Hailing from Bengaluru, Karnataka, and a NIFT graduate, he spent a decade in fashion and taught design before turning to acting through English theatre in Bangalore. His screen debut came with Anurag Kashyph’s That Girl in Yellow Boots (2010), screened at Toronto and Venice, followed by roles in Dum Maaro Dum and the critically praised Shaitan (2011), which earned nominations for Filmfare, Screen,…