Shivaraj Kumar (real name Putta Swamy) is a kannada superstar. He is the son of legendary Kannada matinée Dr.Rajkumar. Graduated in B.E (Chemical Engineering), Shivaraj Kumar made his screen appearance in Singeetham Srinivas Rao’s 'Anand'. Shivanna's first three movies ‘Anand’, ‘Rathasapthami’ and ‘Mana Mechchida Hudugi’ in a row completed silver jubilee and earned him the title "Hatrick Hero - Shivraj Kumar". He has completed 23 years in film industry and has given several hit movies. His films like 'Anand', 'Rathasapthami',‘Om’,‘Janumada Jodi’, ‘Nammura Mandara Hoove’, ‘AK 47’, ‘Preethse’, 'Jogi' proved successful at the box office. Today with over 90 Kannada films to his credit, Shivrajkumar maintains the standards set by his father to some extent.Shivanna has won year 2005 Best Actor award for his film Chigurida Kanasu Shivaraj Kumar is the eldest son born on 12 July 1961 in Bangalore, in Karnataka, to Sri Rajkumar and Smt Parvatamma.He has two sisters and two brothers; his younger brother, Raghavendra Rajkumar is a film producer and a film actor, his youngest brother, Puneet Rajkumar is also a Kannada film actor. After his graduation at Madras University,Shivaraj kumar,on the insistence of K.Balachander joined an acting school in Madras. Trained in Kuchupudi dance from Vempetti Chinni Sathyam in Madras during the college days, he was well versed in dancing made a grand entry into the kannada film industry with Mega Hit "Anand". Shivaraj Kumar married Geeta, the daughter of Former Chief minister of Karnataka S.Bangarappa. The couple have two children - two daughters. hivaraj Kumar is the eldest son born on 12 July 1961 in Bangalore, in Karnataka, to Sri Rajkumar and Smt Parvatamma.He has two sisters and two brothers; his younger brother, Raghavendra Rajkumar is a film producer and a film actor, his youngest brother, Puneet Rajkumar is also a Kannada film actor. After his gradua Shivaraj Kumar has appeared in primarily Kannada language films. Several of his films have been dubbed into English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.