Name: Raj Kumar

Height: 5'7"

Date of Birth: 24 April , 1929

Birthplace: India

Address: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3891
USA

Rajkumar was born Mutturaj Singanalluru Puttaswamayya in 1929 in Gajanur, Karnataka. His father was his mentor. He began learning singing from the age of two and was given training in acting for the stage. He was initially a child actor for Veerana, regarded as the founder of the Kannada Stage as well as Film Industries, playing Arjuna in the stage spectacular Kurukshetra. He broke through in the theatre world playing Narada in Bhukalidas repeating the role in the film of the same name.

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