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Vijay Raghavendra is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Kannada films. Referred to popularly as "Chinnari Mutha",[1] Vijay is the son of producer S. A. Chinne Gowda and nephew of actor Dr.Rajkumar.[2]

Vijay Raghavendra
Born	Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Film actor Film director Playback singer Television presenter
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Spandana ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	1
Parent	S. A. Chinne Gowda (father)
Relatives	Sriimurali (brother) See Rajkumar family

Vijay started his career as a child artist through the film Chalisuva Modagalu (1982) and won critical acclaims for his performances in Chinnari Mutha (1993) and Kotreshi Kanasu (1994).[3] The latter film won him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist.[4] His first Hero lead role was in Ramoji Rao's production titled Ninagagi in 2002, which was a commercial success and one of the highest-grossing films of the year. However, his subsequent projects under-performed at the box office until he was noticed for his role in the T. S. Nagabharana's period drama Kallarali Hoovagi in 2006, followed by his home production film Sevanthi Sevanthi in the same year. For playing the role of Puttaraj Gawai in the biographical film Shivayogi Sri Puttayyajja in 2016, Vijay won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor.[5] In 2018, he made his directorial debut in Kismath (2018).[6]

In 2013, by public vote, Vijay won the first season of the game show Bigg Boss – the Indian version of Celebrity Big Brother, currently produced by Endemol India.[7]

Early life

Vijay Raghavendra was born in Bangalore, India to a family of film personalities. He began to act in films featuring his uncle Rajkumar in the lead. After having acted in about eight films as a bad artist, Vijay underwent a formal training in acting at Chennai.[8]

Film career

Child roles : 1980s - 1990s

In 1982, Vijay appeared in a small role as a child in Singeetham Srinivasa Rao's romantic drama Chalisuva Modagalu, starring his uncle Rajkumar, Ambika and his cousin Puneeth Rajkumar, credited as Master Lohith. He went on to appear in the 1989 movie Parashuram, alongside his cousin Puneeth Rajkumar in a song. After a brief gap, in 1991 he appeared in Aralida Hoovugalu, a remake of the Hindi film Jawani Diwani (1971), directed by Chi. Dattaraj and co-starred Shiva Rajkumar. His next movie Chinnari Mutha became a huge success and he became a household name in Karnataka. After that, he acted in many movies, including Kotreshi Kanasu, for which he won a National Award for his performance.

In 1993, Vijay, in his teens, appeared in three films: H. R. Bhargava's novel-based drama Jaga Mechida Huduga, Renuka Sharma's devotional Kollura Sri Mookambika, where he played the role of young Shankaracharya and the lead protagonist in the T. S. Nagabharana's Children's film Chinnari Mutha. The film won multiple laurels and awards upon release both at the state and national level. Vijay won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Male) for his portrayal of an innocent Mutha who rises to great popularity through his good deeds.[9] His popularity further rose in 1995 with the Nagathihalli Chandrashekar's film adaption of the novel "Kotra Highschoolige Seriddu", titled Kotreshi Kanasu. Vijay played the titular role of Kotreshi and went on to win the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for the year 1994–95. The other film he featured in was the biographical Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai, directed by Chindodi Bangaresh. He again played the titular role as the young and blind reformer Gawai and also portrayed the younger part of Narendra in the Hindi film Swami Vivekananda. Following this, he took a break from films and concentrated on his studies.

Adult roles: 2002 - Present

His first adult role as an actor was in Ninagagi (2002), a box office blockbuster which brought him success on his first role opposite the debutant Radhika. The film was a remake of the Telugu hit Nuvve Kavali, which screened for over 100 days and created a record.[10] Following this success, he signed two more movies in the same year, which could not succeed at the box office. He has acted in many movies since then. His notable movies are Kallarali Hoovagi, Rishi, Khushi and Kaaranji.

Vijay did not have a single release in 2010. His much delayed films Shraavana, Vinayaka Geleyara Balaga and the multi-starrer Kalla Malla Sulla released in 2011 with the latter two films earning favourable reviews. In 2012, he starred again in a multi-starrer comedy Snehitaru, which received a mixed response at the box office. In 2015, he starred in the biographical Shivayogi Sri Puttayyajja and won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor.

In 2013, Vijay was a contestant and winner in the much talked about Kannada version of the reality show Bigg Boss in its first season, which started with 13 contestants.[11][12] Vijay has been reportedly paid Rs. 5 million prize money.[13]

Personal life

Vijay is the eldest child of producer S. A. Chinne Gowda and his wife Jayamma. His younger brother Sriimurali is a popular Kannada film actor. His paternal aunt Parvathamma Rajkumar was a prominent film producer and distributor in Kannada cinema. He is the cousin of actors Shiva Rajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar. On 26 August 2007, he married a Tulu girl Spandana, the daughter of Assistant Commissioner of Police, B. K. Shivaram.[14][15] The couple has a son named Shourya.

Charitable work

In 2013, it was announced that he had joined other Bollywood and international celebrities in the TeachAids initiative, a state-of-the-art approach to worldwide HIV prevention, developed at Stanford University.[16]

Filmography

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1982	Chalisuva Modagalu	Child Judge	Credited as Master Raghavendra
1991	Aralida Hoovugalu	Vijay's Nephew
1993	Jaga Mechida Huduga	Young Shivu
	Kollura Sri Mookambika	Young Shankaracharya
	Chinnari Mutha	Mutta	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Male)
1994	Kotreshi Kanasu	Kotreshi	National Film Award for Best Child Artist
1995	Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai	Young Ganayogi Panchakshara Gawai
1998	Swami Vivekananda	Young Narendra	Hindi film
2002	Ninagagi	Tarun
	Prema Khaidi	Vijay		[17]
	Romeo Juliet	Achyuth
2003	Heart Beats	Vikky
	Preethisale Beku	Ganesha
	Vikram	Vikram
	Khushi	Vijay
	Vijaya Simha	Vijay
2004	Avale Nanna Gelathi
2005	Rishi	Hari
2006	Shree	Shree
	Sevanthi Sevanthi	Devu
	Kallarali Hoovagi	Jayadeva
2007	Ee Rajeev Gandhi Alla	Rajeev Raj		[18]
	Naanu Neenu Jodi	Arjun
2008	Beladingalaagi Baa	Vivek
	Minchina Ota	Kishore
	Ganesha Matte Banda	Ganesha
	Mast Maja Maadi	Ramu
2009	Nam Yajamanru	Alok
	Kaaranji	Viji
	IPC Section 300	Viji
	Gokula	Raja
	Khiladi Krishna	Krishna
2010	Aithalakkadi	Himself	Special appearance
2011	Vighneshwara	Vijay
	Shraavana	Vijay
	Vinayaka Geleyara Balaga	Viju
	Kalla Malla Sulla	Raghu
	Naliyona Baaraa	Rajeev
2012	Snehitaru	Vittal
	Golmaal	Chakravarthy		[19]
2013	Chella Pilli	Hemanth
	Bhajarangi	Himself	Special appearance
2014	Brahmashri Narayana Guru Swamy		Tulu film
	Paramashiva	Raghu
	Fair & Lovely	Abhimanyu	Extended Cameo Appearance
2015	Vamshodharaka	Vishwa
2016	Shivayogi Sri Puttayyajja	Puttaraj Gawai	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor
	Ranatantra	Gautham
	Apoorva	Ravichandran Son	Guest appearance
	Nanna Ninna Prema Kathe	Shankar
2017	Srikanta	Journalist
	Chowka	Surya Shetty
	Eradu Kanasu	Muthu
	Happy New Year	Raghavendra
	Toss	Madhav
	Mass Leader	Vijay
	Jani	Jani
2018	Kismath	Vijay	Also director
	Raja Loves Radhe	Raja
	Pardesi C/O London	Vijay
2019	Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya	Dharma
2020	Malgudi Days	Laxmi Narayana Malgudi
2021	Seetharam Benoy Case No. 18	Seetharam
2022	Hakoona Batata	TBA	Web Series; Filming
	Raagu	TBA	Filming
	Kadda Chitra	TBA	Filming
	Case Of Kondana	TBA	Filming
	Jog 101	TBA	Filming

Singer

Year	Film	Song	Co Singer
2006	Sevanthi Sevanthi	Jaaji Mallige Node	Shreya Ghoshal
2008	Beladingalagi Baa	Baa Maara	Shamitha Malnad
2008	Ganesha Matthe Banda	Gopika	V. Manohar
2009	Namyajamanru	Ee Hrudaya	Nanditha
2011	Vinayaka Geleyara Balaga	Yaarivalee Hudugi
2011	Vinayaka Geleyara Balaga	Ganeshanige Garike	Naveen Krishna, Shashank Sheshagiri
2014	Fair & Lovely	Haage Ondu	Vijayaa Shankar
2016	Nanna Ninna Prema Kathe	Majabhhothagide	Anuradha Bhat
2016	Akira	Alisade Husiyagide
2017	Toss	Yavude Sammandha
2018	Aduva Gombe	Madarangee Madarangee	Anuradha Bhat
2018	Kismath	Preethiyallodane
2018	Kismath	Kismath Theme

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Attige	Tele-serial
2013	Bigg Boss Kannada 1	Winner
2014	Nenapina Idiot-Box	Radio Host at 92.7 Big FM
2016	Drama Juniors	Judge
2017	Drama Juniors 2	Judge
2017	Dance Karnataka Dance Family War	Judge
2018	Dance Karnataka Dance Little Masters	Judge
2018	Drama Juniors 3	Judge
2019	Dance Karnataka Dance Family War	Judge
2021	Dance Karnataka Dance	Judge
2022	Dancing Champion	Judge

References

External links

• Vijay Raghavendra at IMDb

Preceded by Show created	Bigg Boss Kannada Winner (Series 1) 2013	Succeeded by Akul Balaji

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