Kannada actor, CCL player Dhruva Sharma is no more

Bengaluru: Kannada film actor Dhruva Sharma died of multiple organ failure at a private hospital near Hebbal in Bengaluru on Tuesday morning. He was 37 and survived by his wife and two children.

Dhruva made his debut in Kannada films with Snehanjali in 2007. Later he acted in films such as Neenandra Ishta Kano, Hit List, Thippaji Circle, Bengaluru 560023 and Maayavi.A congenitally impaired of speech and hearing abilities, Dhruva was admitted to a private hospital for treatment a few days ago.

Born and brought up in Bangalore, Dhruv was son of businessman-actor Suresh Sharma. His was a story of fight against severe adversities. He was pulled out of college as he was finding it difficult to follow the lectures. But, what made him stand out were his oodles of confidence and the determination to succeed.

Dhruva played cricket and represented India in the Deaf Cricket World Cup in 2005. He used to accompany his father to a dubbing studio. He was awe struck by the fact that voices actually have to be dubbed for the screen and are not recorded at the place of shooting.

Many in the film industry scoffed at the idea of casting such a challenged youth as a film's hero. The only other disabled actor Kannada film industry had seen was late Balakrishna who had hearing problem.