SUPER ACTORS: Puneet Rajkumar

Wednesday 27 June 2012

Puneet Rajkumar

Puneeth Rajkumar (born March 17, 1975) is an Indian film actor who acts in Kannada films and the youngest son of Kannada superstar Dr Rajkumar and the younger brother of leading KFI star Shivaraj Kumar. As a child artist, he appeared in 12 films. He won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for the film Bettada Hoovu in 1986.

After having appeared in films as a child actor in the 1980s, Puneeth rajkumar made his film debut in a leading role in Appu. The film was a huge hit. He has been noted for his performances in films like Abhi(2003 film), Aakash (2005), Arasu (2007), Milana (2007), Vamshi (2008), Raam (2009), Jackie (2010) and Paramathma (2011) which are his biggest commercial successes so far.He is currently the highest paid actor in Kannada Film Industry at 5.75 crores per movie.His latest movie Anna Bond (2012) has shattered all records by any other actor in Kannada cinema industry.The success rate of his movie career is above 90%.

In 2007, he got a Filmfare award for his performance in Arasu and in 2008 he received a Karnataka State Best Actor Award for his performance in Milana.