Karate Raja

Karate Raja is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. He made his breakthrough as an actor by playing a supporting role in Kamal Haasan's Virumaandi (2004), before garnering acclaim for playing the lead role of Veerappan in the serial Sandhan Kaadu.[1][2]

Karate Raja
Born (1978-01-19) 19 January 1978
OccupationFilm actor
Years active2004–present

Career

Karate Raja made his breakthrough as an actor with his role in Kamal Haasan's Virumaandi (2004) and subsequently appeared in two more popular Tamil films that year, Ghilli (2004) and Vasool Raja MBBS (2004), Thiruppaachi (2005). [3] Raja later appeared in films including Prabhu Deva's Pokkiri (2007) and the horror comedy, Ambuli (2012).[4]

On television, Karate Raja notably portrayed the lead role of Veerappan in the serial Sandhana Kaadu on Makkal TV during 2008. The directors spent three years on researching about the life of Veerappan and then spent 110 days in the forest and shoot in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.[5][6]

Personal life

Karate Raja married Divya in July 2009 and has three daughters.[7] In August 2014, Karate Raja filed a complaint to the police that his wife was missing. He later suggested that the pair had marital problems and only lived together for a few days on most months.[8]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleNotes
1997Nerrukku NerSuriya's friendUncredited role
2001CitizenArivanandam MLA's friend
2004VirumaandiVirumaandi's friend
GhilliMuthupandi's henchman
Madhurey
Vasool Raja MBBSRaja's sidekick
2005KannammaBabu
Bambara Kannaley
2006AathiSadha
BangaramTelugu film
2007PokkiriTamizh's friend
PiraguDavid
SivajiAdiseshan then Sivaji henchman
2008Madurai Ponnu Chennai PaiyanMaruthupandi
Pattaya Kelappu
2009Padikkadavan
Thoranai
Unnaipol Oruvan
2010Kacheri Arambam
Sura
Pa. Ra. PalanisamyJohnson
Veluthu KattuRasu Minor
AarvamAadhi
2011OstheDaniel's henchman
2012Ambuli
IshtamShankar
Thiruvambadi ThambanMalayalam film
2014Vetri Selvan
PoojaiAnnathandavam's henchman
2015SandamaruthamBhaskar
En Vazhi Thani VazhiCity Babu
2018Mannar Vagaiyara
2019Rocky: The Revenge
Udyama SimhamK. C. R.Telugu film
Madhura RajaMalayalam film
gollark: Did you try the experimental new potatOS, though?
gollark: PotatOS is not designed with a view to making nesting it work at all, because nesting is unsupported.
gollark: Wow. How amazing.
gollark: You nested it more?
gollark: Then you don't need an issue tracker ID.

References
  1. "Karate Raja News | Latest News of Karate Raja | Times of India Entertainment". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  2. "Sequel to Veerappan drama, TV serial looks at human side - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.
  4. "Kollywood Supporting Actor Karate Raja Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u.
  5. "125 Episodes of Sandhana Kaadu Tamil Television Serial". nettv4u.
  6. "Veerappan's wife to seek ban on a TV serial". 10 October 2007.
  7. "Vijay's favorite ties the knot - Behindwoods.com - Tamil Movie News - Vijay Karate Raja Kamal Hassan". www.behindwoods.com.
  8. "Page not Found". www.greatandhra.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.