Raj Narayan is an Indian actor who works in predominantly Kannada and English-language films. He is known for playing one of the leads in '' U Turn'' (2016).

Career

Roger Narayan studied engineering at

BITS Pilani Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) is a Deemed university in Pilani, Jhunjhunu, India. It focuses primarily on higher education and research in engineering and sciences. After expansion to a campus in Dubai, it has ...

before deciding to pursue his passion of becoming an actor. He subsequently learned acting in several institutions. He changed his stage name from Raj to Roger so that he would not be cast in stereotypical Indian roles. He played supporting roles in several films and television shows before debuting as a lead actor with the multilingual ''Hola Venky'' (2014), which was shot in India. He garnered recognition for his role in the

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

film '' U Turn'' (2016) as a

sub-inspector Sub-inspector (SI), or sub-inspector of police, is a rank used extensively in South Asia: in the police forces of Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka, which is primarily based on the British model. It was formerly used in most British col ...

of police. He played the role of an

iyengar Iyengar (also spelt Ayyangar or Aiyengar, pronounced ) refers to the name of an ethnoreligious community of Tamil-speaking Hindu Brahmins, whose members follow Sri Vaishnavism and the Visishtadvaita philosophy propounded by Ramanuja. Found ...

in ''

The Man Who Knew Infinity ''The Man Who Knew Infinity'' is a 2015 British biographical drama film about the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, based on the 1991 book of the same name by Robert Kanigel. The film stars Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan, a real-lif ...

'' (2015) and starred in ''417 Miles'', another multilingual venture. He starred in ''

Humble Politician Nograj ''Humble Politician Nograj'' is a 2018 Indian Kannada-language comedy film written and directed by Saad Khan. The film stars Danish Sait, who plays the title character of Nograj, a narcissistic politician. The film was produced by Pushkara Mallik ...

'' (2018) as a NRI politician. In a review of the film, a critic noted that "Roger Narayan is a perfect fit as Arun Patil". Roger Narayan made his debut as an antagonist with the Malayalam film ''

My Story My Story may refer to: Literature Fiction * ''My Story'' (Scholastic New Zealand), a series of historical novels for children * ''My Story'' (Scholastic UK), a series of historical novels for children Autobiographies * ''My Story'' (Cla ...

'' (2018) and also played the antagonist in the Kannada film '' Chambal'' (2019).

Filmography

; As a lyricist *'' Vismaya'' (2017) for "Kaaki Shirt-Ina"

Television

*''All television shows are in English, unless otherwise noted.''

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Narayan, Roger Living people Male actors in Kannada cinema Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors Year of birth missing (living people)