Nirup Bhandari
Nirup Bhandari is an Indian actor who works in Kannada cinema. He made his debut in the 2015 critically and commercially acclaimed movie RangiTaranga, directed by elder brother Anup Bhandari, also starring Sai Kumar, Avantika Shetty, Radhika Chetan and Shilpa Singh. Nirup holds an Engineering degree from Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology, 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.
Nirup and Anup Bhandari are coming together again after RangiTaranga for their next film, Rajaratha, which is said to be a romantic comedy.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Roles | Notes | Ref |
| 2015 | RangiTaranga | Gautam Suvarna / Siddarth | 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 | Cameo | |
| 2019 | Aadi Lakshmi Puraana | Aadi | ||
| 2020 | Window Seat | Filming |