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{{Short description|Indian film director}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bhaskar
| image =
| birth_name = Bhaskaran Natarajan
| birth_place = [[Vellore]], Tamil Nadu, India
| othername = Bommarillu Bhaskar
| alma_mater = [[Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu]]
| yearsactive = 2006–present
| occupation = Director, producer, writer, screenwriter.
| children = Hasini Bhaskaran<br/>Naya Vibha
| relatives =
| parents =
| website =
}}

'''Bhaskar''', better known as '''Bommarillu Bhaskar''', is an Indian film director. In his early career, he worked as associate director on films ''[[Bhadra (2005 film)|Bhadra]]'' and ''[[Arya (Telugu film)|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 (2010 Telugu film)|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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ifilmish.com/rams-upcoming-with-bhaskar/ |title=Bhaskar next film is with Ram |access-date=27 May 2012 |archive-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222035141/http://www.ifilmish.com/rams-upcoming-with-bhaskar/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> His next film was the Tamil-language ''[[Bangalore Naatkal]]'' starring [[Arya (actor)|Arya]], [[Rana Daggubati]], [[Samantha Ruth Prabhu]], [[Sri Divya]], and [[Bobby Simha]] which released in 2016.

==Early life==
Bhaskar was born in [[Vellore]], Tamil Nadu and was a student of the [[Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu]], [[Chennai]].<ref name="Vellore">{{cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/06bomma.htm|title=The man behind Telugu hit Bommarillu|publisher=[[Rediff]]|accessdate=1 July 2011}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Key
| {{Pending|{{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}

* All films are in Telugu unless noted otherwise

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ As a director
|-
! Year
! Title
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Bommarillu]]'' || {{Unbulleted list|[[Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director]]|[[Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer]]}} ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Parugu]]'' || Nominated, [[Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu]] ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Orange (2010 film)|Orange]]'' || ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Ongole Githa]]'' || ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Bangalore Naatkal]]'' || Tamil debut film ||
|-
| 2021 ||''[[Most Eligible Bachelor (2020 film)|Most Eligible Bachelor]]'' || ||
|}

===Collaborations===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | [[Bommarillu]]
! scope="col" | [[Parugu]]
! scope="col" | [[Orange (2010 film)|Orange]]
! scope="col" | [[Ongole Githa]]
! scope="col" | [[Bangalore Naatkal]]

! scope="col" | [[Most Eligible Bachelor]]

|-
! scope="row" | [[Genelia D'Souza]]||{{yes}} || ||{{yes}} || ||
|
|-
! scope="row" | [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]]|| {{yes}}|| {{yes}} || || ||
|
|-
! scope="row" | [[Jayasudha]]||{{yes}} || {{yes}} || || ||
|
|-
! scope="row" | [[Prakash Raj]]|| {{yes}}|| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}}
|
|-
! scope="row" | [[Brahmanandam]]||{{yes}}|| ||{{yes}} || || ||
|-
! scope="row" | [[Chitram Seenu]] || {{yes}}|| {{yes}} || || ||
|
|-
! scope="row" | [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]]|| || || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||
|
|-
! scope="row" | [[Ali (actor)|Ali]]|| || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||
|| ||
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=2347386|name=Bhaskar}}

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[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]
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[[Category:Nandi Award winners]]
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[[Category:Film directors from Tamil Nadu]]
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