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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Rai was born in [[Puttur, Karnataka|Puttur]], Karnataka, into a [[Tulu Language|Tulu]]-speaking [[Bunt (community)|Bunt]]<ref name="MY DAYS IN THE UNDERWORLD RISE OF THE BANGALORE MAFIA">{{cite book|author=Sreedhar|first=Agni|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQQBAQAAQBAJ|title=My Days in The Underworld Rise of the Bangalore Mafia|publisher=Westland, 2013|year=2013|isbn=9789383260348|pages=481}}</ref> family of Nettala Narayana Rai and Susheela Rai. He was married to Rekha and has two sons. His wife Rekha died at Mt Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore in 2013.<ref name="Mangalore: Muthappa Rai's wife Rekha dies in Singapore">{{cite web | url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=172009 | title=Mangalore: Muthappa Rai's wife Rekha dies in Singapore | publisher=Daijiworld Media Network | date=29 April 2013 | access-date=1 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820031501/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=172009 | archive-date=20 August 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> Rai made his appearance in a [[Tulu language|Tulu]] movie ''[[Kanchilda Baale]]'' in 2011.<ref name="Muttappa Rai enters Silver Screen">{{cite web | url=http://icarelive.com/news/news.php?cat_id=2&article_id=8560 | title=Muttappa Rai enters Silver Screen!! | publisher=ICARE Live News Network, Bangalore | date=27 November 2010 | access-date=1 August 2016 | author=Hari Anand | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810131519/http://icarelive.com/news/news.php?cat_id=2&article_id=8560 | archive-date=10 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Rai was born in [[Puttur, Karnataka|Puttur]], Karnataka, into a [[Tulu Language|Tulu]]-speaking [[Bunt (community)|Bunt]]<ref name="MY DAYS IN THE UNDERWORLD RISE OF THE BANGALORE MAFIA">{{cite book|author=Sreedhar|first=Agni|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQQBAQAAQBAJ|title=My Days in The Underworld Rise of the Bangalore Mafia|publisher=Westland, 2013|year=2013|isbn=9789383260348|pages=481}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-16|title=Muthappa Rai, underworld don turned realtor, passes away|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/former-underworld-don-muthappa-rai-passes-away-in-bengaluru-6410956/|access-date=2021-11-22|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> family of Nettala Narayana Rai and Susheela Rai. He was married to Rekha and has two sons. His wife Rekha died at Mt Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore in 2013.<ref name="Mangalore: Muthappa Rai's wife Rekha dies in Singapore">{{cite web | url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=172009 | title=Mangalore: Muthappa Rai's wife Rekha dies in Singapore | publisher=Daijiworld Media Network | date=29 April 2013 | access-date=1 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820031501/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=172009 | archive-date=20 August 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> Rai made his appearance in a [[Tulu language|Tulu]] movie ''[[Kanchilda Baale]]'' in 2011.<ref name="Muttappa Rai enters Silver Screen">{{cite web | url=http://icarelive.com/news/news.php?cat_id=2&article_id=8560 | title=Muttappa Rai enters Silver Screen!! | publisher=ICARE Live News Network, Bangalore | date=27 November 2010 | access-date=1 August 2016 | author=Hari Anand | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810131519/http://icarelive.com/news/news.php?cat_id=2&article_id=8560 | archive-date=10 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>


Starting his career as a clerk in [[Vijaya Bank]], Muthappa claimed to have accidentally turned to a life of crime in Bengaluru to protect his business — a bar and restaurant — from the onslaught of the underworld in 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/muthappa-rai-dead-at-68/article31588181.ece|title=Muthappa Rai dead at 68|first=Aditya|last=Bharadwaj|date=15 May 2020|access-date=15 May 2020|via=www.thehindu.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515071243/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/muthappa-rai-dead-at-68/article31588181.ece|archive-date=15 May 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> He is also the founder of ''Jaya Karnataka'' a not-for-profit organisation that aims at improving the quality of life of the people of Karnataka.<ref name="About Jaya Karnataka">{{cite web | url=http://www.muthapparaithelegend.com/about-jaya-karnataka/ | title=About Jaya Karnataka | access-date=1 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707174819/http://www.muthapparaithelegend.com/about-jaya-karnataka/ | archive-date=7 July 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Starting his career as a clerk in [[Vijaya Bank]], Muthappa claimed to have accidentally turned to a life of crime in Bengaluru to protect his business — a bar and restaurant — from the onslaught of the underworld in 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/muthappa-rai-dead-at-68/article31588181.ece|title=Muthappa Rai dead at 68|first=Aditya|last=Bharadwaj|date=15 May 2020|access-date=15 May 2020|via=www.thehindu.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515071243/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/muthappa-rai-dead-at-68/article31588181.ece|archive-date=15 May 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> He is also the founder of ''Jaya Karnataka'' a not-for-profit organisation that aims at improving the quality of life of the people of Karnataka.<ref name="About Jaya Karnataka">{{cite web | url=http://www.muthapparaithelegend.com/about-jaya-karnataka/ | title=About Jaya Karnataka | access-date=1 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707174819/http://www.muthapparaithelegend.com/about-jaya-karnataka/ | archive-date=7 July 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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