ACTOR

Puneeth Rajkumar

1975 - 2021

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Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021), affectionately known as Appu (by his fans, after his first lead role in the movie Appu), was an former Indian actor, playback singer, film producer, television presenter and philanthropist who worked in Kannada cinema. He was the youngest son of legendary actor and matinee idol Dr. Rajkumar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Puneeth Rajkumar has received more than 12,460,414 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Puneeth Rajkumar is the 1,962nd most popular actor (up from 7,349th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from India (up from 772nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Indian Actor.

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  • 12M

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  • 54.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Puneeth Rajkumar ranks 1,962 out of 13,578. Before him are Pauline Moran, Kristin Davis, Jimmy Wang Yu, Brent Spiner, Jandira Martini, and Olga Kurylenko. After him are Olivier Martinez, Christian Slater, Lilian Harvey, Christian Marquand, M. Emmet Walsh, and Ciara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Puneeth Rajkumar ranks 38. Before him are Ralf Schumacher, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Jamel Debbouze, Matteo Renzi, Asma al-Assad, and Ronnie O'Sullivan. After him are Johnny Galecki, Rodrigo Santoro, Néstor Pitana, Vladimir Kramnik, David Harbour, and Álvaro Morte. Among people deceased in 2021, Puneeth Rajkumar ranks 179. Before him are Pilar Bardem, Volodymyr Holubnychy, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Tomoyasu Asaoka, Donald Arnold, and Jorge Medina. After him are Aleksandr Privalov, Anna Chromý, Charles Grodin, Shunsuke Kikuchi, Zlatko Kranjčar, and Gustavo Noboa.

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In India

Among people born in India, Puneeth Rajkumar ranks 322 out of 1,861. Before him are Nargis (1929), Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), T. H. White (1906), Mastani (1699), Rambhadracharya (1950), and Sikandar Lodi (1450). After him are Bhāskara I (600), Bahubali (null), Girish Karnad (1938), Abbé Faria (1756), Viswanathan Anand (1969), and Abanindranath Tagore (1871).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Puneeth Rajkumar ranks 23. Before him are Merle Oberon (1911), Jaya Bachchan (1948), Bhupen Hazarika (1926), Savitri (1936), Rajinikanth (1950), and Nargis (1929). After him are Girish Karnad (1938), Shashi Kapoor (1938), Kajol (1974), Vijay (1974), Rishi Kapoor (1952), and Meena Kumari (1933).

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Television and Movie Roles

Yuvarathnaa
Yuvaraj (Yuva) / Arjun
A government aided college, RK University, is on the verge of completing its golden jubilee but a bizarre event shuts it down indefinitely. Will RK University restore its lost glory?
Mar 31o 20215.2 / 10
James
James
Santhosh Kumar, who goes by the name James, runs a security agency and has been commissioned to take care of a family that owns a drug cartel. He is swift, agile and deft with his work and wins the appreciation of everyone. But is there more to who Santhosh really is?
Mar 17o 20225.9 / 10
Anjaniputra
Viraj
A small-time businessman who runs a finance business at a local vegetable market enjoys the support of the local vendors and people in the area. All goes well for him until one day, he saves an honest police officer from being killed by a local gangster. Soon, a rivalry ensues between the two.
Dec 21o 20176.3 / 10