Abhijith (actor)

For other actors named Abhijith, see Abhijit (name).

Abhijith (born 30 July 1963) is an Indian actor, singer, producer and director working in Kannada films.^[1] Starting his career as an actor in the late 1980s, he went on to act in many films through the 1990s and 2000s. He mainly played lead roles and villains in the 1990s and some supporting roles as well.

Abhijith
Born	Ramaswamy (1963-07-30) 30 July 1963 (age 61) Chitradurga, Karnataka, India
Other names	Samarasimha, DareKing, Family Star, Abhinava Chathura
Occupation(s)	Actor, director, producer, playback singer
Years active	1983 – present
Spouse	Rohini Abhijith
Children	Karthikeya, Shilpashree, Ballsji

Career

Abhijith started his career in the late 1980s playing small roles. It was the 1990 release, College Hero, that established him as a successful villain of the Kannada film industry. He acted with Shruti in several successful romantic films together during the 1990s.^[2] He acted in roles with negative shades even after being a successful hero, in films such as Muddina Maava, One Man Army, and Vairi. He co-starred with Vishnuvardhan in many movies, including Kotigobba, Yajamana, and Raja Narasimha and was a close friend of him.^[3][4] He acted with Shruthi in several successful romantic films together during the 1990s.^[2]

Abhijith has acted in more than 150 films in the Kannada film industry.

Television

Abhijith is the host of the popular show Aksharamale, which aired on Udaya TV. Aksharamaale is a Kannada-language, singing talent show running for more than 15 years on Udaya TV. Abhijith has been the host of the show since 1997 with co-host and singer Sangeetha Ravishankar and Anuradha Bhat.

As director

Abhijith's first directorial venture, Jodi No. 1, was a suspense and action movie, and the second one was Vishnu which had led to controversy with the title.

As producer

Abhijith has produced films under the banner Shree Balaji Creations.

Year	Film	Cast	Language	Notes
2005	Samarasimha Nayka	Srinath, Tara, Rashmi	Kannada
2009	Jodi No.1	Ramkumar	Kannada
2012	Vishnu	Catherine Tresa, Ashish Vidyarthi	Kannada
2017	Panta	Anup Revanna	Kannada	Executive producer

TV shows

Year	Title	Role	Language	Channel
1999– 2015	Aksharamaale	Host & singer	Kannada	Udaya TV
2020–Present	Sathya	Lakshman	Kannada	Zee Kannada

Playback singer

Year	Film	Song	Music director	Notes
2005	Samarasimha Nayaka	Sandoora Jatreyalli	M.N Krupakar
2012	Vishnu	Chello Chello	M.N Krupakar
2013	Amareshwara Mahatme	Iniya Oh Iniya

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	College Hero
1991	Mangalya
1992	Chaitrada Premanjali	Mahesh
	Sindhoora Thilaka
	Mana Mecchida Sose	Balu
	Alli Ramachari Illi Brahmachari
	Gruhalakshmi
	Jeevana Chaitra	Prakash
	Nanna Tangi
	Saptapadi	Manohar
1993	Server Somanna	Sridhar
1994	Rupayi Raja
	Bhootayiya Makkalu
	Ranjitha
	Bhuvaneshwari
	Chinna Nee Nagutiru
	Rashmi
	Muddina Maava
	Hettavala Koogu
1995	Thumbida Mane
	Mangalya Sakshi
	Mr.Abhishek
1996	Hettavaru
1997	Kandalli Gundu
	Lakshmi Mahalakshmi
1999	Baduku Jatakabandi
	Om Namah Shivaya
2000	Underworld
	Yajamana	Shanmukha
	Gandada Gombe
2001	Amma Nagamma
	Kotigobba	Shiva
	Sri Manjunatha
2002	Antharaya
	Simhadriya Simha	Vishwa
2003	Raja Narasimha
2004	Aparadhi
	Mafia
	Super Police
2005	Jedara Bale
	Samarasimha Nayaka
2006	Pandavaru
2007	Snehana Preetheena
2012	Vishnu		Dual role
2013	Amareshwara Mahatme	Aadayya
2014	Abhimanyu		Cameo
2016	CBI Sathya
	Shivayogi Sri Puttayyajja
2023	Ghost

Awards

• 1996 - Bharath Udyog Samastha Award for Best Actor Of The Year
• 2010 - Abhinava Chathura