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Bhaskar, popularly known as Bommarillu Bhaskar, is a Telugu film director. In his early career, he worked as associate director on films Bhadra and Arya. His directorial debut Bommarillu starring Siddarth Narayan and Genelia D'souza was a blockbuster, which earned him two Nandi Awards, for best debut director and best original screenplay. His next venture, Parugu starring Allu Arjun was a box office hit. Orange starring Ram Charan was his next film, which gained mixed response. His fourth film was Ongole Githa a revenge drama which was a box office and critical failure. His latest Tamil film Bangalore Naatkal starring Arya, Rana Daggubati, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Sri Divya, Bobby Simha is to hit theatres in 2016.
He was born in Vellore, Tamil Nadu and was a student of the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu, Chennai.
Bhaskar is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Bhakar Gotra originated from Nagavanshi ruler Prabhakara . They have originated from place called Bhasiana. [7] The district Bhakar Darya Khan city is in Pakistan where many Mahotas families live in. Aswamedha Parva, Mahabharata/Book 14 Chapter 8 mentions about Bhaskar as protectors of gold mines of Kuvera on peak named Munjaban on the summits of the Himalaya mountains. [8]:
- M. Bhaskar (producer), Indian film producer
- Bhāskara I (c. 600 – c. 680), Indian mathematician, apparently the first to write numbers in the Hindu-Arabic decimal system with a circle for the zero
- Bhaskaracharya or Bhaskara II (1114–1185), Indian mathematician and astronomer
- M. Bhaskar, also known as Oscar Movies Bhaskar, Indian Tamil film director & producer
- Bhaskar, also known as Bommarillu Bhaskar, Indian Telugu film director
- Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale (1869–1922), Indian classical vocalist
- Bhaskar Chandavarkar (1936–2009), Indian sitar player
- Bhaskar Menon, music industry executive of Indian origin
- Bhaskar Pramanik, present Chairman of Microsoft India
- Bhaskar Sunkara, American publisher
- Bhaskar Ramchandra Tambe(1874–1941), Marathi poet from India
- K. Vijaya Bhaskar, Indian Telugu film director
- Kola Bhaskar, Indian film editor
- M. S. Baskar, Indian actor
- Roy Bhaskar, British philosopher
- Sanjeev Bhaskar, British comedian and actor
- Vijaya Bhaskar, Kannada music director
- Pothuri Bhaskar, Telugu Brahmin, Mathematician, Civil Engineer, Computer Professional