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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian Kannada actor}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Vinod Raj<br />
| birth_name = Vinod<br />
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| birth_place = [[Chennai]], India<br />
| occupation = Actor, dancer, singer<br />
| mother = [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]]<br />
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'''Vinod Raj''' is an Indian actor known for his work in [[Kannada cinema]].<ref>[http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist/12249/1/vinod-raj.html Vinod Raj fan club] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601174657/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist/12249/1/vinod-raj.html |date=1 June 2009}}</ref> He worked with actors such as [[Ambareesh]], [[Arjun Sarja]], [[Ramesh Arvind]], [[Sreenivasa Murthy|Srinivas Murthy]].<ref>http://entertainment.oneindia.in/kannada/news/2009/Vinod Raj-experiment-roles-061109.html {{dead link|date=January 2014}}</ref><br />
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In 2009, he released his album named ''Bhaktanjali'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chitratara.com/show-content.php?id=529&ptype=News&title=Vinod|title= VINODRAJ AS DEVOTIONAL SINGER!|website=www.chitratara.com|access-date=2018-06-20}}</ref> which consists of devotional songs. Vinod Raj has given vocals for some of the movies he has worked in. He once asserted that [[Michael Jackson]] was his inspiration for both singing and dancing.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Vinod Raj is the son of known Kannada actress [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]]. [[Dwarkish|Dwarakish]], an [[actor]] and [[Film producer|producer]], introduced Vinod Raj to the [[Kannada film industry]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
His dance moves in ''[[Dance Raja Dance]]'', a Kannada dance movie, gained popularity on YouTube and were used in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories soundtrack#Radio Del Mundo|Grand Theft Auto III]]. After working in other venues, Vinod Raj continued working in the Kannada [[film]] industry.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.supergoodmovies.com/8677/sandalwood/leelavathi-struggler-for-stupendous-growth-exclusives-details |title=Life of Vinod Raj and Leelavathi |access-date=24 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112080716/http://www.supergoodmovies.com/8677/sandalwood/Leelavathi-Struggler-for-Stupendous-Growth-Exclusives-Details |archive-date=12 November 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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== Charity and philanthropy ==<br />
Vinod Raj was the only actor to donate to [[TV9 Kannada]]'s Flood Relief Fund. He joined [[Anna Hazare]]'s movement supporting [[Jan Lokpal Bill]] against corruption.<br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
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=== Film ===<br />
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*''[[Dance Raja Dance]]'' (1987)<br />
*''Sri Venkateshwara Mahime'' (1988)<br />
*''[[Krishna Nee Kunidaga]]'' (1989)<br />
*''[[College Hero]]'' (1990)<br />
*''[[Nanagu Hendthi Beku]]'' (1991)<br />
*''[[Yuddha Parva]]'' (1991)<br />
*''[[Nayaka (film)|Nayaka]]'' (1991)<br />
*''[[Banni Ondsala Nodi]]'' (1992)<br />
*''[[Gili Bete]]''(1992)<br />
*''[[Nanjunda]]'' (1993)<br />
*''[[Captain (1993 film)|Captain]]'' (1993)<br />
*''[[Bombat Raja Bandal Rani]]'' (1995)<br />
*''[[Rambha Rajyadalli Rowdy]]'' (1995)<br />
*''[[Mahabharatha]]'' (1997)<br />
*''[[Raajanna]]'' (1999)<br />
*''[[Dalavayi]]'' (1999)<br />
*''[[Snehaloka]]'' (1999)<br />
*''[[Om Shakthi]]'' (1999)<br />
*''[[Brahma Vishnu]]'' (2001)<br />
*''[[Vande Mataram]]'' (2001)<br />
*''[[Rashtrageethe]]'' (2001)<br />
*''[[Sri Manjunatha (film)|Sri Manjunatha]]'' (2001)<br />
*''[[Namma Samsara Ananda Sagara]]'' (2001)<br />
*''[[Pandava]]'' (2004)<br />
*''[[Kannadada Kanda]]'' (2006)<br />
*''[[Shukra]]'' (2007)<br />
*''[[Yaradu]]'' (2009)<br />
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=== Television ===<br />
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* [[Rock n Roll]] (judge)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Male actors in Kannada cinema]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]<br />
[[Category:Kannada male actors]]<br />
[[Category:Tulu people]]<br />
[[Category:Male actors from Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian male actors]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male dancers]]<br />
[[Category:Dancers from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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