Acting

Tharun^[11] has also acted in a few movies. While he made his debut as a child artist in Ganeshana Maduve, Tharun made his senior debut with the movie Excuse Me. He was also seen in movies such as Chappale, Jothe Jotheyali, Vidhyarthi, Navagraha, and Vishnu Sena.^{[citation needed]}

Direction

After working as a co-director for the 2012 movie Rambo, Tharun made his directorial debut with the movie Chowka in 2017. The movie starred prominent Sandalwood actors such as Prajwal Devraj, Diganth, Prem Kumar and Vijay Raghavendra and received critical acclaim. The movie ran for over 100 days in few centers across Karnataka.^[12] Tharun Kishore's next project Roberrt^[13] had Darshan in the lead, the movie was released on 11 March 2021.^{[14][15][16][17]} The movie was widely appreciated and was commercially successful at the box office. He once again colloborated with Darshan for Kaatera which was co-written by Jadesh Kumar Hampi and released on 29 December 2023 to Positive reports across audience and critics.^[18]

He is also acting as creative director for Arvind Kuplikar's directorial starring Sharan and Amrutha Iyengar.^[19]

He is once again teaming up with Darshan for an untitled film based on freedom fighter Sindhoora Lakshmana.^[20]

Production

He also ventured into movie production under his studio Kreatiivez banner in colloboration with Sharan's Laddu Cinemas for Guru Shishyaru, where he co-produced the movie and acted as creative producer.^[21] The movie opened to positive reviews and was a commercially successful movie.^[22] He is once again collaborating with Sharan for an untitled project under his banner.

As director

As actor

As writer

As Producer

As actor