Abhijith (born 30 July 1963) is an Indian actor, singer, producer and director working in
Kannada films
Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film '' Sati Sulochana'' directe ...
. 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.
Career
Abhijith started his career in the late 1980s playing small roles in feature films. It was the 1990 release, ''College Hero'', that made him a successful villain of the Kannada film industry. He played villains even after being a successful hero in films such as ''Muddina Maava'', ''One Man Army'', and ''Vairi''.
Abhijith has acted in more than 150 films in the Kannada film industry.
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.
Playback singer
Television
Abhijith is the host of the popular show ''Aksharamale'', which aired on
Udaya TV Udaya may refer to
* Udaya Pictures, a movie company in Kerala.
* Udaya TV, a Kannada-language television channel
* Udaya Manikya, a 16th-century king of Tripura
Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest st ...
. ''Aksharamaale'' ( kn, ಅಕ್ಷರಮಾಲೆ) is a
Kannada
Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
-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.
Awards
* 1996 - Bharath Udyog Samastha Award for Best Actor Of The Year
* 2010 - Abhinava Chathura
Selected filmography
TV Shows
Sources
Vishnuvardhan & AbhijithAbhijith's Vishnu Title Rejected2*
ttp://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist-biography/12519/1/abhijit.html Abhijith Fan Club3Abhijith's Youtube ChannelAksharamaale Programme
External links
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Male actors in Kannada cinema
Kannada film producers
Male actors from Bangalore
1963 births
Living people
People from Chitradurga
Film producers from Bangalore
Indian male film actors
20th-century Indian male actors
21st-century Indian male actors