Dhruv Sharma
Dhruv Sharma was an Indian Kannada-language actor and cricketer.
Career
Acting career
Dhruv Sharma played a small role in Yahoo. He made his debut as a lead actor with Snehanjali, which won the Guinness Book of World Record for the first film to have a deaf-mute person in the lead role. The film received mixed reviews but Dhruv's performance was praised. His next film was the Malayalam-Kannada film The Hitlist in which he played the antagonist. The film had a low-key release and notably featured Mohanlal in a voiceover. The film released to negative reviews with a critic opining that his performance was one of the saving graces.In 2013, he co-starred Soumya Bollapragada and Venkatesh Prasad in the romantic comedy Neenandre Ishta Kano. A critic felt that Dhruv was good but that Venkatesh Prasad outshone him. He played a minor role opposite Neha Patil and co-starring his father in Thippaji Circle, a film based on the life of a devadasi. He played one of the leads in the cricket film Bangalore 560023 co-starring Karthik Jayaram, Chandan Kumar, Rajeev and Chikkanna. In 2018, he starred posthumously in Kicchu, which was based on the issue of deforestation and featured Sudeep in a cameo. The film was notable for also featuring Abhinaya, another deaf-mute actor. The film released to mixed reviews with a critic writing that the film "might not be a drama that keeps you in the edge of your seat, but it has its heart set in the right place". His final film Looty, which featured him opposite Shweta Pandit, released to highly negative reviews.