Nirup Bhandari

Nirup Bhandari is an Indian actor who works in Kannada cinema.[1][2] He made his debut in the 2015 critically and commercially acclaimed movie RangiTaranga,[3][4][5] directed by elder brother Anup Bhandari, also starring Sai Kumar, Avantika Shetty, Radhika Chetan and Shilpa Singh. RangiTaranga became the highest grossing Kannada Movie of all times breaking all records in India and also overseas.[6] Nirup holds an Engineering degree from Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology (VVIET), Mysore. Nirup is the son of director Sudhakar Bhandari who has directed Kichcha Sudeep in television serial Premada Kadambari. His elder brother Anup Bhandari is a director, lyricist and music composer. Nirup learnt acting in Ratan Thakore Grant acting school MiSF!T and learnt dance under Sridharan Pillai. Before RangiTaranga he was a child artist in Jolly Picnic, and played the role of a psychopath in recent television serial Advocate Arjun. He recently married his long time girlfriend, Dhanya in Mysuru.[7]

Nirup Bhandari
Born (1984-08-13) 13 August 1984
Puttur, Karnataka, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materVVIET
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present
Notable work
RangiTaranga
Spouse(s)Dhanya (m.2016)
RelativesAnup Bhandari (Brother)

Nirup and Anup Bhandari are coming together again after RangiTaranga for their next film, Rajaratha, which is said to be a romantic comedy.[8][9]

Filmography
Year Film Title Roles Director Notes Ref
2015 RangiTaranga Gautam Suvarna / Siddarth Anup Bhandari Debut as a Lead Actor

Nominated- IIFA Utsavam Award for Best Performance in a Leading Role - Male - Kannada
Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Debutant - Male - Kannada
2018 Rajaratha Abhi Also released in Telugu as Rajaratham
2019 Amar Krishna Subbaiah Nagshekar Extended Cameo
Aadi Lakshmi Puraana Aadi V. Priya
2020 Window Seat TBA Sheethal Shetty Filming [10]

References
  1. "Nirup Bhandari : Biography". IMDb.com. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. "Nirup Bhandari Biography, Nirup Bhandari Profile". Filmibeat.com. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. "Rangi Taranga: 100 days and still entertaining". The Hindu. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. "…And success follows". The Hindu. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. "RangiTaranga Kannada film that took on Baahubali, and (almost) won!". Timesofbengaluru.com. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. Upadhyaya, Prakash (18 August 2015). "Box Office Collection: 'RangiTaranga' Creates History to Overpower 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan', 'Baahubali', 'Vaalu' but fails to Beat "Brothers in US". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  7. "RangiTaranga actor engaged to his girlfriend". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  8. Kumar, Nandini (1 September 2015). "RangiTaranga team ready with another movie - Times of India". Times of India. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  9. "'Rangitaranga' Team is Coming Back with 'Rajaratha'". 14 July 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  10. "Nirup Bhandari stars in Sheetal Shetty-directed Window Seat". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
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