Charan Raj

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Charan Raj
Born
Brahmananda

(1958-04-27) 27 April 1958 (age 65)[1]
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor, film director, producer, screenwriter
Years active1983–present
Spouse(s)Kalpana Charanraj
Children3

Charan Raj is an Indian film actor, director, film producer, and writer who primarily works in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odia and Hindi movies.[2]

Career[edit]

Charan Raj is a versatile actor who is popular for his villainy and character roles in South Indian film industry. Charan Raj is not only an actor, but a producer, music composer and director too. He is popular for his villainy roles in Telugu in 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[edit]

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

Partial filmography[edit]

Kannada[edit]

Tamil[edit]

Year Film Role Notes
1987 Neethikku Thandanai
1988 Sakkarai Panthal
1988 Poovukkul Boogambam
1988 Poovum Puyalum
1988 Kazhugumalai Kallan
1988 Naan Sonnathey Sattam Kaali
1988 Sivapputhaali Sadayan
1988 Adhu Antha Kaalam
1988 Kalicharan Inspector Charan
1988 Kuttravali
1989 Karunguyil Kundram
1989 Sattathin Marupakkam Sekhar
1989 Rajanadai Tiger
1990 Panakkaran Vijayakumar's Son
1990 Adhisaya Manithan Scientist
1990 Pudhu Pudhu Ragangal Sarath
1990 Seetha Boopathy
1991 Dharma Dorai Rajadorai
1991 Sirai Kathavukal
1992 Pandiyan Ashok kumar IPS
1993 Gentleman DIG Azhagar Nambi
1993 Vedan Boopathy
1993 Manikuyil Sundaram
1994 Veera Inspector
1995 Baashha Anwar
1996 Nethaji Charan
1997 Arasiyal Marudapandi
1999 Annan Thangachi Chinna Rasu Also director — Remake of Tavarina Tottilu
1999 Ethirum Pudhirum Devaraj
2000 Palayathu Amman Satan
2000 Rajakali Amman Tantrik
2000 Nee Enthan Vaanam Alex Pandian
2004 Arasatchi Advocate Janakiraman
2004 Arul Inspector
2005 Pon Megalai Soundarapandian
2005 Ayodhya Sundaram Pillai
2005 Ji MLA Varadharajan
2006 Aacharya Thiruvasagam
2007 Nam Naadu Sathya
2007 Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan
2007 Vel Thiagarajan
2008 Kee Mu Bhavani
2008 Thotta Prabhakar

Telugu[edit]

Actor

Hindi[edit]

Odia[edit]

  • Ja Devi Sarva Bhuteshu (1989)

Malayalam[edit]

Awards[edit]

Nandi Awards

References[edit]

  1. "Kollywood Movie Actor Charan Raj Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. https://chiloka.com/celebrity/charanraj-belagaum
  3. https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/tamil/movie-actor/charan-raj
  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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