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Puneeth Rajkumar is a Actor and Producer Indian born on 17 march 1975 at Bangalore (Inde)

Puneeth Rajkumar

Puneeth Rajkumar
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Birth name Lohith
Nationality Inde
Birth 17 march 1975 at Bangalore (Inde)
Death 29 october 2021 (at 46 years)
Awards Filmfare Awards South

Lohith (born 17 March 1975), known by his screen name Puneeth Rajkumar, is an Indian film actor, playback singer and television presenter who mostly works in Kannada cinema. He has appeared over 25 films as a lead actor, prior to which he had a career as a child artiste appearing in films to which his father Rajkumar appeared in lead roles. As a child artist, his performances in Vasantha Geetha (1980), Bhagyavantha (1981), Chalisuva Modagalu (1982), Eradu Nakshatragalu (1983) and Bettada Hoovu (1985) received appreciation. He won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for his role of Ramu in Bettada Hoovu. His first film in a lead role came in the 2002 in Appu. He went on to appear in other commercial successful films over the years, such as Abhi (2003), Aakash (2005), Arasu (2007), Milana (2007), Jackie (2010), Hudugaru (2011) and Paramathma (2011), establishing him as one of the leading contemporary actors in Kannada cinema.

He is the youngest son of Rajkumar, Kannada cinema's most celebrated actor, and the brother of actors Shivarajkumar and Raghavendra Rajkumar. In 2012, he debuted as a television presenter with the game show Kannadada Kotyadhipati, a Kannada version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.

Biography

Puneeth met Ashwini Revanath, who would be his future wife, through a common friend. Their friendship blossomed into love and they wedded on December 1, 1999. They have two daughters together; Drithi and Vanditha.

In an interview with The Times of India, Puneeth revealed about his passion about Spanish and Hollywood films, and the Italian designer wear. Michael Jackson, he said, is his favorite singer.

Usually with

Rajkumar
Rajkumar
(12 films)
Avinash
Avinash
(12 films)
Rangayana Raghu
Rangayana Raghu
(10 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Puneeth Rajkumar (41 films)

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Mythri
Mythri (2015)
, 2h17
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Mohanlal, Puneeth Rajkumar, Archana / Veda Sastry, Archana, Karthika Menon, Atul Kulkarni
Roles Himself
Rating73% 3.680093.680093.680093.680093.68009
Siddarama (Aditya) is a slum dweller yet an very intelligent guy. He lives with his mother who works in an agarbatti (incense sticks) factory to make ends meet. One of the pranks lead him into police lock up and his mother requests help from Gooli Prathapa, a philandering person who runs human trafficking business and also has political ambitions. Once, siddarama is released Gooli sets his eyes on Siddarama's mother.
Rana Vikrama, 2h27
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Puneeth Rajkumar, Anjali, Rachita Ram, Girish Karnad, Charan Raj, Adah Sharma
Roles Vikram / Vikrama
Rating63% 3.197333.197333.197333.197333.19733
Power
Power (2014)
, 2h53
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Puneeth Rajkumar, Trisha Krishnan, Kelly Dorji, Prabhu, Sadhu Kokila, Doddanna
Roles Bharat Kumar
Rating54% 2.7236652.7236652.7236652.7236652.723665
Krishna Prasad (Prabhu) is a politician driven by idealistic values and a sense of social service. His followers are his brother Sathya (Dharma), and supporters (Shobharaj, Sharath Lohitashwa). The people of Krishnanna's constituency elect him as a M.L.A.. Krishna an ardent follower of Dr. Rajkumar, establishes his own independent political empire, consensus with ideals proposed by Rajkumar. Krishna Prasad's dream is to see his son as a politician revered by people. During this time, he meets with a fatal accident, in which his brother and his followers are also killed.
Anna Bond
Anna Bond (2012)
, 2h16
Directed by Duniya Soori
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Puneeth Rajkumar, Nidhi Subbaiah, Priyaman, Jackie Shroff, Rangayana Raghu, Avinash
Roles Bond Ravi/Anna Bond
Rating44% 2.228192.228192.228192.228192.22819
Bond Ravi (Puneeth Rajkumar) is a generous guy, who has the tendency of helping others. He is a karate champ who works in a medical camp of Singapore. He meets Meera (Priyamani) on a bus and falls in love with her charm. One day, Meera visits the same village where Bond Ravi lives to make a documentary film. She stays with her friend Divya (Nidhi Subbaiah).
Hudugaru
Hudugaru (2011)

Genres Drama, Action
Actors Puneeth Rajkumar, Yogesh, Srinagar Kitty, Radhika Pandit, Abhinaya, Disha Poovaiah
Roles Prabhu
Rating73% 3.6804353.6804353.6804353.6804353.680435
Three youths – Prabhu, Chandru and Siddesh (Puneeth Rajakumar, Srinagara Kitty and Yogesh respectively) aspiring for government job, computer center and to settle in Dubai are struck with a bad luck in life when Sudhir (Vishal Hegde), a best friend of Prabhu falls in love with the daughter of a business tycoon.
Paramathma
Paramathma (2011)

Directed by Yogaraj Bhat
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Puneeth Rajkumar, Deepa Sannidhi, Aindrita Ray, Anant Nag, Avinash, Ramya Barna
Roles Paramathma aka Karadi
Rating72% 3.6414953.6414953.6414953.6414953.641495
Prithvi
Prithvi (2010)
, 2h14
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Puneeth Rajkumar, Parvathy, Avinash, Srinivasa Murthy, John Vijay, C. R. Simha
Roles Prithvi Kumar
Rating82% 4.126824.126824.126824.126824.12682
Prithvi Kumar is an honest young IAS Officer who works as District Commissioner for Bellary District. His main aim is to eradicate the ongoing corruption in the District and stick to his principles: honesty and corruption-free administration.
Jackie
Jackie (2010)
, 2h22
Directed by Duniya Soori
Genres Action
Actors Puneeth Rajkumar, Karthika Menon, Harshika Poonacha, Rangayana Raghu, Bullet Prakash, Sampath Raj
Roles Janakirama aka Jackie
Rating73% 3.6964253.6964253.6964253.6964253.696425
Janakirama alias Jackie (Puneet Rajakumar) is an 8th standard living with his mother Jayamma who operates a flour mill in a village. Jackie is a guy who dreams of making it big; but not by hard work. He is an expert card player and thinks he can repay all his debts with earnings from it. He does every job and hopes he would one day make it big as a realtor. He is talkative and uses the opportunities around him to eke out a living. In the locality where he lives, a priest's daughter Yashodha (Harshika Poonacha), is in love with a photo studio owner who is actually a conduit for a human trafficker and asks Jackie to help her get married. Jackie initially tries to help but when the priest questions him, he decides to cop out of the issue respecting the aged father's feelings.
Raaj the Showman, 2h26
Directed by Prem jogi
Genres Drama
Actors Puneeth Rajkumar, Priyanka Kothari, Rekha, Mumait Khan, Tulasi
Roles Raaj/ Muthuraja
Rating70% 3.514183.514183.514183.514183.51418
Muththuraj (Puneeth Rajkumar) lives happily with his parents in a village, and his only desire is to be an actor. He comes to the city to become to pursue this goal and ends up being a junior actor in films. Meanwhile, an associate director who has full confidence in his talents starts his new film with Muththuraj as the hero. However, the film's heroine, Parvathy (Nisha Kothari), walks out because she is not keen on working in films and had only agreed to it as a result of the persistence of the director. Muththuraj starts pestering her to work with him. Meanwhile, her two relatives, who have underworld connections, want to arrange a marriage for her. She escapes with Muththuraj, and she falls in love with him. The second half of the film deals with how Muththuraj saves Parvathy and realizes his dream.
Raam
Raam (2009)

Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Puneeth Rajkumar, Priyaman, Chetan Kumar, Rangayana Raghu, Doddanna, Srinath
Roles Raam
Rating64% 3.2337453.2337453.2337453.2337453.233745
Ram (Puneet Rajkumar),a final year B.E student studying in Bellary comes to visit his joint family in Mysore in the vacation. His cousin's marriage is fixed. But his cousin loves another NRI Boy (Chethan Kumar). Knowing this Raam helps his cousin to get her married to her lover. His uncle gets angry and throws him out of the house. He goes back to his university. He sees a girl (Priyamani) and falls in love at first sight. His friend gets depressed on losing his lady love as her parents disapproved their marriage and fixed her marriage with another boy. Ram decides to bring her and get her married to her friend. He goes to R.R. Kalyana Mantapa kidnaps the bride unconscious and brings her. And later gets to know that he has kidnapped the wrong bride. When Ram saw the girl he becomes happy for it was the girl Pooja (Priyamani) he loved. When she gained conscious she is extremely happy as she did not wanted to get married. She forces Ram and his Friends to leave her to the Bus stand. To escape from the goon Ram and pooja gets lost in the forest. They find the way out of the forest and leaves her to the Bus Stand where he meets his friend. They leave Pooja and carry on. She calls her friend and gets to know that it takes 15 days for her visa to get ready. She is depressed. Some goons follow her. She runs. Ram and his friend rescue her. He tells her to stay in his house by lying to them that she is an orphan and Shastri who is Ram's family friend brought her up in his ashrama. She tells the same to Ram's family. Later Ram apologises to his uncle and comes back. Love blossoms between them. Elders decides to get them married. They take her to Shastri's ashrama to talk about the marriage proposal with him. While some Men take her away in spite of being protected by Ram's family members. Later Ram tells the truth about what was going on. They decide to help Pooja. The people who take Pooja away are attacked by some other men. The other Man take her away. Raam beats him from his back and he is unconscious. She tells him her story. Pooja's father's 2 sisters were married to Pooja's mother's brothers. The 2 brothers get separated due to a property fight. And Pooja grows up in America And she is the sole heiress of 100 crores. Her parents die in an accident. Then she comes to India to live with her uncles. But come to know that the 2 brothers are separated. The 2 brothers want to get their sons married to Pooja for her money. Both fight for this. By that time Ram had kidnapped her from marriage hall. After knowing this Ram promises her that he will marry her in the presence of her uncles without violence using his brain. He joins her uncles house as an accountant. Ram's uncle and aunt comes in disguise as Chicago Chandrashekar and his wife and asks for Pooja's Uncle's son for their nonexistent daughter. They tells him that they own 150 crores. Knowing this Pooja's uncle leaves Pooja for his brother's son. While Ram's parents come and in disguise as Dollar Dinesh who is Chicago Chandrashekar's brother and asks for Pooja's second uncle's son for their nonexistent daughter. Pooja's second uncle agrees. Ram's last uncle comes as Swiss Bank manager and lies that Pooja's father had taken a loan of 150 crore. Pooja's uncles decide to get her married to Ram as he had no money. They get her married to Ram in Grand manner. After the marriage they come to know the truth and regret their mistake and ask Pooja for forgiveness. Her uncles unite and bless the newly married couple and thank Ram and his family for teaching them a lesson and send Pooja with Ram and his family to Mysore.