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His elder brothers Shiva Rajkumar and Raghavendra Rajkumar were popular actors in the 1990s, with the former still acting in films. A superstar at the time, his father took him to his shooting sets along with his sister Poornima till he was ten years old. He grew up there till the age of six, before the family shifted base to Bangalore. Puneeth Rajkumar was born as Lohith at Kalyani Hospital, Madras, Tamil Nadu, to Rajkumar and Parvathamma Rajkumar as their fifth and youngest child. In 2012, he debuted as a television presenter with the game show Kannadada Kotyadhipati, a Kannada version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. He is the youngest son of Rajkumar, Kannada cinema's most celebrated actor, and the brother of actors Shivarajkumar and Raghavendra Rajkumar. He went on to appear in other commercial successful films over the years, such as Abhi (2003), Aakash (2005), Arasu (2007), Milana (2007), Jackie (2010), Hudugaru (2011), Paramathma (2011), " Power" (2014), " Mythri" (2015) and " Rana Vikrama" (2015), establishing him as one of the leading contemporary actors in Kannada cinema. His first film in a lead role came in the 2002 in Appu. He won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for his role of Ramu in Bettada Hoovu. As a child artist, his performances in Vasantha Geetha (1980), Bhagyavantha (1981), Chalisuva Modagalu (1982), Eradu Nakshatragalu (1983) and Bettada Hoovu (1985) received appreciation. He has appeared 23 films as a lead actor, prior to which he had a career as a child artiste appearing in films to which his father Rajkumar appeared in lead roles.
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Puneeth Rajkumar (born 17 March 1975), is an Indian film actor, playback singer and television presenter who mostly works in Kannada cinema. In this Indian name, the name Rajkumar is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Puneeth.
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