Dr. Rajkumar

Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj (24 April 1929 – 12 April 2006), lebih dikenal dengan nama panggung Dr. Rajkumar, adalah seorang aktor dan penyanyi India yang bekerja di bioskop Kannada. Dianggap sebagai salah satu aktor terhebat dan serba bisa dalam sejarah perfilman India, ia dianggap sebagai ikon budaya dan menyandang status idola pertunjukan siang di diaspora Kannada, di antaranya ia populer disebut sebagai Nata Saarvabhouma (Kaisar Aktor), Bangarada Manushya (Manusia Emas), Vara Nata (Aktor Berbakat), Gaana Gandharva (Penyanyi Surgawi), Rasikara Raja (Raja Penikmat), Kannada Kanteerava dan Rajanna/Annavru (Kakak laki-laki, Raj). Dia dianugerahi Padma Bhushan pada tahun 1983 dan Penghargaan Dadasaheb Phalke pada tahun 1995. Dia adalah satu-satunya aktor utama yang memenangkan Penghargaan Nasional untuk nyanyian Playback. 39 filmnya telah dibuat ulang sebanyak 63 kali dalam 9 bahasa oleh 34 aktor menjadikannya aktor pertama yang filmnya dibuat ulang lebih dari lima puluh kali dan aktor pertama yang filmnya dibuat ulang dalam sembilan bahasa. Dia adalah aktor pertama di India yang memerankan peran berdasarkan James Bond secara penuh. Kesuksesan filmnya Jedara Bale dianggap telah banyak menginspirasi genre obligasi India di industri film India lainnya. Pada kesempatan "Centenary of Indian Cinema" pada bulan April 2013, Forbes memasukkan penampilannya di Bangaarada Manushya dalam daftar "25 Pertunjukan Akting Terbaik Sinema India". Setelah kematiannya, The New York Times menggambarkannya sebagai salah satu bintang film paling populer di India.

Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj (24 April 1929 – 12 April 2006), better known by his stage name Dr. Rajkumar, was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Kannada cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest and versatile actors in the history of Indian cinema, he is considered a cultural icon and holds a matinée idol status in the Kannada diaspora, among whom he is popularly called as Nata Saarvabhouma (Emperor of Actors), Bangarada Manushya (Man of Gold), Vara Nata (Gifted actor), Gaana Gandharva (Celestial singer), Rasikara Raja (King of connoisseurs), Kannada Kanteerava and Rajanna/Annavru (Elder brother, Raj). He was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 1983 and Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1995. He is the only lead actor to win National Award for Playback singing. His 39 movies have been remade 63 times in 9 languages by 34 actors making him the first actor whose movies were remade more than fifty times and the first actor whose movies were remade in nine languages. He was the first actor in India to enact a role which was based on James Bond in a full-fledged manner. The success of his movie Jedara Bale is credited to have widely inspired an Indian bond genre in other Indian film industries. On the occasion of the "Centenary of Indian Cinema" in April 2013, Forbes included his performance in Bangaarada Manushya on its list of "25 Greatest Acting Performances of Indian Cinema". Upon his death, The New York Times had described him as one of India's most popular movie stars.