Dhruv Vikram (born 23 September 1997) is an Indian actor, singer and lyricist who works in Tamil films. The son of actor Vikram, he made his acting debut with the 2019 film Adithya Varma and starred with his father in Mahaan (2022). Since 2022, he has been focusing primarily on singing, both in film and non-film songs.
Early life Dhruv was born on 23 September 1997 in Chennai to actor Vikram and his wife Shailaja. His elder sister Akshita is married to Manuranjith, who is the great-grandson of politician M. Karunanidhi. Dhruv's paternal grandfather Vinod Raj was also an actor who acted in a few Tamil films. Career Dhruv had been approached by Pandiraj to play the role of Anbukkarasu in Pasanga (2008); however, Vikram was then not keen on letting his son get into acting and the role subsequently went to Kishore DS. An English-language short film titled "Goodnight Charlie" directed by Dhruv based on child abuse was released in 2016 on YouTube while he was pursuing a six-month filmmaking course at MetFilm School.
Dhruv was to have made his feature film debut with Bala's Varmaa, a remake of the Telugu film Arjun Reddy (2017); however, the release of the film was stalled after the producer was not content about the final product. The film was relaunched as Adithya Varma, directed by Gireesaaya, with Dhruv continuing his role, and released in 2019 with M. Suganth of The Times of India noting that "Dhruv Vikram comes up with a performance that captures Vijay Deverakonda's intense and raw act from the original note for note, but there is an assuredness and honesty here that makes us appreciate it rather than dismiss it just as mimicry". Varmaa had a delayed release in 2020 and Suganth stated that "As for Dhruv Vikram, he is rawer here, looking sure-footed in some scenes and like a novice in some".
Dhruv acted alongside his father in the latter's 60th film, Mahaan (2022) which was released directly on Amazon Prime Video. He also wrote and sang a song named "Missing Me" for the film. Later the same year, Dhruv wrote, sang and directed the music video of "Manase", a non-film song composed by Ujwal Gupta. The same year he sang another non-film song "Oru Kaayam", also composed by Gupta, and the following year "Poomadhiye", composed by Santhosh Narayanan. After a near-three hiatus, Dhruv returned to acting with Bison Kaalamaadan (2025). He has signed up for Jackie to be directed by Karan Aravind Kumar.
Legal issues On 12 August 2018, Dhruv was arrested after a car driven by him crashed into three auto rickshaws, injuring three people including an auto driver who had to be hospitalised. Dhruv was released on bail the same day but never charged with drunk driving.
Filmography Year Title Role(s) Notes 2019 Adithya VarmaDr. Adithya Varma 2020 Varmaa Varmaa Vasudevan 2022 Mahaan Dadabhai "Dada" Naoroji 2025Bison Kaalamaadan Kittan JackieJackie
Discography Year Song(s) Album Composer LyricsLanguage 2019"Edharkadi" Adithya VarmaRadhanVivek, Dhruv Vikram (Rap)Tamil"Adithya Varma Theme" (Additional track)2022"Missing Me" Mahaan Santhosh NarayananVivek, Dhruv Vikram (Rap) "Manase" Ujwal Gupta Dhruv Vikram 2023 "Oru Kaayam" "Poomadhiye" Santhosh Narayanan Vivek "Odiyamma"Hi NannaHesham Abdul WahabAnantha SriramTelugu "Odiyamma" (D) VivekTamil 2024 "Need Ya" Ujwal Gupta 2026 "Kudikara Nenju" Hi Jen Martin Vishnu Edavan
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategory WorkResult 2020 13th Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards Best Debut – Male Adithya Varma Zee Cine Awards Tamil South Indian International Movie Awards
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