Puneet Rajkumar
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| Puneet Rajkumar | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 17, 1975 Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Other name(s) | Power Star |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Spouse(s) | Ashwini Revanath |
Puneet Rajkumar is the youngest son of legendary Kannada cinema star Dr. Rajkumar and Smt. Parvatamma. He has acted in 12 films as a child artist. He has also won the National Award for the film "Bettada Hoovu". He once again entered the Kannada film industry as a hero in the movie Appu.
He is married to Ashwini Revanath, and they have two little children. The older one is called Drithi and the younger one is called Vanditha.
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[edit] Filmography
[edit] As a child artist
- Vasantha Geetha
- Bhagyavantha
- Hosa belaku
- Chalisuva modagalu
- Bhaktha prahlaada
- Eradu nakshatragalu
- Bettada hoovu
- Yaarivanu
- Shiva mechchida kannappa
- Parashuram
[edit] In leading role
| Year of Release | Film | Co-Star | Director | Other notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Appu | Rakshita | Puri Jagannadh | Super hit (Completed 25 Weeks) | |||||
| 2003 | Abhi | Ramya | Dinesh Babu | Super hit (Completed 175 days) | |||||
| 2004 | Veera Kannadiga | Ankita(now Anita) | Meher Ramesh |
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2004 | Maurya | Meera Jasmine | S. Narayan | Super hit([completed 20 Weeks) |
| 2005 | Akash | Ramya | Mahesh Babu | Mega hit (Silver Jubilee Movie - 42 Weeks) | |||||
| 2005 | Namma Basava | Gowri | Veera Shankar | 2006 | Ajay | Anuradha Mehta | Maher Ramesh | Moderate hit (completed 100 days) | |
| 2007 | Arasu | Ramya , Meera Jasmine | Mahesh Babu | Super hit (completed 125 days) | |||||
| 2007 | Milana | Parvati Menon , Pooja Gandhi | Prakash | Mega hit (completed 200 days & still running) | |||||
| 2008 | Bindaas | Hansika Motwani | D.Rajendra Babu | ||||||
| To be announced | Vamshi | Vaibhavi | Prakash | Production starts on April 24th | |||||
| To be announced | Raj | to be announced | Prem | Production starts in July 2008 | |||||
| To be announced | Lagori | to be announced | Yogaraj Bhat | Production starts in 2009 |
[edit] Trivia
- Puneeth's performance as a young kid in Bettada hoovu,Bhagyavanta, Vasantha Geetha, Chalisuva Modagalu, Yeradu Nakshatragalu were much appreciated.He has also won "National award " as child actor for Bettada Huvu.
- Puneeth is said to command nearly 1.5 Crore INR per movie. Highest by any Kannada actor.Rumours are that he has been approached by UTV for a 3 film contract for a whopping 9 crores.
- Puneeth is the only actor so far who is managed to give 9 consecutive hit movies successfully run for 25+ days.
- Puneet has given a small role to Susheel Sukhraj as an actor (a waitor who is a Shahrukh Khan fan and is quite a funny character) in his small serial called 'Nanna Ninna Naduve' on Doordarshan in 1997. He also gave a small role to Susheel Sukhraj in Hrudaya Hrudaya as his brother, Shivrajkumar's friend.
- Puneeth's next venture "Raj" being directed by Prem of "Jogi " Fame. He is paired with Illeana & Shriya Saran in the movie. The film is being shot at newest 7 wonders of the world.
- Puneeth's new movie Mayura has been dropped since the director passed away recently.
[edit] National Awards
"Bettada Hoovu" - 1985
[edit] State Awards
[edit] Film Fare Awards
"Arrasu" - Best Actor Award at South India Films Association Award - 2007
