Dr. Rajkumar
Birthday: 1929-04-24 | Place of Birth: Gajanur, Madras ResidencySinganalluru 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Narasimha Murthy
as Lord Shiva
as Gurumurthy
as Hiranyakashipu
as Suryanarayana "Soorappa"
as Mohan
as Shankar
as Srikanth
as Vasantha
as Chengumani
as Gopi & DCP Chandrashekhar (Dual Role)
as Kumar
as Prakash
as Rajashekhar/Jairaj, Shankar & Guru (Triple Role)
as Appanna
as Arjuna & Babruvahana (Dual Role)
as Chenna
as Kumar
as Mohan
as Anand
as Manohar
as Panju
as Raja
as Ranga
as Mayura
as Prakash/Prashanth & Prasad (Dual Role)
as Sridhar/Vijay/Shekhar/Sheshagiri
as Veerabhadra
