Ayyappa P Sharma is an Indian actor, director and screenwriter, who works in the Kannada and Telugu film industries. He entered the industry as a writer and director with the movie, Durgada Huli in 2000. Over the years Ayyappa has directed movies like Veera (2013) and Varadhanayaka (2013). As an actor he made his debut in 2003 with Partha. Since then, Ayyappa has acted in movies like Masterpiece (2015), Santhu Straight Forward (2016), Katamarayudu (2017) and Tiger Galli (2017). His 2019 releases include Bharaate and Tenali Ramakrishna BA BL.