Nagabhushana N S, also known as Nagabhushana, is an Indian film actor, who has worked predominantly in Kannada movie industry. Nagabhushana made his debut with the Kannada film Sankashta Kara Ganapathi.
Career Nagabhushan joined GPIER, an amateur theatre group founded by Rangayana artist Mime Ramesh.He worked in a government job before he left the job to pursue a career in acting. Along with his friends from college, he started a YouTube channel, Karnataka Entertainment Board, in 2016 to convey socially relevant issue through humour. He has acted, directed and wrote scripts of many of the episodes published in the channel. One of the episode named "Lucia Pawan has HFPS Disease", in which Pawan Kumar acted as a patient with social media addiction, has received more than 350,000 views on Youtube. After making his film debut with Badmaash (2016), he acted in Sankashta Kara Ganapathi (2018) as Likith Shetty's friend. A critic from The Times of India noted that "Nagabhushan as Likith's best buddy is a hoot and is another show stealer". He wrote the story for a web series titled Honeymoon and also acted in it opposite Sanjana Aanand. The episodes of the Honeymoon web series were first released in Telugu on Aha streaming service and later in Kannada on Voot. He has also acted in a lead role in Ikkat, a comedy entertainer which depicts the struggles of a married couple during the Covid-19 related forced lockdown. The Ikkat movie premiered on July 21, 2021, on Amazon Prime Video and got mostly positive reviews by film critics. A BookMyShow review on the Ikkat film mentioned that "Nagabhushan pulls off a brilliant comical act with a great mix of expressions and dialogue delivery".
Controversy On October 1, 2023, Nagabhushana was arrested for fatally running over woman in Bengaluru.
Filmography All films are in Kannada, unless otherwise noted.
Year Film Role Notes2018 Sankashta Kara Ganapathi Ganapathi's friendJohnny Johnny Yes PapaRahulU TurnAuto driverTelugu-Tamil filmOndalla EradallaSuresha 2020 French Biriyani Purushottam2021IkkatVasuSalagaVijay's lawyerYuvarathnaaDoctorBadava RascalNagalinga2022HoneymoonPraveenWeb SeriesHope Somu PetromaxKrishnamurthy Lucky ManShettyMade in ChinaAbhiram 2022 Nodi Swamy Ivanu Irode HeegeHacker2023 Daredevil Musthafa Sarpabhushana Kousalya Supraja Rama SanthuTagaru Palya Chikka 2024 Matinee Nixon Flash 2025 Vidyapati Siddu aka Vidyapati 2026 Mother Promise CCTV technician
Accolades Film Awards Category Result RefIkkat10th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Debutant Actor- Kannada Badava RascalBest Supporting Actor 67th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Supporting ActorTagaru Palya69th Filmfare Awards SouthBest Actor Kousalya Supraja RamaBest Supporting Actor 12th South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Actor In a Comedy Role
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