Raghavendra Rajkumar

In this Indian name, the name Rajkumar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Raghavendra.

Raghavendra Rajkumar (born 15 August 1965) is an Indian actor, singer and producer of Kannada cinema. He is the son of actor Dr. Rajkumar and film producer Parvathamma Rajkumar. He made his debut as a lead in the film Chiranjeevi Sudhakar (1988) before appearing in the hugely successful 1989 film Nanjundi Kalyana. He went on to star in films such as Gajapathi Garvabhanga (1989), Anukoolakkobba Ganda (1990), and Geluvina Saradaara (1996).^[2] His last prominent film was Upendra's Swasthik (1998), a box office failure. He starred in Pakkadmane Hudugi (2004) before taking a fifteen year sabbatical from acting.^[3] Since then he has produced television serials under Poornima Productions and films under Sri Vajreshwari Combines.^[2]

Raghavendra Rajkumar
Raghavendra Rajkumar in late 90s
Born	(1965-08-15) 15 August 1965 (age 59) Madras, Madras State (now in Tamil Nadu), India
Other names	Raganna[1]
Occupation(s)	Actor, dancer, film producer
Years active	1974–present
Spouse	Mangala
Children	Vinay Rajkumar, Yuva Rajkumar
Parent(s)	Dr. Rajkumar (father) Parvathamma (mother)
Relatives	See Rajkumar family

His comeback film as a villain, Chillum, was dropped.^[4] In 2019, when he went to act in a lead role in the movie Ammana Mane (2019), the Prime Minister of Singapore heard about it and watched the movie.^[5]

Personal life

His brothers are Shiva Rajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar.^[6][7] His sons Vinay Rajkumar and Yuva Rajkumar are both actors.^[8]

From (L to R) Ravi Srivatsa, Shiva Rajkumar, Parvathamma Rajkumar, Puneeth Rajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar

He was admitted to a Singapore hospital in 2013 due to a stroke.^[9] He has undergone physiotherapy treatment.^[10] He had become victim of death hoax which was proven to be false.^[11]

Filmography

As actor

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role(s)	Notes	Ref.
1974	Sri Srinivasa Kalyana		Child artist	[1]
1975	Daari Tappida Maga	Kitty	Child artist
1988	Chiranjeevi Sudhakar	Sudhakar	Lead debut	[12]
1989	Nanjundi Kalyana	Raghuchandra		[13]
	Gajapathi Garvabhanga	Kishore
1990	Aasegobba Meesegobba	Raghu	Cameo appearance	[14]
	Anukoolakkobba Ganda	Brahmachari
1991	Kalyana Mantapa	Shankara
1992	Bharjari Gandu	Gopi
1993	Anuraagada Alegalu	Priyadarshan
	Navibbaru Namagibbaru	Chandru	Dual role
1994	Sagara Deepa	Kumar
1995	Aata Hudugaata	Raj
	Ibbara Naduve Muddina Aata
1996	Srimathi Kalyana	Anand
	Geluvina Saradaara	Seethapathi
	Sutradhara	Ravindra
1997	Shivaranjani	Shiva
1998	Swasthik	Guru		[15]
1999	Tuvvi Tuvvi Tuvvi	Kumar		[16]
2004	Pakkadmane Hudugi	Balu		[3][17]
2019	Ammana Mane	Rajeeva	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor	[18][19]
	Thrayambakam	Shiva Rudraiah		[20]
2021	Rajatantra	Captain Rajaram		[21]
	Pogaru	Shiva's guru		[22]
2022	Raaji
	James	Santosh's Ashrama Guru	Cameo appearance	[23]
2024	Rangasamudra	Philanthropist		[24]
	Ondu Sarala Prema Kathe	music teacher	Guest appearance
2025	Kanna Mucche Kaade Goode
TBA	Aadisidaatha†	TBA	Delayed	[25]

As singer

Year	Film	Song(s)	Composer(s)	Notes
1989	Nanjundi Kalyana	"Nijava Nudiyale", "Hosa Premadalli"	Upendra Kumar
1990	Gajapathi Garvabhanga	All songs except "Jataka Kudure"	Upendra Kumar
1990	Anukoolakkobba Ganda	All songs	Upendra Kumar
1991	Kalyana Mantapa	All songs except "Ombathu Ombathu"	Upendra Kumar
1993	Anuragada Alegalu	All songs except "Jeeva Kogile"	Hamsalekha
1995	Aata Hudugaata	All songs	Sadhu Kokila
2019	Ammana Mane	All songs	Sameer Kulakarani

As producer

Film

Film	Notes
1987	Shruthi Seridaaga
2010	Jackie
2012	Anna Bond
2012	Yaare Koogadali
2016	Run Antony

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2019	Marali Bandalu Seethe
2020	Jeeva Hoovagide	[26]