R Lingaraju (born 27 October 1973), known by his screen name Bala Rajwadi, is an Indian film and stage actor, director known for his work in

Kannada cinema 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'' directed ...

predominantly. Portraying mostly negative-shaded characters, he has appeared in over 90 films. Prior to acting in films, he worked as a stage actor with the theatre group called Janamana, from 1993. He has directed various documentaries and stage plays. He made his debut in the 1997

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 ...

movie Nodu Baa Nammoora. Since 2016 he has been actively working in the south film industry. Rajwadi got his major break in films after appearing as an antagonist in '' Bhairava Geetha'' (2018) which was a

Ram Gopal Varma Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born 7 April 1962), often referred to by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema in addition to Bollywood, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada language ...

production. He is also noted for his performances in films like ''

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'' (2017), '' Bharate ''. ''

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''. ''

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''. He is the founder of the Niranthara foundation (established in the year 1999), a theatre group which aims to use theatre to address various social issues.

Early life and career

Bala Rajwadi was born as R Lingaraju on 27 October 1973, to S. Racha Shetty and S.Rajamma, in

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of the erstwhile

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(now

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Filmography

* '' Nodu Baa Nammoora'' (1997) * '' Suli'' (2016) * '' Palllata'' (2016) * '' Vardhan'' (2017) * '' Mass Leader'' (2017) * '' Kataka'' (2017) * ''

Kariya 2 ''Kariya 2'' () is an Indian Kannada action gangster film directed by Prabhu Srinivas starring Santhosh Balaraj in the titular role and Mayuri Kyatari in the opposite lead role. The film is produced by Anekal Balaraj through his production comp ...

'' (2017) * '' Once More Kaurava'' (2017) * '' Nanna Magale Heroine'' (2017) * ''

'' (2017) * ''

Samhaara () is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language romantic action thriller film directed by Guru Deshpande. It stars Chiranjeevi Sarja, Hariprriya, Kavya Shetty, Bala Rajwadi and Chikkanna. The score and soundtrack for the film is by Ravi Basrur and th ...

'' (2018) * ''Idam Premam Jeevanam'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2018) * '' Bhairava Geetha'' (2018) (Telugu and Kannada) * ''

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'' (2018) * '' My Story'' (2018) (Malayalam) * ''

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'' (2019) * '' Ravi History'' (2019) * '' Prayanikara Gamanakke'' (2019) * ''

'' (2019) * ''Anushka'' (2019) * ''Haftha'' (2019) * ''

Bharaate ''Bharaate'' () is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language action drama film written and directed by Chethan Kumar. The film is produced by Suprith under the Sri Jagadguru Movies banner and presented by Sriimurali under Aagastya Enterprises. It features ...

'' (2019) * '' Kademane'' (Yet to release) * ''

'' (2019) * '' Geetha'' (2019) * ''Baddi Magan Lifu'' (2019) * '' Navarathna'' (2019) * '' Siri Lambodara Vivaha'' (2022) * ''

Yellow Gangs ''Yellow Gangs'' is a 2022 Indian Kannada language crime-thriller film directed by Ravindra Parameshwarappa. The film starring Archana Kottige, Dev Devaiah, Bala Rajwadi, Sathya Ummathal, Arunn Jaanu and Sathya B G are in the main roles. Sugna ...

'' (2022) * ''

Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage ''Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage'' () is a 1983 Indian Kannada-language drama film written and directed by Puttanna Kanagal, starring Srinath, Jai Jagadish, Vijayalakshmi Singh, Chandrashekar, Padma Vasanthi, Rekha Rao and T. N. Seetharam. Pl ...

'' (2022) * ''Namasthe Ghost'' (2023)

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