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When Rajkumar appeared as CID 999 in Jedara Bale, he became the first Indian actor to enact a spy role modelled on James Bond in a full-fledged manner and was called the James Bond of India. The success of this movie led to three sequels: Goa Dalli CID 999 , Operation Jackpot Nalli C.I.D 999 and Operation Diamond Racket .
By Roopa Pai. Nov 24, 2023 07:18 AM IST. To Kannadigas, November 15 marks a bittersweet anniversary – it was the day on which, 23 years ago, their beloved Annavaru, ‘Natasarvabhouma’ Dr Rajkumar,...
He hailed form a theatrical background as his father was a famous theatre actor and got Rajkumar into acting at a very young age. His debut venture in theatre was as a child with his father, and the play was led by the famous Gubbi Veeranna.
Sep 16, 2023 · Following his support for the Gokak movement in the early 1980s, which sought primacy for Kannada language instruction in state-run schools and job reservation for Kannadigas, Rajkumar became a symbol of the activist dreams of the Kannada movement.
- Rajkumar was born as Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju in Gajanur and was brought up in a poor family.
- He only studied up to 3rd standard before he dropped out of school. He wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father, a traveling actor who performed in various villages.
- Before acting in what would become his first film as a lead, Bedara Kannappa, he appeared in Sri Srinivasa Kalyana in 1952, as one of the seven Saptarishi (sages).
- He frequently played rugged heroes who defeated scheming villains, but he never smoked a cigarette on screen, and rarely played a drunkard. He acted in over 200 films and never played a villain.
May 27, 2020 · Dr Rajkumar is one of the favourite actors among many across India. He was the first actor to have received a doctorate from Mysore University in acting in the year 1976.
Apr 24, 2023 · GK Venkatesh, the music director of the film, convinced Dr Rajkumar to be a part of the romantic duet and the song became one of the memorable songs of Kannada cinema. Though Dr Rajkumar proved his singing prowess early on in his career, his audience had to wait another 15 years for him to turn into a full-fledged playback singer in films.
