Abhijith (actor)

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Abhijith (born 30 July 1963) is an Indian actor, singer, producer and director working in Kannada films. Starting his career as an actor in the late 1980s, he went on to act in many films through the 1990s and 2000s. He mainly played lead roles and villains in the 1990s and some supporting roles as well.

Abhijith
Born	Ramaswamy (1963-07-30) 30 July 1963 Chitradurga, Karnataka, India
Other names	Samarasimha, DareKing, Family Star, Abhinava Chathura
Occupation	Actor, director, producer, playback singer
Years active	1983 – present
Spouse(s)	Rohini Abhijith
Children	Karthikeya, Shilpashree, Balaji

Career

Abhijith started his career in the late 1980s playing small roles in feature films. It was the 1990 release, College Hero, that made him a successful villain of the Kannada film industry. He played villains even after being a successful hero in films such as Muddina Maava, One Man Army, and Vairi.

Abhijith has acted in more than 125 films in the Kannada film industry.

As director

Abhijith's first directorial venture, Jodi No. 1, was a suspense and action movie, and the second one was Vishnu which had led to controversy with the title.

As producer

Abhijith has produced films under the banner Shree Balaji Creations.

Year	Film	Cast	Language	Notes
2005	Samarasimha Nayka	Srinath, Tara, Rashmi	Kannada
2009	Jodi No.1	Ramkumar	Kannada
2012	Vishnu	Catherine Tresa, Ashish Vidyarthi	Kannada
2017	Panta	Anup Revanna	Kannada	Executive producer

Playback singer

Year	Film	Song	Music director	Notes
2005	Samarasimha Nayaka	Sandoora Jatreyalli	M.N Krupakar
2012	Vishnu	Chello Chello	M.N Krupakar
2013	Amareshwara Mahatme	Iniya Oh Iniya

Television

Abhijith is the host of the popular show Aksharamale, which aired on Udaya TV. Aksharamaale (Kannada: ಅಕ್ಷರಮಾಲೆ) is a Kannada-language, singing talent show running for more than 15 years on Udaya TV. Abhijith has been the host of the show since 1997 with co-host and singer Sangeetha Ravishankar and Anuradha Bhat.

Awards

• 1996 - Bharath Udyog Samastha Award for Best Actor Of The Year
• 2010 - Abhinava Chathura

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1990	College Hero	Negative role	Kannada
1991	Mangalya		Kannada
1992	Chaitrada Premanjali	Negative role	Kannada
1992	Sindhoora Thilaka		Kannada
1992	Mana Mecchida Sose		Kannada
1992	Jeevana Chaitra		Kannada
1993	Server Somanna		Kannada
1994	Bhootayiya Makkalu	Negative role	Kannada
1994	Ranjitha		Kannada
1994	Rashmi		Kannada
1994	Muddina Maava	Negative role	Kannada
1995	Thumbida Mane		Kannada
1999	Om Namah Shivaya		Kannada
2002	Antharya		Kannada
2000	Yajamana		Kannada
2001	Kotigobba		Kannada
2005	Samarasimha Nayaka		Kannada
2009	Vairi	Negative Role	Kannada
2012	Vishnu	Dual Role	Kannada
2013	Amareshwara Mahatme	Aadayya	Kannada
2014	Abhimanyu		Kannada	Guest appearance
2016	CBI Sathya		Kannada
2016	Shivayogi Sri Puttayyajja		Kannada

TV Shows

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel
1999– 2015	Aksharamaale	Host & singer	Kannada	Udaya TV

External links

• Abhijith on IMDb