BIOGRAPHY
Name : Puneeth Rajkumar
Date of birth : March 17th 1975
Birth place : Bangalore,Karnataka
Father name : Dr.Rajkumar
Mother name : Parvatamma Rajkumar
Brother names : Shivarajkumar, Raghavendra rajkumar
Other name : Power star
Occupation : Actor
Years active : 2002-present
Wife name : Ashwini Revanath
INTERESTING FACTS
# Puneet Rajkumar is the youngest son of Kannada cinema star "Dr. Rajkumar and Smt. Parvatamma". He has already acted in over 12 films as a child artist. He has also won the National Award for the film "Bettada Hoovu". He once again entered the Kannada film industry as a hero in the movie Appu.
# He has married to Ashwini Revanath, and they have two little children. The older one is called Drithi and the younger one is called Vanditha.
# Puneeth's performance as a young kid in Bettada hoovu,Bhagyavanta, Vasantha Geetha, Chalisuva Modagalu, Yeradu Nakshatragalu were much appreciated.
# Puneeth is said to command nearly 2.07 Crore INR per movie. Highest by any Kannada actor.Rumours are that he has been approached by UTV for a 3 film contract for a whopping 9 crores.
# Puneeth is the only actor so far who is managed to give 9 consecutive hit movies successfully run for 100+ days.
# Puneeth recent Milana is a Blockbuster hit & has run succesfully for one year in Multiplex, Bangaloru. Apart from this Puneeth will also star in "Milana " fame Prakash directorial "Vamshi " , which is being produced by Puneet's home banner.
# Puneeth has also given dates to Yograj Bhat(Mungaru male fame).The shooting will be starting after the completion of Vamshi & Raj.
# Puneeth's next venture "Raj" being directed by Prem of "Jogi " Fame. He is paired with Nisha Kotari in the movie. The film is being shot at newest 7 wonders of the world.
# In 2002, he debuted as hero through the movie Appu apposite Rakshita. The movie was directed by Puri Jaganath and it was super hit after completing 25 weeks. In 2003, He acted in the movie Abhi opposite Ramya. The movie was directed by Dinesh Babu and completed 175 days. In 2004, Puneet acted against Ankita (Anita) in the movie Veera Kannadiga directed by Meher Ramesh. The movie completed 100 days successfully. He also paired with Meera Jasmine in the movie Maurya directed by S Narayan. The movie completed 20 weeks.
# Once again, he starred with the golden girl Ramya in Akash directed by Meher Ramesh in 2005. The movie was a mega hit movie, which celebrated Silver Jubilee by completing 42 Weeks successfully. In the same year, he paired with actress Gowri in Namma Basava directed by Veera Shankar which ran for 125 days. In 2006, his next flick Ajay directed by Meher Ramesh featured Puneet with Anuradha Mehta and it completed 100 days successfully.
# In 2007, Puneet Rajkumar teamed up with Ramya and Meera Jasmine in Arasu directed by Mahesh Babu. The movie became super hit by completing 175 Days. The movie Arasu won him Best Actor Award at South India Films Association Award in 2007. Prakash directed movie Milana Featuring Puneet Rajkumar with Parvati Melton and Pooja Gandhi, has become mega hit by completing 300 days and it is still running. D Rajendra directed movie Bindaas, which was released recently this year, has become super hit. The movie has already completed 125 days. In this movie, Puneet Rajkumar teamed up with Hansika Motwani.
BEST MOVIE LISTS AND CO-STARS
1. APPU : Rakshita
2. ABHI : Ramya
3. VEERA KANNADIGA: Ankita
4. NAMMA BASAVA : Gowri
5. MAURYA : Meera Jasmine
6. AKASH : Ramya
7. AJAY : Anuradha Mehta
8. ARASU : Ramya and Rakshita
9. MILANA : Parvati Menon, Pooja Gandhi
10. BINDAAS : Hansika Motwani
11. VAMSHI : Nikita Thukral
AS A CHILD ARTIST
Bhagyavantha
Hosa belaku
Chalisuva modagalu
Bhaktha prahlaada
Eradu nakshatragalu
Bettada hoovu
Yaarivanu
Parashuram
Sanadi Appanna
