Vijay Raghavendra

Vijay Raghavendra is an Indian film actor who appears predominantly in Kannada films Referred to popularly as Chinnari Mutha Vijay is the son of producer S A Chinne Gowda and nephew of actor Rajkumar Vijay started his career as a child artist through the film Chalisuva Modagalu 1982 and won critical acclaims for his performances in Chinnari Mutha 1993 and Kotreshi Kanasu 1994 The latter film won him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist His first adult lead role was in Ramoji Raos production titled Ninagagi in 2002 which was a commercial success and one of the highestgrossing films of the year However his subsequent projects underperformed at the box office until he was noticed for his role in the T S Nagabharanas period drama Kallarali Hoovagi in 2006 followed by his home production film Sevanthi Sevanthi in the same year For playing the role of Puttaraj Gawai in the biographical film Shivayogi Sri Puttayyajja in 2016 Vijay won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor In 2013 by public vote Vijay won the first season of the game show Bigg Boss the Indian version of Celebrity Big Brother currently produced by Endemol India