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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sunil Raoh
| image = Roopakala Award to Sunil Raoh.jpg
| caption = Sunil, receiving Roopakala award, 2014
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|09|4}}
| birth_place = [[Karnataka]], India
| occupation = Actor, singer, lyricist
| years_active = 1987–present
| othername = Sunil Rao
| mother = [[B. K. Sumitra]]
| family = [[Sowmya Raoh]] (sister)
| spouse = Shreya Iyer
}}

'''Sunil Raoh''' (born 4 September 1978) is a [[Kannada language|Kannada]] cinema actor from India. He is also a seasoned singer and lyricist who has performed for few Kannada film songs. He has acted in numerous films as a child artist and also featured in few Television series.<ref name="hindu2005">{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/09/09/stories/2005090903720100.htm |title=Entertainment Bangalore : Small and spicy |date=9 September 2005 |accessdate=1 December 2016 |archive-date=13 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213172528/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/09/09/stories/2005090903720100.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life and family==
Sunil Rao comes from a family of well-known musicians. His mother [[B. K. Sumitra]], is a prominent [[Sugama Sangeetha]] (light music) singer. His sister [[Sowmya Raoh]] is also an established playback singer who has performed for various films in different languages.<ref name="hindu2005"/> He was also interested in playback-singing and entered the film industry aspiring to be one. But he had to change his path towards acting since offers came pouring ever since he was a child. He studied in Bangalore's [[National College, Bangalore|National College]].

==Career==
===As a child artist===
Rao started his career as a child artiste in the year 1987 for the films such as ''Kendada Male'' and ''[[Elu Suttina Kote]]''. He performed his roles much to the attention of producers and went on acting in a few more films.

===Television artist===
Rao, aspiring to be a playback singer, re-entered acting in his teens. He appeared in a few soap operas that included ''Janani'', ''Chaduranga'', ''Punarjanma'', [[B. Suresh]]'s ''Sadhane'' and [[T. N. Seetharam]]'s ''Manvantara'' and ''Bhageerathi''. In ''Janani'', he was cast as the grandson of [[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan]]'s character.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Srinivasa |first1=Srikanth |title=Two guys & a goal |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb09/ent4.asp |publisher=Deccan Herald |accessdate=23 September 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031229232939/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb09/ent4.asp |archivedate=29 December 2003 |date=9 February 2003 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Films===
Sunil Rao began his film career acting in some non-significant character roles in the films such as ''Chitra'' and ''Panchaalee''. However, he shot to fame in the 2003 released [[Hinglish]] film ''[[Freaky Chakra (film)|Freaky Chakra]]''. He starred alongside [[Deepti Naval]] as a young boy infatuated by an older woman. He also starred as a teenage lover in the [[Kavita Lankesh]] directorial ''Preethi Prema Pranaya'' opposite [[Anu Prabhakar]], the same year. Then came his most successful Kannada film ''[[Excuse Me (2003 film)|Excuse Me]]'' (2003) where he played an anti-hero character alongside [[Ajay Rao]] and [[Ramya]].

In 2005, he starred in a series of unsuccessful films like ''Chappale'', ''Masala'' and ''Sakha Sakhi''. The latter was a remake of the Tamil hit ''[[Thiruda Thirudi]]''. Most of his films during this time featured him alongside other male lead characters. ''Sakha Sakhi'' was an exception to this. In 2006, he starred in the critically acclaimed ''Belli Betta'' directed by Shivaraj Hoskere.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/18918.html |title=Sunil Raos back – Bollywood Movie News |publisher=Indiaglitz.com |date=10 December 2005 |accessdate=1 December 2016 |archive-date=2 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202044356/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/18918.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He also appeared as one of the lead characters in the film ''Jackpot''.

Following these ventures, Rao became choosy and featured in very few films in the late 2000s. His only release in 2008 was his cameo appearance in the film ''Tajmahal''. ''[[Minugu]]'' opposite [[Pooja Gandhi]] was his solo release in the year 2010. Noted film maker [[Sunil Kumar Desai]] announced a film called ''Sarigama'' in 2008 with Rao and [[Prajwal Devaraj]] in the lead. This film, expected to have a 2012 release got shelved due to unknown reasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chitratara.com/show-content.php?id=166&ptype=News&title=SUNIL%20KUMAR%20DESAI%20IS%20BACK%20WITH%20%60SARIGAMA%60 |title=Kannada Movie/Cinema News – SUNIL KUMAR DESAI IS BACK WITH `SARIGAMA` |publisher=Chitratara.com |date=9 November 2008 |accessdate=1 December 2016 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220658/http://www.chitratara.com/show-content.php?id=166&ptype=News&title=SUNIL%20KUMAR%20DESAI%20IS%20BACK%20WITH%20%60SARIGAMA%60 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Reports of him coming back to acting after a hiatus made news with his longtime associate director announcing his project called ''Bangalore Calling''. It reported that Sunil would play one of the three main lead roles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1729178/report-sunil-rao-to-act-again |title=Sunil Rao to act again? |access-date=11 October 2020 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011214347/https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-sunil-raoh-to-act-again-1729178 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Film !! Notes
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Elu Suttina Kote]]'' || As child artist
|-
| 1987 || ''Kendada Male'' || As child artist
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Readymade Ganda]]'' || As child artist
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Shanti Kranti (1991 Kannada film)|Shanti Kranti]]'' || As child artist
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Mysore Jaana]]'' || As child artist
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Chithra (film)|Chithra]]'' ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Panchaali'' ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Freaky Chakra (film)|Freaky Chakra]]'' || English film
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Excuse Me (2003 film)|Excuse Me]]'' ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Preethi Prema Pranaya]]'' ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Baa Baaro Rasika]]'' ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Masala (2005 film)|Masaala]]'' ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Chappale'' ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Sakha Sakhi'' ||
|-
| 2006 || ''Belli Betta'' ||
|-
| 2006 || ''Jackpot'' ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Minugu]]'' ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Premism]]'' || Guest appearance
|-
| 2018 || style="background:#FFFFCC;"| ''[[Thurthu Nirgamana]]'' {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}} ||
|-
|}

===Web series===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Year of Release !! Film !! Notes
|-
| 2017 || Loose Connection || First Kannada webseries
|-
|}

==Awards==
[[File:Roopakala Award to Sunil Raoh.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Roopakala Award to Sunil Raoh]]
He has been awarded the 'Roopakala Belli Kanmani Award' as a 'Naada shreshta Kalavida' by the 'Roopakala Utsava-25' linked with the [[Karnataka]] State in the year 2011

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{imdb name|1343308|Sunil Raoh}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raoh, Sunil}}
[[Category:Male actors in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Indian male child actors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male actors]]

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