Puneeth Rajkumar filmography

Puneeth Rajkumar was an Indian actor known for his work in Kannada films. As a six-month-old infant, he made a cameo appearance in V. Somashekar's Premada Kanike (1976) and followed it with Sanaadi Appanna (1977) when he was a year old. Most of his earlier films had his father Rajkumar playing his reel father as well. Films like Thayige Thakka Maga, Vasantha Geetha and Bhagyavantha followed up which also showcased his singing skills. For the N. Lakshminarayan film Bettada Hoovu he was awarded the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. He ended his childhood appearances with the action film Parashuram.

Puneeth Rajkumar in 2020

Puneeth's first leading role came opposite Rakshita in Appu (2002), a highly successful romantic drama directed by Puri Jagannadh. This was followed by Abhi opposite Ramya in 2003, and Veera Kannadiga and Maurya in 2004. All these films were commercially successful and established him as one of the leading actors in Kannada cinema. He was known for his versatile stunts, especially his backflips. His superhuman flexibility was attributed by some to his Idiga background, who were agile toddy tappers.

Puneeth's first award-winning performance came through the film Arasu for which he won the Filmfare Award For Best Actor and his next release Milana earned him the Karnataka State Film Award. His other major successes include Jackie, Hudugaru, Rana Vikrama, Raajakumara and Natasaarvabhowma, Yuvarathnaa.

Films

As actor

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

• All films are in Kannada, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1976	Premada Kanike	An infant	Credited as Master Rajkumar	[1]
1977	Sanaadi Appanna	Young Ashok	Credited as Master Lohith	[2]
1978	Thayige Thakka Maga	Young Kumar	Credited as Master Lohith	[3]
1980	Vasantha Geetha	Shyaam	Credited as Master Lohith	[4]
1981	Bhoomige Banda Bhagavantha	Krishna	Credited as Master Lohith	[5]
	Bhagyavantha	Krishna	Credited as Master Lohith	[6]
1982	Hosa Belaku	Puttu	Credited as Master Lohith	[7]
	Chalisuva Modagalu	Ramu	Credited as Master Lohith	[8]
1983	Bhakta Prahlada	Prahlada	Credited as Master Lohith	[9]
	Eradu Nakshatragalu	Raja	Credited as Master Lohith	[10]
1984	Yarivanu	Shyam	Credited as Master Lohith	[11]
1985	Bettada Hoovu	Ramu	Credited as Master Puneeth	[12]
1988	Shiva Mecchida Kannappa	Young Dinna	Credited as Master Puneeth Rajkumar	[13]
1989	Parashuram	Appu	Child Actor	[14]
2002	Appu	Appu	Debut in Lead Role	[15]
2003	Abhi	Abhishek "Abhi"		[16]
2004	Veera Kannadiga	Munna/Shankar	Dual role	[17]
	Maurya	Manu		[18]
2005	Aakash	Aakash		[19]
	Namma Basava	Basava		[20]
2006	Ajay	Ajay		[21]
2007	Arasu	Shivaraj Arasu		[22]
	Milana	Aakash		[23]
2008	Bindaas	Shivu		[24]
	Vamshi	Vamshi		[25]
2009	Raaj – The Showman	Muthuraj		[26]
	Raam	Raam		[27]
2010	Prithvi	Prithvi Kumar		[28]
	Jackie	Janakirama "Jackie"	Udaya Film Award for Best Actor Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada	[29]
2011	Hudugaru	Prabhu		[30]
	Paramathma	Param		[31]
2012	Anna Bond	Bond Ravi		[32]
	Yaare Koogadali	Kumara		[33]
2014	Ninnindale	Vicky Venkatesh		[34]
	Power***	Bharath Kumar IPS		[35]
2015	Mythri	Himself	Partially reshot in Malayalam as My Hero Mythri	[36]
	Rana Vikrama	ACP Vikram Kumar / Rana Vikrama	Dual role	[37]
2016	Chakravyuha	Lohith		[38]
	Doddmane Hudga	Surya		[39]
2017	Raajakumara	Siddharth	Love Lavike Readers Choice Award for Best Actor – Male Zee Kannada Hemmeya Kannadiga Award for Best Actor – Male Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada Nominated—TSR National Film Award for Best Actor	[40]
	Anjani Putra	Viraj		[41]
2018	Humble Politician Nograj	Himself	Cameo appearance	[42]
2019	Natasaarvabhowma	Gagan Dixit		[43]
	Padde Huli	Himself	Cameo appearance	[44]
2020	Mayabazar 2016	Himself	Cameo appearance in the song "Loka Maya Bazaru"	[45]
2021	Yuvarathnaa	Yuvaraj	Last film	[46]
2022	James	Santosh Kumar "James"	Posthumous film	[47]
	Lucky Man	God	Posthumous release; Extended cameo appearance	[48]
	Gandhada Gudi	Himself	Posthumous documentary film	[49]

Voice roles

Year	Title	Character	Notes	Ref.
2014	Bahaddur	Narrator		[50]
2018	Amoli	Narrator	Documentary; Kannada version	[51]
	Rajaratha	Rajaratha (voice)	Narrator	[52]
2019	India vs England	Narrator		[53]

As producer

See also: PRK Productions

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2019	Kavaludaari		[54]
2020	Mayabazar 2016		[55]
	Law	Amazon Prime film	[56] [57]
	French Biriyani	Amazon Prime film	[58]
2022	One Cut Two Cut	Amazon Prime film; Posthumous release	[59]
	Family Pack	Amazon Prime film, Posthumous release	[60] [61]
	Man of the Match	Amazon Prime film, Posthumous release	[62]
	Gandhada Gudi	Posthumous release	[63]
2023	Aachar & Co	Posthumous release	[64]

As costume designer

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
1993	Navibbaru Namagibbaru	for Raghavendra Rajkumar	[65]

Television

Year	Title	Role	TV channel	Notes	Ref.
2012	Kannadada Kotyadhipati	Host	Asianet Suvarna	Season 1	[66]
2013	Kannadada Kotyadhipati			Season 2	[66]
2014	UPstarters	Judge	Udaya TV		[67]
2014	Weekend with Ramesh	Guest	Zee Kannada	Season 1	[68]
2016-2018	Manedevru	Producer	Colors Kannada		[69]
2017	Majaa Talkies	Guest	Colors Kannada	Season 1	[70]
	Dance Dance Juniors	Guest	Star Suvarna		[71]
2017–2018	Family Power	Host	Colors Kannada		[72]
2019	Kannadada Kotyadhipati			Season 4	[73]
2020	Majaa Talkies	Guest		Season 2	[74]
2021	Netravathi	Producer	Udaya TV		[75]
2021	Dance Karnataka Dance	Guest	Zee Kannada		[76]
	Dance Dance	Guest	Star Suvarna		[77]