Raghavendra Rajkumar

Raghavendra Rajkumar
Born	(1965-08-15) August 15, 1965 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Raghanna
Occupation	Actor, [[Record producer|Producer], [singer]]
Years active	1988–present
Spouse(s)	Mangala Raghavendra
Parents	Dr. Rajkumar, Parvathamma Rajkumar

Raghavendra Rajkumar (Kannada: ಶಿವ ರಾಜಕುಮಾರ) is an Indian actor and producer who primarily works in the Kannada film Industry. He is the second son of the legendary Kannada matinee idol Dr. Rajkumar and producer Parvathamma Rajkumar. He is one of the stars of kannada film industry. After starring in lead roles in many Kannada blockbuster films, he is now actively involved in production^[1] - including the blockbuster Jackie starring his brother, Puneeth Rajkumar in the lead role.^[2] He has played a important support in shaping up his brother puneet's career.

Like his father, Raghavendra Rajkumar too sings his own songs in the movies. His earlier films did extremely well. His movie Nanjundi Kalyana is the top grosser for their home production ' Poornima Enterprises '. He had given back to back super hit movies in late 80's and early 90's. His songs Nijava Nudiyale, Maduveya Vayasu, Ombattu Ombattu, Ambarada taare, Anuragada alegalu, geluve geluve namage endendigu geluve are still very popular. Maduveya Vayasu song from nanjundi kalyana was a track played during marriages for many many years in kannada. He has portrayed many roles in movies, most of his movies are comedy / family oriented.

His parents Parvathamma and Dr. Rajkumar are devotees of Raghavendra Swami. Raghavendra Rajkumar was named so for this reason.

According to sources, his son Vinay is all set to enter film industry.

Filmography

As actor

As producer

See also

• Dr. Rajkumar
• Shivaraj Kumar
• Puneet Rajkumar

References

External links

• Fecilitation Ceremony of Raghavendra Raj Kumar organized by Slum Children and Women Development Association in Banglore
• Plackback Songs by Raghavendra RajKumar (Audio) from Udbhava.com