Dr. Rajkumar profile
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Dr. Rajkumar

24th April 1929 Gajanur, Madras Residency Acting

Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj (24 April 1929 – 12 April 2006), better known by his stage name Dr. Rajkumar, was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Kannada cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest and versatile actors in the history of Indian cinema, he is considered a cultural icon and holds a matinée idol status in the Kannada diaspora, among whom he is popularly called as Nata Saarvabhouma (Emperor of Actors), Bangarada Manushya (Man of Gold), Vara Nata (Gifted actor), Gaana Gandharva (Celestial singer), Rasikara Raja (King of connoisseurs), Kannada Kanteerava and Rajanna/Annavru (Elder brother, Raj). He was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 1983 and Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1995. He is the only lead actor to win National Award for Playback singing. His 39 movies have been remade 63 times in 9 languages by 34 actors making him the first actor whose movies were remade more than fifty times and the first actor whose movies were remade in nine languages. He was the first actor in India to enact a role which was based on James Bond in a full-fledged manner. The success of his movie Jedara Bale is credited to have widely inspired an Indian bond genre in other Indian film industries. On the occasion of the "Centenary of Indian Cinema" in April 2013, Forbes included his performance in Bangaarada Manushya on its list of "25 Greatest Acting Performances of Indian Cinema". Upon his death, The New York Times had described him as one of India's most popular movie stars.

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Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Akasmika poster
Akasmika 16th April 1993 as Narasimha Murthy
Guri poster
Guri 29th September 1986 as Kaliprasad
Ade Kannu poster
Ade Kannu 1st January 1985 as Jagannath Rao & Gopi
Naanobba Kalla poster
Naanobba Kalla 29th November 1979 as Gopi & DCP Chandrashekhar (Dual Role)
Shankar Guru poster
Shankar Guru 17th February 1978 as Rajashekhar/Jairaj, Shankar & Guru (Triple Role)
Babruvahana poster
Babruvahana 21st January 1977 as Arjuna & Babruvahana (Dual Role)
Trimurthy poster
Trimurthy 26th December 1975 as Sridhar/Vijay/Shekhar/Sheshagiri
Mayura poster
Mayura 12th September 1975 as Mayura
Kula Gourava poster
Kula Gourava 9th April 1971 as Raghunath Rao, Ravi (Chandrashekharaiah) & Shankar (Triple Role)
Bhale Jodi poster
Bhale Jodi 11th September 1970 as Suresh & Ramesh (Dual Role)
Naandi poster
Naandi 1st January 1964 as Murthy
Sodari poster
Sodari 20th May 1955 as Kailasanath

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