Raja Abel
Raja Abel | |
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Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, India | 9 November 1978
Raja Abel (born 9 November 1978) is a Telugu film actor. He played the lead role in the Telugu movie Anand, which won 7 Nandi Awards in 2004.
Early life & family
Raja was born as Raja Abel in Visakhapatnam to a Christian mother from London and Hindu father from Andhra Pradesh.[1]
Career
Raja made his debut in the film O Chinnadana alongside Gajala and Srikanth. He started his career with a few flop films. Though his initial movies were not successful, he won many accolades for his performance. He was well known for his performance in the film Anand, which became a big hit in the year 2004. Even before Anand was released, he played a small role in Mahesh Babu's Arjun, which made him noticeable. Immediately after Anand he acted in another hit film Aa Naluguru in which he played the son of Rajendra Prasad. Raja delivered another big hit, Vennela in 2005 which was mostly filmed in USA by debutant NRIs. In 2008, he appeared in the film Nee Sukhame Ne Koruthunna, alongside actress Sneha.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Co-Stars | Notes | 2012 | Hostel Days[2] | Ghazal Thakur | Mr. Nookayya | Manoj Manchu, Kriti Kharbanda, Sana Khan | ||
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2010 | Inkosaari | Ajay | Manjari Phadnis, Richa Pallod, Ravi Varma, Saandip, Vennela Kishore | ||||||||
2009 | Samardhudu | Raja/Professional killer | Krishnam Raju, Sanjana | ||||||||
Nuvve Naa Sakhi | |||||||||||
Jaganmohini | Jagadeka Prathapudu | Meera Chopra, Namitha | |||||||||
Sontha Ooru | Innocent Boy | Thirtha | Winner 4 Nandi Awards | ||||||||
2008 | Nee Sukhame Ne Korukunna | Madhu | Sneha | ||||||||
Mr. Medhavi | Vishwak | Genelia D'Souza | |||||||||
Idhi Sangathi | Kalavar King | Tabu, Abbas | |||||||||
Bhadradri | Siddhu | Srihari | |||||||||
Andamaina Abadhdham | Pradeep | Kamna Jethmalani | |||||||||
2007 | Veduka | Srikar | Poonam Bajwa | ||||||||
Toss | Parusuram | Upendra, Priyamani | |||||||||
2006 | Mayabazar | Srinivas | Bhumika Chawla, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | ||||||||
Style | Raja | Charmee Kaur, Raghava Lawrence, Prabhu Deva | |||||||||
Kokila | Rahul | Saloni Aswani | |||||||||
Bangaram | Vinay | Pawan Kalyan, Meera Chopra | |||||||||
2005 | Oka Oorilo | Ravi | Saloni Aswani, Tarun Kumar | ||||||||
Mogudu Pellam O Dongodu | Murthy | Shriya Saran, Brahmanandam | |||||||||
Vennela | Naveen | Parvati Melton | |||||||||
2004 | Arjun | Uday | Keerthi Reddy, Mahesh Babu | ||||||||
Aa Naluguru | Raja | Rajendra Prasad | Winner 3 Nandi Awards | ||||||||
Anand | Raja | kamalini mukarjee | |||||||||
2003 | Appudappudu | Sundeep | Shreya Reddy | ||||||||
Vijayam | Raja | Gajala | |||||||||
2002 | O Chinadaana | Srinivasa Sastry | Srikanth, Gajala | ||||||||
2001 | Vechivunta | ||||||||||
References
- "Interview with Raja". idlebrain.com. 5 November 2006.