Puneeth Rajkumar (born March 17, 1975) is an Indian film actor who acts in Kannada films and the youngest son of Kannada superstar Dr Rajkumar and the younger brother of leading KFI star Shivaraj Kumar. As a child artist, he appeared in 12 films. He won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for the film Bettada Hoovu in 1986.
After having appeared in films as a child actor in the 1980s, Puneeth rajkumar made his film debut in a leading role in Appu. The film was a huge hit. He has been noted for his performances in films like Abhi(2003 film),Aakash (2005), Arasu (2007), Milana (2007), Vamshi (2008), Raam (2009), Jackie (2010) and Paramathma (2011) which are his biggest commercial successes so far.
In 2007, he got a Filmfare award for his performance in Arasu and in 2008 he received a Karnataka State Best Actor Award for his performance in Milana.
Currently he is the highest paid actor in the Kannada Film Industry. He has the most commercially successful movie hit rate with all of his movies netting huge profit. He has 17 films in a row that have stayed in theatres for minimum of 100 days, a rare achievement in the Indian film industry. He hosts the quiz show Kannadada kotyadhipati which is modeled on the Hindi show Kaun Banega Crorepati hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, which was in turn modeled on the British show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? hosted by Chris Tarrant Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.