya TV Directed by Giri Raj
2011 Mahabharata (Kannada) Younger Bheeshma Udaya TV Produced by Cinevistaas Limited
2012 Cheluvi Army Officer Suvarna TV
2014 CID Karnataka CID Zee Kannada

Awards and Nominations
Year[lower-alpha 1]FilmAwardCategoryResultRef
2014 "Bhajarangi" SIIMA - 2014 Best Actor in a Negative role Nominated [19]
2018 'Filmibeat' Best of 2018 Best Kannada Negative Role 2018 Nominated [20]

Footnotes
  1. Refers to the year in which the award ceremony was held.

References
  1. "Saurav Lokesh Biography". Nettv4u. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  2. "Sourav Lokesh". Chiloka. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  3. "Bhajarangi Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  4. "Bhajarangi Loki". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  5. "Bad Boys on the prowl". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  6. "Bhajarangi Loki's respect for transgenders increases after acting in Rathaavara". Filmibeat. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  7. "Loki in a Mangala Mukhi Avatar in Rathaavara". The New Indian Express. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  8. "Mahakaali Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  9. "Jaguar drives Bhajarangi Loki to telugu". The New Indian Express. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  10. "Thayige Takka Maga review : a mediocre outing". The New Indian Express. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  11. "Striker Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  12. "'Bhajarangi' Loki to play antagonist in Radhika Kumaraswamy's 'Damayanthi'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  13. "Antagonistic Avatars". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  14. "Bhajarangi Loki movies". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  15. "Gaanchali Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  16. "Ranabhoomi Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  17. "Margaret Movie Review". Times of India. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  18. "Giriraj's next is "Raktha Chandana"". News Karnataka. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  19. "SIIMA 2014 kannada nominations". IBT. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  20. "Best kannada negative role 2018". Filmibeat. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
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