Prajwal Devaraj

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Prajwal Devaraj (born 4 July 1987) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Kannada cinema.^[2] He made his debut with the Kannada film Sixer (2007) for which he won the Best Debut actor award at the Suvarna Film Awards.^[3] This was followed by the gangster drama Geleya (2007) which was a box-office success. Prajwal has been appreciated for his recent films like Chowka (2017), Gentleman (2020) and Inspector Vikram (2021).^[4]

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Prajwal Devaraj
Prajwal Devaraj in 2015
Born	(1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 (age 38)[1] Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Alma mater	Jain University, Bengaluru
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present
Parent	Devaraj
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His films include Meravanige (2008), Gulama (2009), Murali Meets Meera (2011), Super Shastri (2013) and Galaate (2013). For his performance in Gentleman (2020), he won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor.^[5]

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†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Sixer	Rahul	Won—Suvarna Best Debut Actor
	Geleya	Guru
2008	Gange Baare Thunge Baare	Harsha
	Meravanige	Vijay
2009	Jeeva	Jeeva
	Gulama	Anil
	Kencha	Rahul
2010	Nannavanu	Bharadwaj
2011	Kote	Vignesh
	Murali Meets Meera	Murali
	Mr. Duplicate	Nandu
	Bhadra	Bhadra
2012	Sagar	Sagar
	Gokula Krishna	Krishna
	Super Shastri	Subramanya Shastri
2013	Galaate	Abhi
	Ziddi	Krishna
2014	Angaaraka	Viji
	Savaal	Arjun
	Jamboo Savari	Balu
	Neenade Naa	Dev	First home production film
2015	Mrugashira	Prajwal
	Arjuna	Arjun
2016	Madha Mathu Manasi	Mass Madha
	Bhujanga	Bhujanga	25th film
2017	Chowka	Mohammed Anwar
2018	Life Jothe Ondh Selfie	Virat
	Ananthu vs Nusrath	Dr. Nisar Ahmed	Cameo appearance
2019	Yajamana	Himself	Cameo appearance in the "Shivanandi" song
	Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya	Jeeva	Cameo appearance
2020	Gentleman	Bharath	Won—SIIMA Award Best Actor Critics – Kannada Won—Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor[9]
2021	Inspector Vikram	Vikram
	Arjun Gowda	Arjun Gowda	[10]
2022	Abbara	Shiva	[11]
2023	Veeram	Veru	[12]
	Tatsama Tadbhava	Aravind Ashwatthama
2025	Gana	Gana	[13][14]
	Rakshasa	Satya	[15]
	Mafia †	Dr. Sathyanaryan	Filming[16]

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3. ^ "Suvarna Awards". Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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10. ^ "Prajwal devaraj as Arjun Gowda". The New Indian Express. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
11. ^ Lokesh, Vinay. "Rajshri Ponnappa, Nimika Ratnakar and Lekha Chandra in Prajwal Devaraj's next - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
12. ^ "Prajwal Devaraj: Veeram will be on the lines of Gelaya and Gulama". Cinema Express. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
13. ^ "ಪ್ರಜ್ವಲ್ ದೇವರಾಜ್‌ ಹೊಸ ಸಿನಿಮಾಕ್ಕೆ ನಾಯಕಿ ಫಿಕ್ಸ್‌; 'ಶಿವಲಿಂಗ' ಬೆಡಗಿ ಜೊತೆ 'ಡೈನಾಮಿಕ್ ಪ್ರಿನ್ಸ್' ಡ್ಯುಯೆಟ್". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 12 January 2022.
14. ^ govindaraj.s. "Prajwal Devaraj: ಡೈನಾಮಿಕ್ ಪ್ರಿನ್ಸ್ ನಟನೆಯ 'ಗಣ' ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಮುಹೂರ್ತ". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Kannada). Retrieved 12 January 2022.
15. ^ "Prajwal Devaraj ventures into horror with 'Rakshasa'". NewIndianExpress.com. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
16. ^ "Prajwal Devaraj back in cop avatar for 'Mafia'". The New Indian Express. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
17. ^ "Haripriya, Prajwal Devraj, and Master Harsha to judge reality show 'Dance Dance' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
18. ^ Daithota, Madhu. "Prajwal Devaraj set for his big television debut as judge for dance reality show - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

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