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Tiptur Ramaraju Narasimharaju (24 July 1923 – 11 July 1979) was a very popular Kannada actor specialising in roles that required ample comic timing. He was the comedy stalwart of the Kannada film industry. He acted in more than 250 Kannada films between 1954 and 1979. He was also referred to as Hasya Chakravarti.
Narasimharaju or Narasimha Raju is the name of two Indian actors:
- Narasimharaju (Kannada actor) (1926–1979), Indian comedian
- Narasimharaju (Telugu actor)
Narasimha Raju' or Narasimharaju is famous Telugu actor.
He was known as Andhra Kamal Haasan. He rose to the heights of stardom with his movies, Needaleni Adadi, Turpu Padamara, Kanyakumari, Idekkadi Nyayam and Jaganmohini. He was considered the folk hero of the generation next to that of N. T. Rama Rao and Tadepalli Lakshmi Kanta Rao.
He has debuted in 1974 with the film Needa Leni Aadadi of Navashakthi Films banner by Parvathaneni Gangadhara Rao. It is also debut film for actress Prabha. The film ran for a hundred days and commercially successful. He started getting offers from the others.
The film Jaganmohini (1978) directed by B. Vittalacharya became a blockbuster. Later, he has acted in the films like Gandhrava Kanya, Mantradandam, Mohini Sapatham, all directed by Vittalacharya. He has also worked with other directors as a folklore hero in films like Triloka Sundari (1980) under Singeetam Srinivasa Rao. He has acted in about 100 films in two decades.
He is married and had a son and a daughter. Both are married, and he had grand children.