Puneeth Rajkumar was born as Lohith to Rajkumar and Parvathamma Rajkumar. He is their fifth and youngest child. He is the younger brother of Shivarajkumar and producer, actor Raghavendra Rajkumar.  [PRFA]✓

       Power Star Puneeth Rajkumar(born 17 March 1975)

Biography

TV Shows:

He hosts the quiz show Kannadada Kotyadhipati which is modeled on the Hindi show Kaun Banega Crorepati hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, which was in turn modeled on British show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? hosted by Chris Tarrant.Show had a very good TRP points[citation needed].
Biography.

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. Puneeth has had training in Kalarippayattu, one of the oldest Indian martial arts.
Debut as an actor.

His acting career started with the movie Vasantha Geetha, in which he acted when he was 5 years old.[citation needed] 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.

Child artist:

His initial name was Lohith Later the name was changed to Punith Rajkumar. A lot of people[who?] in Karnataka still know him by "Appu" 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 10 out of 12 movies.

Lead roles:

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 2 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.[dated info]
Singing career.

Apart from acting, Puneeth 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 sang 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 and also for Yogesh's Sidlingu.he is also given voice in films Ale and Tony.

Other interests:

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 same serial he has made guest appearance. In the movie Akasmika he designed the costumes of Rajkumar.

Puneeth has a knowledge of SteadiCam which is used in films to shoot scenes like stunts and car chases. Learning about new brand cameras and high definition lenses to movies is his favorite hobby.[citation needed]

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.

Brand endorsement:

Puneeth 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. He also worked as an ambassador to Election Commission to increasing the polling rates in Karnataka during Karnataka Assembly election May 2013.

Award's:

Awards and honours--

National Award:

Best Child Artist for " Betadha Huvu ".

State awards:

Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor - Milana - 2008[citation needed]
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor - Jackie - 2010[citation needed]

South film fare award for Best Actor - '(Hudugaru)2011

SIIMA awards:

SIIMA Award for Best Actor - Hudugaru - 2012[citation needed]
Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Actor - Anna Bond - 2013

Filmfare awards:

Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Kannada) - Arasu - 2007[citation needed]
Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Kannada) - Hudugaru - 2012[citation needed]

South Scope awards

South Scope Award for Best Actor (Kannada) - Vamshi - 2009[citation needed]

Other awards:

Suvarna channel movie awards - Best actor for the movie Jackie - 2010[citation needed]
Suvarna Channel Most Favorite Actor for movie "Anna Bond"-2013

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