Naveen Kasturia

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Naveen Kasturia
Born (1985-01-26) 26 January 1985 (age 39)
Alma materNetaji Subhas Institute of Technology
University of Delhi
OccupationActor
Years active2009-present
Known forTVF Pitchers
Bose: Dead/Alive
TVF Aspirants

Naveen Kasturia (born 26 January 1985) is an Indian actor known for his work in TVF drama series TVF Pitchers and Aspirants.[1] He also appeared in lead actor in the critically acclaimed film Sulemani Keeda. He received critical acclaim and immense fame for his role of Abhilash in TVF Aspirants.

He started his career working as an assistant director on the film Jashnn and then assisted Dibakar Banerjee on Love Sex Aur Dhokha and Shanghai. He also appeared in Bose: Dead/Alive and played leading roles in Waah Zindagi, Thinkistan, Happily Ever After and Runaway Lugai.

Early life

Naveen was born in Otukpo, a small town in Nigeria. Though his family moved back to India when he was a year old. He was brought up in a joint family in Delhi. He did his schooling from Birla Vidya Niketan and engineering from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (now NSUT) in Delhi.

He directed a lot of skits/plays in his school and college days. After graduation, he joined an analytics firm called Inductis in Gurgaon in 2006, where he worked for two years before moving to Mumbai in 2008. In Mumbai, he worked with JP Morgan Chase for a very brief period of time before making a final switch to films.[citation needed]

Career

Naveen continued doing theatre after engineering. In 2007, Naveen and his college friends started a theatre company, Right Click Entertainment, and wrote and directed his first ticketed play Khel Khel Mein, which went housefull. He worked as an assistant director in Jashnn, produced by Vishesh Films.[citation needed]

Naveen got his first television commercial when he went to meet Dibakar Banerjee since he wanted to assist Dibakar Banerjee as an AD, and Banerjee asked him to work in his coke commercial. As of now, Naveen Kasturia has worked in many advertisements for various brands such as Vodafone, Mahindra, Tapzo app, Marathe Jewellers, True Value and so on. Later, he assisted Dibakar Banerjee in LSD and Shanghai, and Oscar-winning director Danis Tanović in an international film called Tigers.[citation needed]

In 2011, Amit Masurkar offered a movie to Kasturia, named Sulemani Keeda. Released in 2014, the movie proved to be a turning point in his career. Naveen did a few more sketches with The Viral Fever before Pitchers happened.[2]

In 2022, he also appeared in a podcast on Spotify, 'Bhaskar Bose: A Hindi Thriller Podcast' (season 3 - 'Bhaskar Bose in a Perfect World' ) playing the role of Bhaskar Bose from a Parallel World. The podcast was created by MNM Talkies.

Filmography

Key
dagger Denotes films / dramas that are not yet released

Films

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2009 Jashnn Assistant director
2010 Love Sex Aur Dhokha
2012 Shanghai Ranjan also assistant director
2014 Tigers Assistant director
2014 Sulemani Keeda Dulal [3]
2016 Loveshhuda Kunal
2018 Hope Aur Hum Nitin [4]
2018 Turtle
2018 Sone Bhi Do Yaaro Naveen
2019 Waah Zindagi Ashok ZEE5 film [5]

Web Series

Year Title Role Platform Notes Ref.
2013 Chai Sutta Chronicles Siddharth TVF Guest appearance
2015 TVF Pitchers Naveen Bansal TVF [6]
2015 Man's World Bus passenger YFilms Guest appearance
2017 Social Series Prithvi Viu
2017 Bose: Dead/Alive Darbari Lal ALTBalaji
2018 The Good Vibes Lakshya Tripathi
2019 Fuh se Fantasy Sushil Voot Episode
2019 Thinkistan Amit MX Player [7]
2019 Happily Ever After Roneet Bagchi Zoom Studios
2019 Parchhayee Jimmy ZEE5
2021 Aapkey Kamrey Mein Koi Rahta Hai Subbu MX Player
2021 Pati Patni Aur Panga Romanchak Arora MX Player [8]
2021 TVF Aspirants Abhilash Sharma TVF [9][10][11]
2021 Runaway Lugai[12][13][14][15] Rajnikant Sinha MX Player
2021 Kota Factory Season 2 Dhruv Netflix [16]
TBA Breathe: Into the Shadows 2 Not yet released TBA Amazon Prime Video Completed
Pitchers 2 Not yet released Naveen Bansal TVF Filming

Short Films

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Skin Deep Sanjay
2014 Interior Cafe Night Young Boy
2014 Stunt Boy
2015 Chhoti Khushi Elder son SonyLIV film
2016 Pure-Veg Arjun
2016 Half Ticket Ayaan
2018 Half Ticket 2 Ayaan
2018 Maya Raunak
2019 Malgook Bidro Naveen Zee5 film

References

  1. ^ Barkha Kumari (22 October 2015). "From Pitch to Ted Talk". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. ^ "'Pitchers' actor Naveen Kasturia opens up about working with Swara Bhasker, his horror web show, and more". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. ^ Desi, Blitz. "Sulemani keeda entertains audiences". Desiblitz. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Naseeruddin Shah's Hope Aur Hum is a family entertainer: Director Sudip Bandyopadhyay". The Indian Express.
  5. ^ Barasara, Dilip (26 April 2017). "Wah Zindagi Will Canvas Make In India Concept". Mijaaj. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  6. ^ "TVF Pitchers Is The Latest Experiment By The Viral Fever Guys And We Think It's Rather Cool!". MissMalini. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Shooting for 'Thinkistan' is an experience I will never forget: Naveen Kasturia - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  8. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Naveen Kasturia, Adah Sharma star in Pati Patni Aur Panga". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Naveen Kasturia on Aspirants: There is something unique about the show that people have loved". The Indian Express. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Naveen Kasturia, an 'aspirant' all along: Before or after TVF, struggle has been a constant part of my life-Entertainment News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  11. ^ "[EXCL] Aspirants' Naveen Kasturia on his worst phase: 'I'd written my script, wasn't able to do anything'". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Superstar of the web: Aspirants Actor Naveen Kasturia returns with 'Runaway Lugaai'". India Today. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Runaway Lugaai first impression: Naveen Kasturia, Sanjay Mishra fail to sail through this mess". The Indian Express. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Naveen Kasturia and Ruhi Singh's 'Runaway Lugaai'releases on Mx Player this May - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  15. ^ Bureau, ABP News (10 May 2021). "Runaway Lugaai Trailer: Naveen Kasturia And Ruhi Singh's New Web Series Is Here To Tickle Your Funny Bones". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Aspirants Actor Naveen Kasturia Is Not Your Usual "Catman" In This Pic". NDTV.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

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