Vijay Raghavendra

March 26, 1979

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

His first lead role was in Ninagagi (2002). His next movie Chinnari Mutha became a huge success and he became a household name in Karnataka. His first adult role as an actor was in Ninagaagi (2002), a box office blockbuster which brought him success on his first role opposite the debutant Radhika. The film was a remake of Telugu hit Nuvve Kavali which screened for above 100 days and created a record. Following this success, he signed two more movies in the same year which could not succeed at the box-office. He has acted in many movies since then His notable movies are Kallarali Hoovagi, Rishi, Khushi and Kaaranji. Vijay did not have a single release in 2010. His much delayed films Shraavana, Vinayaka Geleyara Balaga and multi-starrer Kalla Malla Sulla released in 2011 with the latter two films earning favourable reviews. In 2012, he starred again in a multi-starrer comedy Snehitaru which received mixed response at the box-office. Vijay has been reportedly paid Rs. 5 million prize money. In 2013, it was announced that he had joined other Bollywood and international celebrities in the TeachAIDS initiative, a state-of-the-art approach to worldwide Human Immunodeficiency Virus prevention, developed at Stanford University.

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Background

Raghavendra is the son of famous Kannada film producer, S. A. Chinne Gowda.

Career

His first lead role was in Ninagagi (2002). His next movie Chinnari Mutha became a huge success and he became a household name in Karnataka. His first adult role as an actor was in Ninagaagi (2002), a box office blockbuster which brought him success on his first role opposite the debutant Radhika.

The film was a remake of Telugu hit Nuvve Kavali which screened for above 100 days and created a record.

Following this success, he signed two more movies in the same year which could not succeed at the box-office. He has acted in many movies since then

His notable movies are Kallarali Hoovagi, Rishi, Khushi and Kaaranji. Vijay did not have a single release in 2010.

His much delayed films Shraavana, Vinayaka Geleyara Balaga and multi-starrer Kalla Malla Sulla released in 2011 with the latter two films earning favourable reviews.

In 2012, he starred again in a multi-starrer comedy Snehitaru which received mixed response at the box-office. Vijay has been reportedly paid Rs. 5 million prize money.

In 2013, it was announced that he had joined other Bollywood and international celebrities in the TeachAIDS initiative, a state-of-the-art approach to worldwide Human Immunodeficiency Virus prevention, developed at Stanford University.

Achievements

He started as a child artist in the film industry and won critical acclaims for his performances in Chinnari Mutha (1993) and Kotreshi Kanasu (1994). The latter won him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. In 2013, by public vote, Vijay won the first season of game show Bigg Boss – the Indian version of Celebrity Big Brother, currently produced by Endemol India. After that he acted in many movies, including Kotreshi Kanasu for which he won a National Award for his performance. In 2013, Vijay was a contestant and winner in the much talked about Kannada version of the reality show Bigg Boss in its first season, which started with 13 contestants.

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Cousin:: Shivarajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar

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