Sharan is an Indian actor and producer in the Kannada film industry. He was born into a family of artists. He made his acting debut with the film, Prema Prema Prema (1996), followed by Yuvraja (2001), Friends (2002), Krishna (2007), Gaana Bajaana (2010) and Sanju Weds Geetha (2011). Sharan was cast as the lead in the film Rambo (2012), which was well received. He then appeared in Tamil cinema with the film, Gajan (2012), followed by Isakki (2013) and also in Telugu cinema with the film, Manase Mandaram (2013). Sharan was then seen in films like Victory (2013), Krishna Loves Geeta (2013), Jai Lalitha (2014) and Hara (2014). His forthcoming film, Viraat, is scheduled to release in January 2016. His recent releases include Raj Vishnu, Raambo 2, Victory 2 and Adhyaksha In America.