Puneeth Rajkumar -
(born March 17, 1975) Puneeth Rajkumar was
born as Lohith to Thespian actor Dr Rajkumar
and producer Parvathamma Rajkumar. He is their fifth and
youngest child.
He started his film
career when he was six months old in his father's films like Premada Kanike and Sanadi Appanna when he was
one year old. He appeared as a son for his real father in many movies such as Yarivanu,
Vasantha Geetha, Chalisuva Modagalu. He left school at a very
early age and began to act in movies. He studied with a private teacher at his
home and later received a Diploma in Computer Science. He then started a career
in a mining business before entering the film industry in leading roles. He was
trained in dancing and fighting for three years before his first film as a
hero.
His initial name was
Lohith. Later the name was changed to Puneeth Rajkumar. A lot of people in
Karnataka still know him by "Appu" His acting career started with the
movie Vasantha Geetha, in which he acted when he was 5 years old. Following
this movie, he worked in a few more movies between 1980 to 1984. In 1985 he
worked on Bettada Hoovu for which he was honored with
a National Film Award for Best Child
Artist.
As a child artist he appeared in 12 movies: Premada Kanike (6 month-old
child), Sanadi Appanna (1 year-old child), Vasantha Geetha, Bhagyavantha,
Hosa Belaku, Chalisuva modagalu, Bhaktha prahlaada, Eradu
nakshatragalu, Bettada hoovu, Yaarivanu, Shiva Mechchida
Kannappa and Parashuram. He costarred his father in 11 out of 12
movies.
After his
performances in movies as a child artist, he re-entered the film industry in
2002 as the protagonist of the movie Appu which was remade in Telugu
as Idiot and in Tamil as Dum in subsequent years under the direction
of Puri Jaganath who directed his brother Shivaraj kumar in the movie Yuvaraja.
He received awards for the films Arasu and Milana.
In 2009, he starred in Raaj-The Showman
which got mixed reviews from critics.In 2010, prithvi ,IAS officer role, the movie got
critical appreciation for its bold portrayal of ongoing politics in Karnataka.
He won accolades from both critics and audiences for his role in the 2010 movie
Jackie where he played a character that's
rustic and local, yet charming and suave.He acted in 3 movies in the year 2011,
including Hudugaru.The
other 2 included Paramathma under the direction of director Yograj Bhat,
followed by Anna Bond directed by Soori.
the director who had directed him in Jackie. Anna Bond was
released on 1 May 2012 in Karnataka,
India. His new
movie Yaare Koogadali released in December
2012.
Apart from acting
Puneeth has also had a singing career. He has sung since his childhood in all
his movies as a child artist. Kanadante Mayavadanu from Chalisuva
Modagalu is one of his songs as a child artist. He sung with S. P. Balasubrahmanyam in his movie Bettada Hoovu.
When he entered as a male lead he also began singing at least one song in all
his films.
It is usual for music
directors of his movies to record a song in his voice. From his first movie Appu,
he was using his voice mostly for solo songs. With the song Jothe Jotheyali
from the movie Vamshi
he sang duets too. In 2010 he sang another fast-number in his movie Jackie after which he rendered voice to his
brother Shivrajkumar's
film titled "lava kusha" and Mylari.
Puneeth has also given voice for Ganesh movie Shyloo.
Before entering the
film industry he was actively involved in a Home Banner Vajreshwari Combines'
film distribution job in Karnataka, which still continues. He produced some of
the movies made for their brothers Shivaraj Kumar
as well as Raghavendra Rajkumar. Two TV serials were also
produced by him. In the movie Akasmika he designed the costumes of Rajkumar.
As per the wishes of
his father Rajkumar, he along with his brothers and family
have built a hotel in Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru
called Dr. Raj International.Puneeth has also
involved himself in philanthropic works with his mother Parvathamma Rajkumar
and carries this out in an Ashram called Shakti Dhama in Mysore.
He is the brand
ambassador for f Square, Malabar Gold, Manappuram and for a dance show called "DHEE".
Also his decision to be brand ambassador for state-owned Karnataka Milk Federation without any
remuneration for its product "Nandini", has been praised by media and
fans. Decades ago his father Dr Rajkumar also became the brand ambassador for
"Nandini" milk products without taking remuneration, which had helped
KMF products to increase sales in the Karnataka
State and outside too.
He is also the brand
ambassador of Royal Challengers Bangalore, an IPL team.
He has replaced Upendra,
who was the brand ambassador of the team in 2008 and 2009.
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