Biography of chiranjeevi sarja

Indian actor

Chiranjeevi Sarja (17 October 1980 - 7 June 2020) was an Indian film actor who appeared in Kannada films. Hailing from a family of actors, Sarja acted in more than 20 films in a career spanning 11 years.

Early life and family

Sarja was born as the first child of Ammaji and Vijay Kumar.^[3] He comes from a family of actors in the South Indian film industry; his maternal grandfather Shakti Prasad, maternal uncle Arjun Sarja and younger brother Dhruva Sarja are all actors, while another maternal uncle Kishore Sarja was a director.^[4] He completed his schooling from Baldwin Boys' High School before graduating from Vijaya College, Bangalore.

He worked as an assistant director to his uncle Arjun for about four years.^[5]

Career

Sarja appeared in 22 films, beginning with the 2009 film Vayuputra which was directed by his uncle Kishore Sarja^[6] and earned him the Innovative Film Award for Best Debut (Male).