Rambo Rajkumar

Rambo Rajkumar
Born 21 October 1956
Tamil Nadu, India
Died April 26, 2009(2009-04-26) (aged 52)
Occupation action choreographer, stunt co-ordinator
Years active 1989-2009

Rambo Rajkumar, born Rajkumar (21 October 1956 – 26 April 2009), was an Indian Stunt director and Action Choreographer. He was the son of T. K. Parameshwar, who himself was in the stunt department. Rajkumar was a very highly respected Stunt director and has worked in more than 450 films in all Indian languages and is known for his close association with actor Mithun Chakraborty. His posthumous release was the film Aayirathil Oruvan and Aadukalam.

He earned the prefix of 'Rambo' because of his style of realistic close combat scenes, which resembled Sylvester Stallone's style in the movie, Rambo.[1] Top Stunt masters like Kanal Kannan, Stun Siva, Peter Hein, Thalapathy Dinesh, Stunt Silva, Jaguar Thangam have worked as either stuntmen or stunt assistants to him.

On 26 April 2009, while filming for Kurradu a Telugu remake of the tamil movie Polladhavan in Hyderabad, Rajkumar suffered from a heart attack and died later that day.[2][3]

Rajkumar has a son and two daughters. His eldest son 'Rambo' Navakant is an associate stunt director and short film maker. His second daughter is R.K Navalakshmi is a radio jockey with Suryan FM and is married to actor Ramesh Thilak. His youngest daughter R.K.Navadevi is a costume designer in the film industry..

A film directed by actor/director Prabhu deva starring actor Shahid Kapoor released in 2013, R... Rajkumar was first named as Rambo Rajkumar, but the name was later changed owing to copyright issues.[4]

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