Naveen Kasturia


Naveen Kasturia is an Indian actor known for his work in TVF drama series - Pitchers. 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 as the lead actor in the critically acclaimed film Sulemani Keeda.

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 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.

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.
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.
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 happened.

Films and Web

YearTitleWorked asRoleNotes
2009JashnnAssistant directorFilm
2010Love Sex Aur DhokhaAssistant directorFilm
2012ShanghaiActor & Assistant directorRanjanFilm
2013Skin DeepActorSanjayShort film
2013Chai Sutta ChroniclesActorSiddharthWeb series by TVF
2014TigersThird Assistant DirectorFilm
2014Interior Cafe NightActorYoung BoyShort film
2014Sulemani KeedaActorDulalFilm
2014Stunt BoyActorShort film
2015TVF PitchersActorNaveen BansalWeb series by TVF
2015Man's WorldActorBus passengerWeb series by YFilms
2015Chhoti KhushiActorElder sonShort film by SonyLIV
2016LoveshhudaActorKunalFilm
2016Pure-VegActorArjunShort Film
2016Half TicketActorAyaanShort Film
2017Social SeriesActorPrithviWeb series by Viu
2017ActorDarbari LalWeb series by ALTBalaji
2018Half Ticket 2ActorAyaanShort film
2018Hope Aur HumActorNitinFilm
2018MayaActorRaunakShort film
2018TurtleActorFilm
2018The Good VibesActorLakshya TripathiWeb series
2019Malgook BidroActorNaveenShort film by Zee5
2019Fuh se FantasyActorSushilWeb series by Voot
2019ThinkistanActorAmitWeb series by MX Player
2019Happily Ever AfterActorRoneet BagchiWeb series by The Zoom Studios
2019ParchhayeeActorJimmyWeb series by ZEE5
2019Waah ZindagiActorFilm