Dr. Rajkumar
Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj (24 April 1929 – 12 April 2006), better known by his stage name Dr. Rajkumar, was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Kannada cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest and versatile actors in the history of Indian cinema, he is considered a cultural icon and holds a matinée idol status in the Kannada diaspora, among whom he is popularly called as Nata Saarvabhouma (Emperor of Actors), Bangarada Manushya (Man of Gold), Vara Nata (Gifted actor), Gaana Gandharva (Celestial singer), Rasikara Raja (King of connoisseurs), Kannada Kanteerava and Rajanna/Annavru (Elder brother, Raj). He was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 1983 and Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1995. He is the only lead actor to win National Award for Playback singing. His 39 movies have been remade 63 times in 9 languages by 34 actors making him the first actor whose movies were remade more than fifty times and the first actor whose movies were remade in nine languages. He was the first actor in India to enact a role which was based on James Bond in a full-fledged manner. The success of his movie Jedara Bale is credited to have widely inspired an Indian bond genre in other Indian film industries. On the occasion of the "Centenary of Indian Cinema" in April 2013, Forbes included his performance in Bangaarada Manushya on its list of "25 Greatest Acting Performances of Indian Cinema". Upon his death, The New York Times had described him as one of India's most popular movie stars.
Acting
Movie
Bangarada Manushya
as Rajiv
1972
Movie
Abba! Aa Hudugi
as Shankar
1959
Movie
Babruvahana
as Arjuna & Babruvahana (Dual Role)
1977
Movie
Shabdavedhi
2000
Movie
Mayura
as Mayura
1975
Movie
Eradu Kanasu
as Ramu
1974
Movie
Sampatthige Savaal
as Veerabhadra
1974
Movie
Nee Nanna Gellalare
as Srikanth
1981
Movie
Daari Thappida Maga
as Prakash/Prashanth & Prasad (Dual Role)
1975
Movie
Raja Nanna Raja
as Raja
1976
Movie
Operation Diamond Racket
as Prakash
1978
Movie
Sakshathkara
as Mahesh
1971
Movie
Bedara Kannappa
as Dinna/Kannappa
1954
Movie
Premada Kanike
as Manohar
1976
Movie
Bhaktha Kumbara
as Gora
1974
Movie
Sipayi Ramu
as Ramu alias Ram Singh
1972
Movie
Jaga Mecchida Maga
as Aditya
1972
Movie
Ondu Muttina Kathe
as Aithu
1987
Movie
Mooruvare Vajragalu
as Narada & Krishna (Dual Role)
1973
Movie
Shankar Guru
as Rajashekhar/Jairaj, Shankar & Guru (Triple Role)
1978
Movie
Akasmika
as Narasimha Murthy
1993
Movie
Immadi Pulikeshi
as Immadi Pulikeshi
1967
Movie
Hrudaya Sangama
as Jamindaar Rajanna / Kumar
1972
Movie
Goadalli C.I.D 999
as Prakash (C.I.D 999)
1968
