Charan Raj

Charan Raj
Charan Raj
Born	Brahmananda; 27 April 1958[1]; 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]

Filmography (partial)

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1982	Parajitha		Kannada
1983	Prema Parva		Kannada
1983	Aasha		Kannada
1983	Samarpane		Kannada
1983	Thayiya Nudi		Kannada
1984	Thaliya Bhagya		Kannada
1984	Odeda halu		Kannada
1985	Thayiya Hone		Kannada
1985	Maruti Mahime		Kannada
1985	Pratighatana		Telugu
1985	Thayi Kanasu		Kannada
1985	Kumkuma Thanda Sowbhagya		Kannada
1985	Pralaya Rudra		Kannada
1986	Tiger		Kannada
1986	Namma Oora Devathe		Kannada
1986	Henne ninagenu bandhana		Kannada
1986	Africadalli Sheela		Multi-lingual	Made simultaneously in Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu
1987	Hrudaya Pallavi	Musician	Kannada	Guest appearance
1987	Nyayakke Shikshe		Kannada
1987	Kurukshetra		Kannada
1987	Aase		Kannada
1989	Namma Bhoomi		Kannada
1987	Neethikku Thandanai		Tamil
1988	Sakkarai Panthal		Tamil
1988	Poovukkul Boogambam		Tamil
1988	Poovum Puyalum		Tamil
1988	Kazhugumalai Kallan		Tamil
1988	Naan Sonnathey Sattam	Kaali	Tamil
1988	Sivapputhaali	Sadayan	Tamil
1988	Adhu Antha Kaalam		Tamil
1988	Kalicharan	Inspector Charan	Tamil
1988	Kuttravali		Tamil
1989	Karunguyil Kundram		Tamil
1989	Sattathin Marupakkam	Sekhar	Tamil
1989	Rajanadai	Tiger	Tamil
1990	Panakkaran	Vijayakumar's Son	Tamil
1990	Adhisaya Manithan	Scientist	Tamil
1990	Pudhu Pudhu Ragangal	Sarath	Tamil
1990	Seetha	Boopathy	Tamil
1991	Dharma Dorai	Rajadorai	Tamil
1991	Sirai Kathavukal		Tamil
1991	Vaithegi Vanthachu	MLA Gounder	Tamil
1992	Pandiyan	Ashok kumar IPS	Tamil
1993	Gentleman	DIG Azhagar Nambi	Tamil
1993	Vedan	Boopathy	Tamil
1993	Manikuyil	Sundaram	Tamil
1994	Veera	Inspector	Tamil
1994	Police Brothers		Telugu
1995	Baashha	Anwar	Tamil
1996	Nethaji	Charan	Tamil
1997	Arasiyal	Marudapandi	Tamil
1999	Annan Thangachi	Chinna Rasu	Tamil	Also director — Remake of Tavarina Tottilu
1999	Ethirum Pudhirum	Devaraj	Tamil
2000	Palayathu Amman	Satan	Tamil
	Rajakali Amman	Tantrik	Tamil
	Nee Enthan Vaanam	Alex Pandian	Tamil
2004	Arasatchi	Advocate Janakiraman	Tamil
2004	Arul	Inspector	Tamil
2005	Pon Megalai	Soundarapandian	Tamil
	Ayodhya	Sundaram Pillai	Tamil
	Ji	MLA Varadharajan	Tamil
2006	Aacharya	Thiruvasagam	Tamil
2007	Nam Naadu	Sathya	Tamil
	Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan		Tamil
	Vel	Thiagarajan	Tamil
	Kadhal Endral Enna	Adhisaya Raj	Tamil
2008	Kee Mu	Bhavani	Tamil
2008	Thotta	Prabhakar	Tamil
2019	Aghavan		Tamil
1987	Pratighaat	Kali Prasad	Hindi
1987	Kudrat Ka Kanoon	MLA Charan Das	Hindi
1989	Ja Devi Sarva Bhuteshu		Odia
1990	Oliyambukal		Malayalam
1997	Lelam	John Marudhanayagam	Malayalam
2001	Red Indians	Jacky/Jackson	Malayalam
2002	India Gate		Malayalam
2010	Pokkiri Raja	Maniannan	Malayalam
2019	Madhura Raja	Maniannan	Malayalam
1989	Kahan Hai Kanoon	Raja/Gatarchaap (Smuggler)	Hindi
1991	Phool Bane Angaray	Charan Raj Prasad	Hindi
	Parakrami		Hindi	Unreleased
	Hafta Bandh		Hindi
1992	Police Aur Mujrim		Hindi
1992	I Love You	Hero's dad	Hindi
1994	Tejasvini	Police officer Pandey	Hindi
1996	Mafia	Gawda	Hindi
2001	Husn Ke Lootere	Jairam	Hindi
1985	Pratighatana	Kali	Telugu
1986	Kotigadu		Telugu
1986	Aranyakanda		Telugu
1987	America Abbayi		Telugu
1987	Donga Mogudu		Telugu
1987	Sankharavam	Prithvipathi	Telugu
1987	Swayam Krushi	Govind	Telugu
1988	Asthulu Anthasthulu		Telugu
1989	Indrudu Chandrudu	Tripathi	Telugu
1989	Bhale Donga	Vidhata/Vijay	Telugu
1990	Maa Inti Katha		Telugu
1991	Surya IPS		Telugu
1991	Karthavyam	Kashipati	Telugu
1993	Aashayam	Sagar	Telugu
1993	Gaayam	Mohan Krishna	Telugu
1994	Hello Brother		Telugu
1994	Palnati Pourusham		Telugu
1994	Yes Nenante Nene	C I Prathap	Telugu
1994	Police Brothers		Telugu
1995	Amma Donga		Telugu
1995	Lady Boss	ASP Chandra	Telugu
1995	Chilakapachcha Kaapuram	Bulle Abbayi	Telugu
1995	Muddayi Muddugumma[5]	C.I.D. Inspector Bhagawan	Telugu
1997	Peddannayya	Bhaskar Rayudu	Telugu
1997	Egire Paavurama		Telugu
1998	Rana		Telugu
1998	Suryudu		Telugu
2000	Vamshoddharakudu	Sudarshan Rao	Telugu
2000	Adavi Chukka	Arjun	Telugu
2001	Amma Nagamma	Ammar	Telugu
2005	Naa Alludu		Telugu
2005	Athadu	Police officer	Telugu
2006	Asadhyudu		Telugu
2009	Current		Telugu
2010	Em Pillo Em Pillado		Telugu
2010	Komaram Puli		Telugu
2012	Yadartha Prema Katha		Telugu
2012	Adhinayakudu		Telugu
2014	Paisa		Bilingual	Telugu & Kannada
1993	Jwala		Kannada
1994	Gandhada Gudi Part 2		Kannada
1995	Samara		Kannada
1996	Thavarina Thottilu		Kannada
1996	God Father		Kannada
1996	Annavra Makkalu	Father of the 3 makkalu	Kannada
1997	CBI Durga		Kannada
1997	Yuddha		Kannada
1997	Thayavva		Kannada
1998	Daayaadi		Kannada
2000	Soorappa	Balarama	Kannada
2000	Papigala Lokadalli		Kannada
2001	Mafia		Kannada
2002	Daddy No. 1		Kannada
2002	Police Officers	Inspector Jayasimha	Kannada
2003	Shri Renuka Devi		Kannada
2003	Ondagona Baa		Kannada
2003	Border		Kannada
2004	Pandava		Kannada
2005	Good Bad and Ugly		Kannada
2005	Gadipaar		Kannada
2006	Tirupathi	Michael Raj/ Don Dhanraj	Kannada
2010	Mr. Theertha		Kannada
2011	Swayam Krishi		Kannada
2012	Shikari		Bilingual	Kannada and Malayalam
2013	Raja Huli		Kannada
2015	Nigooda rahasya		Kannada
2015	Rathavara		Kannada
2018	Preethiya Rayabhari		Kannada
2020	Gadinaadu		Kannada
2021	Berklee		Kannada
2022	Ek love Ya		Kannada

Director

Annan Thangachi (1999)
Yadartha Prema Katha (2012)

Awards

Nandi Award for Best Villain - Pratighatana (1985) [6]

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)". 23 February 2013.
"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.
"Muddayi Muddugumma (1995) | V CINEMA - Movie, Review, Cast, Songs & Release Date". www.vcinema.com. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
"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

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[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)". 23 February 2013.

[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] "Muddayi Muddugumma (1995) | V CINEMA - Movie, Review, Cast, Songs & Release Date". www.vcinema.com. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

[6] "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)