Puneeth Rajkumar Biography Trivia Movies

	Name:	Puneeth Rajkumar
	B0rn On:	17 march 1975 in Bangalore India
	Original Name:	Lohith Rajkumar
	Nick Name:	Power star, Appu
	Zodiac Sign:	Taurus
	Height:	5'8"
	Father:	Rajkumar
	Mother:	Parvathamma Rajkumar
	siblings:	Shivrajkumar. Raghavendra Rajkumar,
		poornima, Lakshmi
	Education:	Diploma in Computer Science
	Nationality:	Indian
	Spouse:	Ashwini Revanath
	Daughters:	Dhrithi, Vanditha
	Debut Movie(Child artist):	Premada kaanike (1976)
	Debut Movie(Lead Actor):	Appu (2002)
	Favourite Movie:	sampattige Sawaal

Trivia:

# Puneeth Rajkumar is the son of a legendary actor Rajkumar.

Appu with family

# He started his career as a 6 month old baby in his father's film 'Premada Kaanike'.

# He started his career in a mining business before becoming an actor.

# He has alo learnt 'Kalarippayattu' one of the Oldest Indian Martial arts.

# He was awarded with the National Film award for Best Child Artist for his fentabulous performance in the movie 'Bettada Hoovu'

# Like his father he is also a good singer, even though he is not a professional singer, it is usual for the music directors of his movies to record a song in his voice, as most of his films have song in his voice.

# He got married to Ashwini Revanath at the age of 24 and they have an elder daughter Dhrithi & the younger one Vanditha.

Appu with wife and daughter

# Learning about new brand cameras & high definition lenses to movies is his favourite hobby.

# All of his films were a huge hit and have stayed in theatres for a minimum of 100 days which is certainly a rare achievement in the Indian Film Industry.

# Puneeth is currently the highest paid kannada actor.

# He is the Brand ambassador for fSquare malabar Gold, Manappuram, for a Dance shoe called 'DHEE' and for KMF'S 'Nandini' milk products with out taking renumeration, & also for Royal Challengers bangalore, IPL Team.

Movies:

As a Child Artist:

	Year	Film	Role
	1976	Premada kanike	Child artist
	1977	Sanaadi Appanna	Child artist
	1980	Vasantha Geetha	Shyaam
	1981	Bhagyavantha	Krishna
	1981	Thayige Thakka Maga	Child artist
	1981	Bhoomige Banda Bhagavanta	Child artist
	1982	Hosa Belaku	Puttu
	1982	Chalisuva Modagalu	Ramu
	1983	Bhakta Prahlada	Prahlada
	1983	Eradu Nakshatragalu	Raja
	1984	Yaarivanu	Shyaam
	1985	Bettada Hoovu	Ramu
	1988	Shiva Mechchida Kannappa	Child artist
	1989	Parashurama	Appu

As a lead Actor:

	Year	Film	Role
	2002	Appu	Appu
	2003	Abhi	Abhi
	2004	Veera Kannadiga	Munna
	2004	Maurya	Manu
	2005	Aakash	Akash
	2005	Namma Basava	Basava
	2006	Ajay	Ajay
	2007	Arasu	Shivaraj Urs
	2007	Milana	Akash
	2008	Bindaas	Shivu
	2008	Vamshi	Vamshi
	2009	Raaj - The Showman	Mutturaj
	2009	Raam	Raam
	2010	Prithvi	Prithvi Kumar
	2010	Jackie	Janakirama
	2011	Jackie	aka Jackie
	2011	Hudugaru	Prabhu
	2011	Paramathma	Paramathma aka Param
	2012	Anna Bond
	2012	Untitled
	2013	Power Punch

Awards and honours

National awards

# National Film Award for Best Child Artist - Bettada Hoovu - 1986

State awards

# Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor - Milana - 2008

Filmfare awards

# Filmfare Best Actor Award - Arasu - 2006

Other awards

# Great son of Karnataka

# AKKA Best Actor Award for the movie Raam

# Excellent Dancer Award

# South Scope - Best Actor Award for the movie Raaj-The Showman - 2009

# Suvarna channel movie awards - Best actor for the movie "Jackie" - 2010