Rangaraj Pandey

Rangaraj Pandey Ragunathacharya (Tamil: ரங்கராஜ் பாண்டே) is an Indian actor and journalist.[1][2] He started his career at Dinamalar and Visual Media Career at Thanthi TV, where he is known to have helped it emerge as a popular Tamil channel.[3] He left to start his YouTube Channel. He is the Founder and CEO of Chankyaa network.[4]

Rangaraj Pandey
Pandey at the 12th We Awards 2016
Born
Rangaraj Pandey Ragunathacharya

(1975-11-16) 16 November 1975
Srivilliputhur, Tamilnadu, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materMadurai Kamaraj University
OccupationFormer Editor-in-Chief of Thanthi TV ,current Founder and CEO of Chanakya
Years active1998–Present
Notable credit(s)
Doubtu Dhanabalu,
Ayutha Ezhuthu,
Kelvikenna Bathil ,
Nerkonda Paarvai
Children2

Early life and education

He was born to a Brahmin family of North Indian origin in Srivilliputhur.[5][6] His parents who were originally from Buxar district, Bihar. Pandey's parents migrated to Tamil Nadu in search of better life before his birth. He did his schooling at a Tamil medium government school in Srivilliputhur.[7][8] He pursued a Master of Arts degree in Tamil literature, from Madurai Kamaraj University. Pandey currently settled in Chennai along with his family.[9]

Career

Pandey’s interest towards journalism started at young age. While studying in first standard, he came out with a handwritten magazine. Second standard, he worked in the Tamil daily newspaper Dinamalar. He started the well-known satire column “Doubtu Dhanabalu” a fictional character who mocks the day to day political discourse in Tamil Nadu and pan-India.

His television interviews with major Indian celebrities and politicians on Thanthi TV earned him acclaim, particularly for his bold questions and interrogative interviewing style. He hosted the talk show Kelvikku Enna Badhil (transl. What is the answer to the question?) for over 150 episodes. Some of his notable interviews were with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and BCCI head N. Srinivasan.[10][11]

His prime time program, ‘'Ayutha Ezhuthu'‘, a news debate program based on current affairs broadcast on Thanthi TV. He is renowned for his simple and spontaneous questions style of TV anchoring, though it invites a few debates as well, mostly related to religious, communal and political issues. He resigned his post and quit Thanthi TV on 9 December 2018.[12]

He currently hosts a personal blog channel on YouTube called Chanakyaa.

Acting

In 2019, he was roped in to make his acting debut alongside Ajith Kumar in Nerkonda Paarvai produced by Boney Kapoor.[13]

Awards and accolades
Year Award Honouring body
2018 The Most Talked About Host Award Galatta Nakshathra Awards
gollark: I don't particularly, but I *can* read Wikipedia pages!
gollark: Do you know what "gravitomagnetism" is?
gollark: Ah, so it's just keyword-based!
gollark: This is just entirely stuff on the "Lense–Thirring effect"? What does that have to do with anything?
gollark: You're not explaining what those "electric universe" claims actually are and how the missions support it.

References
  1. "Rangaraj Pandey Biography, Wiki, DOB, Family, Profile, Salary". Behind Talkies. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  2. Web Desk, India Today (August 8, 2019). "Nerkonda Paarvai actor Rangaraj Pandey opens up about Chinmayi's allegations against Vairamuthu". India Today. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  3. "Daily Thanthi 75 what a record spreading interest in news, literacy". www.industrialeconomist.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  4. "Vendhar TV ropes in Rangaraj Pandey's Chanakyaa to revamp the channel; Pandey to make a comeback on 23rd May". www.medianews4u.com. Uplift Medianews4u Digital Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. "Rangaraj Pandey quits Thanthi TV - Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  6. World, Republic. "Rangaraj pandey". Republic World. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  7. "The star-anchors driving Tamil TV news uprising". The News Minute. 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  8. Thanthi TV (2015-11-13), For the First Time in Thanthi TV..!! "Pandey-vukku Enna Kelvi.?" (13/11/2015) - Thanthi TV, retrieved 2018-05-07
  9. "Kollywood Journalist Rangaraj Pandey Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  10. "The 'unflappable' Arnab Goswamis of the South: Meet news anchors setting TRPs afire". Hindustan Times. 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  11. "Rangaraj Pandey (Newsreader) Profile with Bio, Photos and Videos - Onenov.in". Onenov.in. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  12. "நான் ஏன் Thanthi TV விட்டு விலகினேன்".
  13. Upadhyaya, Prakash (2019-03-13). "Nerkonda Paarvai: Journalist Rangaraj Pandey to play this role in Ajith-starrer". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
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