Is an Indian film actor who has acted in films and is the youngest son of superstar Dr. Rajkumar and younger brother of Shivraj Kumar, a prominent star of . As a child artist, he has appeared in 12 films.
After appearing in films as a child artist in the 1980s, Puneet Raj kumar made his film debut with a leading role in the film Appu. It was a huge hit film. He is known for his performances in films like Aakash (2005), Arasu (2007) Milan (2007) and Vanshi (2008) which have been his biggest commercial successes so far.
In 2007, he received a Filmfare Award for his performance in Aarsu and in 2008 he received the State Best Actor Award for his performance in Milan.
He is currently the highest paid actor in the film industry. He has the highest commercially successful film hit rate and 14 of his films have remained in theaters for at least 100 consecutive days.
Puneeth Raj kumar was born as Lohit to film industry superstar Dr Raj kumar and producer Raj kumar. He is their and youngest son.
He started his film career when he was only six months old He has appeared in several films as the son of his real father. He dropped out of school at a very young age and started acting in films. He studied under a private teacher at his home. He later obtained a diploma in Computer Science. He then began his career in the mining business before entering the film industry in leading roles. He took dance and action training for three years before appearing in his first film as a hero.
Before entering the film world, Puneet trained in which is one of the oldest Indian martial arts.
His acting career actually started with the film Vasant Geet in which he did a decent performance at the age of only five. After this film, between 1980 and 1984, he acted in some more popular films. In 1985, he starred in and received a National Film Award for Best Child Artist.
Apart from acting, Puneet also has a singing career of his own. He has sung in all his films as a child artist since childhood, after starting his journey as a male lead, he started singing at least one song in all his films.
It is common for music directors of his films to record songs in his voice as most of his songs are quite popular. Right from his debut film Appu, he had been using his voice for most of the solo songs. Along with the song in the film Vanshi, she sang a duet which became a hit song of 2008.
