Charan Raj

Charan Raj
Charan Raj
Born	Brahmananda; 27 April 1958 (age 66); Belagavi, Karnataka
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Kalpana Charanraj
Children	3, including Tej

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

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

Parajitha(1982)
Prema Parva (1983)
Aasha (1983)
Thaliya Bhagya (1984)
Thayiya Hone (1985)
Maruthi Mahime (1985)
Africadalli Sheela (1986) as Shankar
Hrudaya Pallavi (1987)
Gandhada Gudi Part 2 (1994)
Samara (1995)
Thavarina Thottilu (1996)
God Father (1996)
Annavra Makkalu (1996)
Mahabharata (1997)
CBI Durga (1997)
Soorappa (2000)
Papigala Lokadalli (2000)
Mafia (2001)
Daddy No. 1 (2002)
Shri Renuka Devi (2003)
Ondagona Baa (2003)
Good, Bad and Ugly (2005)
Gadipar (2005)
Tirupathi (2006)
Mr. Theertha (2010)
Swayam Krushi (2011)
Shikari (2012)
Balaraju Aadi Bamardi (2012)
Yadartha Prema Katha (2012)
Raja Huli (2013)
Paisa (2014)
Rathavara (2015)
Preethiya Raayabhari (2018)
Gadinaadu (2020)
Berklee (2021)
Ek love Ya (2022)

Tamil

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
1991	Vaithegi Vanthachu	MLA Gounder
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
2019	Aghavan

Telugu

Actor

Pratighatana (1985) as Kali
Kotigadu (1986)
Aranyakanda (1986)
America Abbayi (1987)
Donga Mogudu (1987)
Swayam Krushi (1987) as Govind
Indrudu Chandrudu (1987)
Maa Inti Katha (1990)
Surya IPS (1991)
Karthavyam (1991) as Kashipati
Aashayam (1993) as Sagar
Gaayam (1993) as Mohana Krishna
Hello Brother (1994)
Palnati Pourusham (1994)
Police Brothers (1994)
Chilakapachcha Kaapuram (1995) as Bullebbayi
Peddannayya (1997) as Bhaskar Rayudu
Egire Paavurama (1997)
Rana (1998)
Suryudu (1998)
Vamshoddharakudu (2000) as Sudarshan Rao
Adavi Chukka (2000) as Arjun
Amma Nagamma (2001) as Amar
Naa Alludu (2005)
Athadu (2005) as Police Officer
Asadhyudu (2006)
Current (2009)
Em Pillo Em Pillado (2010)
Komaram Puli (2010)
Yadartha Prema Katha (2012)
Adhinayakudu (2012)
Paisa (2014)

Hindi

Pratighaat as Kali Prasad (1987)
Kudrat Ka Kanoon (1987) as MLA Charan Das
Kahan Hai Kanoon (1989) as Raja/Gatarchaap,Smuggler
Phool Bane Angaray (1991) as Charan Raj Prasad
Parakrami (1991) Unreleased Movie
Hafta Bandh (1991)
Police Aur Mujrim (1992) as Banarasi Das
I Love You (1992) as Kishen dad
Tejasvini (1994) as Police Officer Pandey
Mafia (1996) as Gawda
Husn Ke Lootere (2001) as Jairam

Odia

Ja Devi Sarva Bhuteshu (1989)

Malayalam

Oliyambukal (1990)
Lelam (1997) as John Marudhanayagam
India Gate
Red Indians (2001) as Jacky/Jackson
Pokkiri Raja as Maniannan
Madhura Raja as Maniannan

Director

Annan Thangachi (1999)
Yadartha Prema Katha (2012)

Awards

Nandi Awards

Nandi Award for Best Villain - Pratighatana (1985) ^[5]

References

^ "Kollywood Movie Actor Charan Raj Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^ "Parajitha – ಪರಾಜಿತ (1982/೧೯೮೨)".
^ "Kollywood Movie Actor Charan Raj Biography, News, Photos, Videos".
^ "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.
^ "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)

External links

Charan Raj at IMDb

[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)".

[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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