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{{ | {{Short description|Indian film director and actor}} | ||
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{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| name = Charan Raj | | name = Charan Raj | ||
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| occupation = Actor, film director, producer, screenwriter | | occupation = Actor, film director, producer, screenwriter | ||
| nationality = Indian | | nationality = Indian | ||
| yearsactive = | | yearsactive = 1983–present | ||
| spouse = Kalpana Charanraj | | spouse = Kalpana Charanraj | ||
| children = 3 | | children = 3 | ||
| height = | | height = | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Charan Raj''' is an Indian film actor, director, film producer, and writer who primarily works in [[Kannada]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Malayalam]], [[Odia language|Odia]] and [[Hindi]] movies.<ref> | '''Charan Raj''' is an Indian film actor, director, film producer, and writer who primarily works in [[Kannada]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Malayalam]], [[Odia language|Odia]] and [[Hindi]] movies.<ref>https://chiloka.com/celebrity/charanraj-belagaum</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Charan Raj | Charan Raj is a versatile actor who is popular for his villainy and character roles in South Indian film industry. Charan Raj is not only an actor, but a producer, music composer and director too. He is popular for his villainy roles in Telugu in ''[[Indrudu Chandrudu]]'' (1989) with [[Kamal Haasan]] and ''[[Karthavyam (1990 film)|Karthavyam]]'' (1990) with [[Vijayashanti]]. He has also acted with [[Rajinikanth]] in the Hindi movie ''[[Phool Bane Angaray]]'' (1991) and Tamil films like ''[[Panakkaran]]'' (1990), ''[[Dharma Dorai]]'' (1991), ''[[Veera (1994 film)|Veera]]'' (1994) and ''[[Baashha]]'' (1995). His character role in Tamil film ''[[Gentleman (1993 film)|Gentleman]]'' (1993) showed him as a different Charan Raj and he got good applause for his performance in that film. He made his debut as a director in 1999, through the film ''[[Annan Thangachi]]''. In this film he acted as the hero as well as did the direction. The film did not hit the box office, though it had a good story. He has also acted as [[Suriya]]’s father in the film ''[[Vel (film)|Vel]]'' (2007) with [[Saranya Ponvannan]] as his pair.<ref>https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/tamil/movie-actor/charan-raj</ref> | ||
==Controversy== | ==Controversy== | ||
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*''Swayam Krushi'' (2011) | *''Swayam Krushi'' (2011) | ||
*''[[Shikari (2012 film)|Shikari]]'' (2012) | *''[[Shikari (2012 film)|Shikari]]'' (2012) | ||
* ''Balaraju Aadi Bamardi'' (2012) | |||
* ''Yadartha Prema Katha'' (2012) | |||
*''[[Raja Huli]]'' (2013) | *''[[Raja Huli]]'' (2013) | ||
* ''Paisa'' (2014) | |||
* ''[[Rathavara]]'' (2015) | * ''[[Rathavara]]'' (2015) | ||
* ''Preethiya Raayabhari'' (2018) | |||
* ''Gadinaadu'' (2020) | |||
* ''Berklee'' (2021) | |||
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| 1988 || ''[[Kazhugumalai Kallan]]'' || || | | 1988 || ''[[Kazhugumalai Kallan]]'' || || | ||
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| 1988 || ''[[Naan Sonnathey Sattam]]'' || || | | 1988 || ''[[Naan Sonnathey Sattam]]'' || Kaali || | ||
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| 1988 || ''[[Sivapputhaali]]'' || || | | 1988 || ''[[Sivapputhaali]]'' || Sadayan || | ||
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| 1988 || ''[[Adhu Antha Kaalam]]'' || || | | 1988 || ''[[Adhu Antha Kaalam]]'' || || | ||
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| 1988 || ''[[Kalicharan (1988 film)|Kalicharan]]'' || || | | 1988 || ''[[Kalicharan (1988 film)|Kalicharan]]'' || Inspector Charan || | ||
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| 1988 || ''[[Kuttravali]]'' || || | | 1988 || ''[[Kuttravali]]'' || || | ||
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* ''[[Madhura Raja]]'' as Maniannan | * ''[[Madhura Raja]]'' as Maniannan | ||
==Awards== | |||
;[[Nandi Awards]] | |||
* [[Nandi Award for Best Villain]] - [[Pratighatana]] (1985) <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]]|access-date=21 August 2020}}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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[[Category:Male actors in Odia cinema]] | [[Category:Male actors in Odia cinema]] | ||
[[Category:Telugu film producers]] | [[Category:Telugu film producers]] | ||
[[Category:People from | [[Category:People from Belagavi district]] | ||
[[Category:1958 births]] | [[Category:1958 births]] | ||
[[Category:Tamil film directors]] | [[Category:Tamil film directors]] | ||