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Kannada film industry is one of the industry that supports all range of actors other than looks. Early years was the peak time that had many actors. Dr.Raajkumar was the mostly renowned actor of Karnataka and has millions of fans. He acquired Dadasahed Phalke Award. Be it a romantic, action, emotional, music, comedy or a family drama Kannada movie is all its way for all the emotion movies. All the new actors also are truly involved with the character and give their maximum effort for their movie. Kannada film industry is improved drastically from past 2 years . Now a days we can find so many new film producers in the industry, at the same time so many new film comer are getting lots of chances . Every month 5 to 10 movies are getting released, that’s a major achievement for the industry, Some of the most popular film actors in Kannada are listed below

1. Puneet Rajkumar

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Puneet Rajkumar is the successful and top actor of Kannada film industry. He is the youngest son of legendary Kannada cinema star Dr. Rajkumar and Smt. Parvatamma. He acted in 12 films as a child artist. He won the National Award for the film “Bettada Hoovu”. He once again entered the Kannada film industry as a hero in the movie “Appu”. With his acting skills and good in emotional films, he has been the number one in the Kannada film industry. He also have good dancing skills and he has a huge fan following him.

2. Prajwal Devaraj

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Prajwal Devaraj is one young actor in the Kannada film industry who is getting lot of prestigious offers ever since his first film “Sixer” was released. Though his first film did not set Box office on fire, Prajwal’s lively performance in the film was much appreciated. His continuous working schedule kept him very busy and he had recently met with a small accident while he was shooting for the film “Gange Baare Thunge Baare”. Now, he has recovered fully from injuries and has been working again. He is the son of famous actor Devraj Kumar.

3. Ramesh Aravind

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Ramesh Aravind or Ramesh is a popular Kannada movie actor. He is one of the most versatile actors in Kannada, who has also acted in few Tamil movies. He is one of the cute and decent actor emerged as a star with a difference with bringing some sort of fresh air to the Kannada film industry. Through his talent, he grab lot and lot of cine lovers as his fans in to his pocket. A “Ramesh film” means decent, wholesome family films with no vulgarities and crudities but always-sensible entertainers. His Tamil movie ‘Duet’ was a golden feather to his cap performance. He has grabbed several awards for that movie.

4. Sudeep

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Sudeep is an actor in Kannada cinema industry. His first movie was “Thayava” and then he played a supportive role in the movie “Prathyartha” directed by Sunil Kumar Desai. He then acted in a movie called “Sparsha ” which was also directed by Sunil Kumar Desai and it is the first movie of Sudeep where he is seen in a lead role. In 2003, Sudeep acted in a hit film “Huccha ” which proved his acting capabilities.This film’s success gave him a very big fan following. An entire range of all the audience is the fan of Sudeep. His great looks and good dance steps made them their heart throb.

5. Darshan Tugudeep

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Darshan Tugudeep is an actor in the Kannada Film. His family backgrounds made him to step into Kannada film industry. He is the son of Kannada actor Tugudeep Srinivas who was the best villain that Kannada film could ever get. Darshan has acted in 27 movies and by that he created a good platform and his position in Movie industry. His introduction movie was “Majestic” and became a big hit in box office and he didn’t need to turn back. The best movies of his list is “Kariya”, “Datta”,”Gaja” and many more. “Kariya” was one of his best movie of all times. “Gaja” is the biggest Kannada box office hit of 2008.He struggled a lot before becoming popular on screen and did numerous off-screen work to reach the current status.

Malayalam movies are significant component of Indian movies. It is the most popular medium of entertainment of the people of Kerala. It is known for its socialistic leanings and it is one of the most realistic of Indian film industries. Malayalam movies occasionally makes box office success out of films without any commercial formulas. Malayalam movie always taken its themes from very relevant social issues. Many actors in Kerala are most popular in India. Mammooty , Mohanlal and Dileep are some of them. Their acting is excellent in other language movies. List of popular film actors in Kerala are in the following,

1. Mammootty

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Mammooty is a very popular Malayalee Indian film actor. He was born in Chembu in Kottayam district of Kerala state. His orginal name is Muhammad Kutty and he is also a lawyer. His beautiful looks, strong voice and thick mustache give a hero touch to the audience. He won National film award for best actor in three times for the movies” Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha”, “Mathilukal”, “Vidheyan”, “Ponthan Mada” and “Dr. Ambedkar”. He also won six state awards and nine film fare awards in best actor category. He has acted in more than 300 films as lead actor in Malayalam movies. He is also acted in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English films. His first screen appearance was in a movie called “Anubhavangal Paalichakal” in 1971. “New Delhi”, “Nirakuttu”, “Thaniyavarthanam”, “Oru CBI Diary Kurippu”, “Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha”, “Mathilukal”, “Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar”, “Rajamanikayam” etc are the Malayalam movies in which his acting was excellent. He is good in action role, but he is not good in dance scene. The Government of India honored him by giving Padma Shri award for his contributions to cinema. Mamooty is also involved in more charitable projects aimed at helping the poor people. He is the chairman of popular Malayalam TV channels like Kairali TV, People TV and Channel We. Also he is the Goodwill Ambassador of the ‘Akshaya project’.

2. Mohanlal

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Mohan Lal is one of the most talented and best actors in India. He is born in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala. He started his career with a classic villain role, now he is an outstanding actor of Malayalam Cinema . He is the only actor in Malayalam cinema who win Kerala State film awards for best actor in six times . He also won the National award for the best actor twice for films “Bharatham” and highly acclaimed “Vaanaprastham”. Extraordinary versatility is the characteristics of his acting. And also he play both dramatic and comic roles very easily and his unique style of dialogs delivery is effortless. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian Government in for his contributions to Indian cinema . “Kireedam”, “Thoovanathumbikal”, “Chithram”,” Devasuram”, “Manichitrathazhu”, “Spadikam”, “Aaram Thamburan”, “Narasimham” etc are the famous movies of him. He is also acted in Tamil and Hindi movie. Also he is a collector of paintings and antiques. He is the current General Secretary of the Association of ‘Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA)’.

3. Dileep

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Dileep is a popular Malayalam film actor, film producer, Assistant director, and mimicry artist. He is born in Aluva in Ernakulam district of Kerala state. His original name was Gopalakrishnan. He started his career as mimicry artist in a troup Kalabhavan. His starting film was “Ennodu Ishtam Koodaamo” The film “Manathe Kottaram”gave him the first break as a hero. “Sallapam “was the turning point in his career, where he do serious role. His acting is excellent in comedy roles. His comic timing and dialogue delivery in films like “Thenkasipattanam”, “Kalyana Sougandhikam”, “Punjabi House” and” Ee Parakkum Thalika” made him very popular among the Malayali audience. “Joker”, “Meesha Madhavan”, “Kunjikoonan”, “Kalyanaraman”, “CID Moosa” and “Mulla “are super hit films of him. His role as a transvestite man from the family of fishermen in “Chanthupottu” won special jury award of the Kerala State Film Awards. He is also acted as an action hero in the films like “Runway”, “Kochirajavu”, “Lion”, “Chess”, “Don” etc..

4. Jayaram

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Jayaram is a famous Malayalam film actor, mimicry artist and a chenda specialist. He is from a Tamil Brahmin family in Perumbavoor, Kerala. He was a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan before entering into films. His first film was “Aparan” directed by late Padmarajan. He is famous for his easiness in handling comedy. There was some criticism towards him being stereotyped in comic roles. “Moonnam Pakkam”, “Dhwani”, “Mazhavil Kavadi”, “Thooval Sparsam”, “Shubha Yathra”, “Maala Yogam”, “CID Unnikrishnan B.A.,B.Ed”, “Puthukottyile Puthu Manavalan”, “Karunyam”, “Kadhanayakan”, “Irattakuttikalude Achan”, “The Car”, “Summer in Bethlahem”, “Veendum Chila veettukaryangal” are some of the super hit movies of him. He got many awards for his performance in cinema. He is also a lover of elephants.

5. Suresh Gopi

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Suresh Gopi is a famous actor in Malayalam movie. He is famous for his roles in police. He is excellent in character roles and action roles. He started his acting career as a child artist in a malayalam movie ‘Odayil Ninnum’. His most notable movies are “Irupatham Noottandu”, “Rajavinte Makan” ,” Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha”, “Thalasthanam”, “FIR”, “Pathram”, “Ekalavyan” and “Commissioner”. His role as police commissioner ‘Bharath Chandran IPS’ in the film ” Commissioner” make him a superstar in Malayalam movie. His famous dialogue “Ormayundo ee mugkham?” of this movie always run in everyone’s lips. He is famous for his fervent delivery of English dialogues in the movies that he acts in. He won National Film Award and State Film Award for Best Actor in the movie “Kaliyattam”. He done many charity activities in Kerala, Tamilnadu, Gulf etc.