Vinay Rajkumar

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

Vinay Rajkumar (born 7 May 1989) is an Indian actor who works in Kannada cinema. The grandson of actor Rajkumar and son of film producer and former actor Raghavendra, he made his debut as a lead actor in 2014 with Siddhartha.^[2]

Vinay Rajkumar
Born	(1989-05-07) 7 May 1989 (age 35)[1] Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993-1999; 2012–present
Father	Raghavendra Rajkumar
Relatives	See Rajkumar family

Early life

Vinay Rajkumar was born to actor and film producer Raghavendra Rajkumar and Mangala. He is the grandson of actor Rajkumar. He has a younger brother, Yuva Rajkumar. The actors Shiva Rajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar are his paternal uncles. Vinay earned a bachelor's degree in commerce from St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore.

Vinay's grandfather, Rajkumar brought him on-screen at the age of four in the film Aakasmika (1993).^[3] Vinay followed this with appearances in Odahuttidavaru (1994), his father's film's Anuragada Alegalu (1993) and Navibbaru Namagibbaru (1993), and uncle Shiva's Om (1995) and Hrudaya Hrudaya (1999).^[4][5]

Vinay studied and trained as an actor in "acting workshops with a couple of people" before "training... in theatre". He subsequently trained in dance and martial arts from trainers of his uncles' films.^[6] In an interview with The Times of India in 2012, he said he was "involved with the filming of [uncle Puneeth's film] Yaare Koogadali", having already worked in the filming of the latter's previous film Anna Bond (2012).^[6][7]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1993	Anuragada Alegalu	Running boy	Child Artist cameo appearance in the song "Ambarada Taare"	[8]
	Navibbaru Namagibbaru	Boy with cattle	Child Artist	[9]
	Aakasmika	Boy in horse drawn carriage	Child Artist cameo appearance in the song "Huttidare Kannadanalli"	[3]
1994	Odahuttidavaru	Vinu	Child Artist	[3]
1995	Om	Satya and Madhu's son	Child Artist	[10]
1999	Hrudaya Hrudaya	Vinu	Child Artist, Credited as Vinay Raghavendra	[11]
2015	Siddhartha	Siddhartha
2016	Run Antony	Antony
2018	Ananthu Vs Nusrath	Ananthu		[4]
2022	10	Vijay Kumar		[12][13]
2024	Ondu Sarala Prema Kathe	Athishay		[14]
	Pepe	Pepe
	Andondittu Kaala†	Kumar	Filming	[15]
2025	City Lights†	TBA	Filming	[16]

Awards

South Indian International Movie Awards

• 2016: Best Debut Actor – Siddhartha^[17]