Arjun Sarja

Arjun Sarja
Arjun Sarja
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Born	Sreenivasa Sarja Ashok Babu Shakthi Prasad Arjun; Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation(s)	Film actor, director, producer
Years active	1978 - present
Spouse	Niveditha Arjun
Children	Aishwarya, Anjana

Arjun Sarja (Kannada: ಅರ್ಜುನ್ ಸರ್ಜಾ) (born Sreenivasa Sarja Ashok Babu Sakthi Prasad Arjun ) is an Indian film actor and director.^[1] He has primarily acted in Kannada and Tamil films and also appeared in Malayalam and Telugu films.^[2] He is a black belt holder in Karate.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Personal life

Sarja was born in Bangalore, Karnataka to famous Kannada film actor Shakti Prasad. He initially wanted to become a police officer. He went to police training and was selected but later decided to work in the film industry. He has acted in over 200 films in five different languages. His wife Niveditha( Asha Rani) is also an actress who has acted in a Kannada movie called Rathasapthami. Sarja has two daughters, Aishwarya and Anjana.^[9] His nephews Chiranjeevi Sarja and Dhruva Sarja both act in Kannada movies.^[10]

Film career

Sarja started as actor in Kannada film Putaani Agent 1-2-3 with director Rajender Singh Babu. Other movies inclde Simhada Mari Sainya, Male Banthu Male, Pooja Phala in Kannada, he moved to Tamil and Telugu films. His first Tamil film was Nandri in 1984. His films in Tamil include Gentleman (1993), Jai Hind (1994), Karnaa (1995), Kurudhipunal (1995), Sengottai (1996), Mudhalvan (1999), Rhythm (2000), ''Vedham (2001), Ezhumalai (2002), Giri (2004), Marudhamalai (2007) and Mankatha (2011). In Telugu, he appeared in the 1985 movie Maa Pallelo Gopaludu.

Sarja has also directed and produced some films.^[3] Sarja won a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor for Gentleman 1993 and a Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor for Prasad 2012.

Filmography

Actor

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1979	Putaani Agent 1-2-3		Kannada
1981	Simhada Mari Sainya		Kannada
1984	Pooja Phala		Kannada
	Male Bantu Male		Kannada
	Pralayantaka		Kannada
	Aasha		Kannada
	Nandri		Tamil
1985	Na Ninna Preetisuve		Kannada
	Avan		Tamil
	Maa Pallelo Gopaludu		Telugu
	Yaar?		Tamil
	Ilamai		Tamil
	Sivappu Kili		Tamil
	Vesham		Tamil
1986	Prema Jyothi		Kannada
	En Sabadham		Tamil
	Kulir Kaala Megangal		Tamil
	Mannemlo Monagadu		Telugu
1987	Asha		Kannada
	Shankar Guru	Shankar Guru	Tamil
	Kalyana Kacheri		Tamil
1988	Thaai Mel Aanai		Tamil
	Thai Poosam		Tamil
	Pattikaatu Thambi		Tamil
	Dhayam Onnu	Arun	Tamil
1989	Prema Agni		Kannada
	Vettai Vilai		Tamil
	Sondhakkaaran		Tamil
	Padicha Pulla		Tamil
	En Thangai		Tamil
	Engal Annan Varattum		Tamil
	Annanukku Je		Tamil
1990	Aatha Naan Paasayitten		Tamil
	Thangaikku Oru Thalattu	Gopi, Prakash	Tamil
	Paatali Magan		Tamil
	Manaivi Oru Maanikkam	Vijay	Tamil
	Prathap	Inspector Prathap	Kannada
	Periya Idathu Pillai		Tamil
1991	Thanga Thaamaraigal		Tamil
1991	Enga Ooru Sepoy		Tamil
1992	Police Lockup		Kannada
	Shiva Naga		Kannada
	Snehada Kadalalli		Kannada
	Mudhal Kural	Karan	Tamil
	Sevagan	Sanjay	Tamil	Also director
	Annan Ennada Thambi Ennada		Tamil
1993	Aleemayya		Kannada
	Rojavai Killadhey		Tamil
	Prathap	Prathap	Tamil	Also director
	Gokulam	Kannan	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Gentleman	Krishnamoorthy (Kitcha)	Tamil	Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
	Thuruva Natchathiram		Tamil
	Karpagam Vandhachu		Tamil
1994	Jai Hind	Bharath	Tamil	Also director
	Mettuppatti Mirasu		Tamil
	Sadhu	Sathyamoorthy	Tamil
	Maa Oori Maharaju		Telugu
1995	Mudhal Udhayam		Tamil
	Karna	Karna, Vijay	Tamil	Also storywriter
	Kurudhipunal	Abbas	Tamil
1996	Subash	Subash	Tamil
	Sengottai	Sekhar	Tamil
	Ayudha Poojai	Krishna Swami	Tamil
1997	Adimai Sangili		Tamil
1998	Kondattam	Raja	Tamil
1998	Thaayin Manikodi	Arjun	Tamil	Also director
1999	Suriyaparvai		Tamil
	Kannodu Kanbathellam	Seetharam	Tamil
	Mudhalvan	Pughazhendi	Tamil
	Suyamvaram	Sanjay	Tamil
	Mannavaru Sinnavaru	Raja	Tamil
2000	Vaanavil	Surya	Tamil
	Sudhandhiram	Vishwa	Tamil
	Rhythm	Karthikeyan	Tamil
2001	Vedham	Vijay	Tamil	Also director
	Hanuman Junction	Krishna	Telugu	Dubbed in Tamil as Singakottai
	Sri Manjunatha	Manjunatha	Kannada Telugu
2002	Ezhumalai	Ezhumalai	Tamil	Also director
2003	Parasuram	Parasuram	Tamil	Also director
	Ottran	Karthik	Tamil
	Puttintiki Ra Chelli	Sivanna	Telugu	Dubbed in Tamil as Anbu Sagotharan
2004	Jai Surya	Jai Anand, Surya	Tamil
	Arasatchi	Siddarth	Tamil
	Sri Anjaneyam	Lord Anjaneya	Telugu	Dubbed in Tamil as Hanuman
	Giri	Giri (Shiva)	Tamil
2005	Chinna	Chinna	Tamil
2005	Aanai	Vijay	Tamil
2006	Madrasi	Kasi	Tamil	Also director
2006	Vathiyar	Annadurai	Tamil	Also storywriter
2007	Manikanda	Manikanda	Tamil
	Marudhamalai	Marudhamalai	Tamil
	Thavam	Guest Appearance	Tamil	Also producer
2008	Swagatam	Srikanth	Telugu	Dubbed in Tamil as America to Aminjikarai
	Durai	Durai(Raja)	Tamil	Also storywriter
	Bommalattam	Vivek	Tamil
	Thiruvanamalai	Easwaran/Swamiji	Tamil
2009	Vayuputhra		Kannada	Guest appearance
2010	Rama Rama Krishna Krishna	Ashok Deva	Telugu	Dubbed in Tamil as Gandhipuram
	Vandae Maatharam	Anwar Hussain	Tamil Malayalam
	Vallakottai	Muthuvel (Vayuputran)	Tamil
2011	Mankatha	Prithviraj	Tamil
2012	This Weekend	Sanjay	Hindi	Dubbed in Tamil as Kaatupuli
	Maasi	Maasilamani	Tamil
	Prasad	Shanker	Kannada	Winner, Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor^[11]
2013	Kadal	Bergmans	Tamil	dubbed in Telugu as Kadali
	Attahasa	DGP K. Vijay Kumar	Kannada
	Vana Yuddham	DGP K. Vijay Kumar	Tamil
	Moondru Per Moondru Kaadhal		Tamil	Filming

Director

Year	Film	Cast	Language
1992	Sevagan	Kushboo, Nassar, Senthil	Tamil
1993	Prathap	Kushboo, Senthil	Tamil
1994	Jai Hind	Ranjitha, Goundamani,	Tamil
1998	Thaayin Manikodi	Tabu, Nivedita Jain,	Tamil
1999	Suyamvaram	Karthik, Napoleon	Tamil
2001	Vedham	Vineeth, Saakshi, Divya Unni, Goundamani	Tamil
2002	Ezhumalai	Simran, Gajala	Tamil
2003	Parasuram	Abbas, Kiran, Gayathri Raguram	Tamil
2006	Madrasi	Jagapati Babu, Vedhika, Vivek	Tamil

Producer

Year	Film	Cast	Language	Notes
1992	Sevagan	Kushboo, Nassar, Senthil	Tamil
1993	Prathap	Kushboo, Senthil, Janagaraj	Tamil
1998	Tutta Mutta	Ramesh Arvind, Kasturi	Kannada
2001	Vedham	Vineeth, Saakshi, Divya Unni, Goundamani	Tamil
2007	Thavam	Arun Vijay, Vadivelu, Janagaraj, Vandana, Arpitha	Tamil	Cameo
2009	Vayuputra	Chiranjeevi Sarja, Aindrita Ray	Kannada	Cameo

References

^ Ashok Kumar, S. R (14 July 2005). "For king of action, direction is a passion". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
^ "Arjun on a Mission". Times of India. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b Prasad, G (12 September 2008). "Promoting patriotism in a 'powerful' way is his style". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
^ Ashok Kumar, S. R (26 December 2008). "Lots of action, little logic". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
^ "Arjun on a Mission". Times of India. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
^ Vijayakumar, Sindhu (16 March 2009). "Arjun all set". Times of India. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
^ Vijayakumar, Sindhu (16 March 2009). "Arjun". The Times Of India.
^ "Arjun's avatars". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 September 2009.
^ Nilacharal
^ http://archives.chennaionline.com/interviews/arjun.asp^{[dead link]}
^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-14/news-interviews/37712086_1_second-best-film-basanth-kumar-patil-sunil-kumar-desai

External links

Arjun Sarja at IMDb

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[1] Ashok Kumar, S. R (14 July 2005). "For king of action, direction is a passion". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 5 February 2010.

[2] "Arjun on a Mission". Times of India. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2010.

[sarja-3] Prasad, G (12 September 2008). "Promoting patriotism in a 'powerful' way is his style". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 5 February 2010.

[4] Ashok Kumar, S. R (26 December 2008). "Lots of action, little logic". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 5 February 2010.

[5] "Arjun on a Mission". Times of India. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2010.

[6] Vijayakumar, Sindhu (16 March 2009). "Arjun all set". Times of India. Retrieved 5 February 2010.

[7] Vijayakumar, Sindhu (16 March 2009). "Arjun". The Times Of India.

[8] "Arjun's avatars". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 September 2009.

[9] Nilacharal

[10] ttp://archives.chennaionline.com/interviews/arjun.asp^{[dead link]}

[11] ttp://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-14/news-interviews/37712086_1_second-best-film-basanth-kumar-patil-sunil-kumar-desai

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v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
1967–1980	A. V. M. Rajan (1967) M. G. Ramachandran (1968) Sivaji Ganesan (1969) Gemini Ganesan (1970) no award (1971) no award (1972) no award (1973) no award (1974) no award (1975) no award (1976) Kamal Haasan (1977) Srikanth (1978) Sivakumar (1979) Kamal Haasan (1980)
1981–2000	Kamal Haasan (1981) Sivakumar (1982) no award (1983) no award (1984) no award (1985) no award (1986) no award (1987) Vijayakanth (1988) Kamal Haasan (1989) Karthik (1990) Prabhu (1991) Kamal Haasan (1992) Arjun (1993) R. Sarathkumar (1994) Rajinikanth (1995) Kamal Haasan (1996) Vijay & Parthiban (1997) R. Sarathkumar (1998) Rajinikanth (1999) Murali (2000)
2001–present	Suriya (2001) R. Madhavan (2002) Vikram (2003) Jayam Ravi (2004) Vijay & Rajinikanth (2005) Kamal Haasan (2006) Rajinikanth (2007) Kamal Haasan (2008) Karan (2009) Vikram (2010) Vimal (2011) Jiiva (2012) Arya (2013) Siddharth (2014) R. Madhavan (2015)