Naveen Kasturia

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.

Naveen Kasturia
Born (1985-01-26) 26 January 1985
Otukpo, Benue State, Nigeria
Alma materNetaji Subhas Institute of Technology
University of Delhi
OccupationActor
Years active2009-present
Known forTVF Pitchers
Bose: Dead/Alive
TVF Aspirants
Breathe into the shadows

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.

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 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
† 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
Sulemani Keeda Dulal [3]
2016 Loveshhuda Kunal
2018 Hope Aur Hum Nitin [4]
Turtle —
2019 Waah Zindagi Ashok ZEE5 film [5]

Web series
Year Title Role Platform Notes Ref.
2013 Chai Sutta Chronicles Siddharth TVF
2015–present TVF Pitchers Naveen Bansal TVF
ZEE5		 [6]
2015 Man's World Bus passenger YFilms Guest appearance
2017 Social Series Prithvi Viu
Bose: Dead/Alive Darbari Lal ALTBalaji
2018 The Good Vibes Lakshya Tripathi YouTube
2019 Fuh se Fantasy Sushil Voot Episode
Thinkistan Amit MX Player [7]
Happily Ever After Roneet Bagchi Zoom Studios
Parchhayee Jimmy ZEE5
2021 Aapkey Kamrey Mein Koi Rahta Hai Subbu MX Player
Pati Patni Aur Panga Romanchak Arora MX Player [8]
2021–present TVF Aspirants Abhilash Sharma TVF
Amazon Prime Video		 [9][10][11]
2021 Runaway Lugai[12][13][14][15] Rajnikant Sinha MX Player
2021–present Kota Factory Dhruv Netflix [16]
2022 Breathe: Into the Shadows 2 Victor Bahl Amazon Prime Video
2023 SK Sir Ki Class Abhilash Sharma YouTube Guest appearance

Short films
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Skin Deep Sanjay
2014 Interior Cafe Night Young Boy
2014 Stunt Boy Robin
2015 Chhoti Khushi Elder son SonyLIV film
2016 Pure-Veg Arjun
2016 Half Ticket Ayaan
2018 Half Ticket 2 Ayaan
2018 Maya Raunak
2018 Sone Bhi Do Yaaron Naveen Zee5 film
2022 Tasalli se Rajan
2022 Pehli Baar Hum Mile (music video) Naveen Khanna

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. 16 April 2018.
  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. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. "Shooting for 'Thinkistan' is an experience I will never forget: Naveen Kasturia – Times of India". The Times of India. 21 May 2019. 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". 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'". 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. 10 May 2021. 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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