Praveen Tej is an Indian film and television actor, known for his works in

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 ...

. Praveen made his feature film debut in Kannada film industry with '' Jolly Days'' (2009). He is known for his performance in ''

Simpallag Innondh Love Story ''Simpllag Innondh Love Story'' is a 2016 Indian Kannada-language romantic-comedy road film written and directed by Suni and featuring stars Praveen Tej, Meghana Gaonkar. It is the spiritual successor of directors debut venture '' Simple Agi On ...

'' (2016) and ''

Mundina Nildana ''Mundina Nildana'' is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language film written and directed by Vinay Bharadwaj, and produced by Coastal Breeze Productions. The film stars Praveen Tej, Radhika Chetan and Ananya Kashyap in lead roles. The posters are design ...

'' (2019).

Early life

Praveen Tej was born on 3 December 1984 in

Hosanagara Hosanagara is a panchayat town in Shimoga district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is nested in western ghats of India. The World Cattle Conference with main emphasis on cow was held in month of April 2007 in Hosanagar. The different use ...

Shimoga district Shimoga district, officially known as Shivamogga district, is a district in the Karnataka state of India. A major part of Shimoga district lies in the Malnad region or the Sahyadri. Shimoga city is its administrative centre. Jog Falls view po ...

to Lakshmana Gowda and Padmavathi.

Career

He made his debut in the Kannada film industry with movie '' Jolly Days'' (2009), where he played one of the lead roles, Praveena. He was later part of a

reality show aired on

Suvarna TV Star Suvarna is an Indian Kannada language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The channel telecasts Kannada language programmes such as dra ...

, ''Pyate Mandi Kadige Bandru'' (2011). He acted television series, Radha Kalyana (2012) was aired

Zee Kannada Zee Kannada is an Indian Kannada pay television GEC that was launched in the year 2006 and owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It is also being as the first mainstream satellite channel in Kannada. History Zee Kannada was launched in 2006 ...

. Praveen later starred in film ''Aantharya'' as Krishna (2013) directed by Anney Santhosh Gowda. He played the role of Kush in the film ''

'' (2016), a sequel of Kannada hit ''

Simple Agi Ondh Love Story ''Simple Agi Ondh Love Story'' (or ''Simpalaag Ond Love Story'') is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Suni, and stars Rakshit Shetty and Shwetha Srivatsav. The film was remade in Telugu in 2018 as '' Idi ...

''. His other films ''5G'' (2017), ''Kuchiku Kuchiku'' (2018). His next movie was the crime thriller '' Churikatte'' in 2018. He acted in the film ''Striker'' (2019). His next movie, ''

'' (2019) was a hit.

Personal life

Praveen married Deepika Nazre in 2014 and has a son.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tej, Praveen 1984 births Living people Indian male television actors Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors People from Shimoga district Actors in Kannada cinema Male actors in Kannada television