Charan Raj

Charan Raj is an Indian actor, director, film producer, and writer who works in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia and Hindi movies.

Charan Raj
Born
Brahmananda

(1958-04-27) 27 April 1958[1]
Belagavi, Karnataka
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Actor, film director, producer, screenwriter
Years active1983–present
SpouseKalpana Charanraj
Children3, including Tej

Career

Charan Raj is a versatile actor who is popular for his villainy and character roles in South Indian film industry. Charanraj started his movie career with Kannada movie Parajitha (1982) directed by Siddalingaiah which became commercially hit cinema.[2] Charan Raj is not only an actor, but a producer, music composer and director too. He is popular for his villainy roles in Telugu film industry starting his career in Telugu with Pratighatana (1985), Indrudu Chandrudu (1989) with Kamal Haasan and Karthavyam (1990) with Vijayashanti. He has also acted with Rajinikanth in the Hindi movie Phool Bane Angaray (1991) and Tamil films like Panakkaran (1990), Dharma Dorai (1991), Veera (1994) and Baashha (1995). His character role in Tamil film Gentleman (1993) showed him as a different Charan Raj and he got good applause for his performance in that film. He made his debut as a director in 1999, through the film Annan Thangachi. In this film he acted as the hero as well as did the direction. The film did not hit the box office, though it had a good story. He has also acted as Suriya’s father in the film Vel (2007) with Saranya Ponvannan as his pair.[3]

Controversy

In 2014, Charan Raj was accused of carrying a gun at Sri Varasiddhi Vinayak Temple, Andhra Pradesh.[4]

Partial filmography

Kannada

Tamil
Year Film Role Notes
1987Neethikku Thandanai
1988Sakkarai Panthal
1988Poovukkul Boogambam
1988Poovum Puyalum
1988Kazhugumalai Kallan
1988Naan Sonnathey SattamKaali
1988SivapputhaaliSadayan
1988Adhu Antha Kaalam
1988KalicharanInspector Charan
1988Kuttravali
1989Karunguyil Kundram
1989Sattathin MarupakkamSekhar
1989RajanadaiTiger
1990PanakkaranVijayakumar's Son
1990Adhisaya ManithanScientist
1990Pudhu Pudhu RagangalSarath
1990SeethaBoopathy
1991Dharma DoraiRajadorai
1991Sirai Kathavukal
1991Vaithegi VanthachuMLA Gounder
1992PandiyanAshok kumar IPS
1993GentlemanDIG Azhagar Nambi
1993VedanBoopathy
1993ManikuyilSundaram
1994VeeraInspector
1995BaashhaAnwar
1996NethajiCharan
1997ArasiyalMarudapandi
1999Annan ThangachiChinna RasuAlso director — Remake of Tavarina Tottilu
1999Ethirum PudhirumDevaraj
2000Palayathu AmmanSatan
2000Rajakali AmmanTantrik
2000Nee Enthan VaanamAlex Pandian
2004ArasatchiAdvocate Janakiraman
2004ArulInspector
2005Pon MegalaiSoundarapandian
2005AyodhyaSundaram Pillai
2005JiMLA Varadharajan
2006AacharyaThiruvasagam
2007Nam NaaduSathya
2007Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan
2007VelThiagarajan
2008Kee MuBhavani
2008ThottaPrabhakar
2019Aghavan

Telugu
Actor

Hindi

Odia
  • Ja Devi Sarva Bhuteshu (1989)

Malayalam

Director

Awards
Nandi Awards

References
  1. "Kollywood Movie Actor Charan Raj Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. "Parajitha – ಪರಾಜಿತ (1982/೧೯೮೨)". 23 February 2013.
  3. "Kollywood Movie Actor Charan Raj Biography, News, Photos, Videos".
  4. "Actor Charan Raj carries pistol inside temple; apologises". mid-day. 29 August 2014. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  5. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
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