Kitty (actor)

Kitty
Born	Raja Krishnamoorthy (1952-11-26) 26 November 1952 Mumbai, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Kitty
Occupation(s)	Film director screenwriter Actor
Years active	1987–present

Raja Krishnamoorthy, popularly known as Kitty is an Indian director, screenwriter and actor, primarily working in the Tamil film industry. Notable also for his work in Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi cinema, he directed the film Dasarathan (1993). He made his acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Nayakan, released in 1987.

Early life

He was born and brought up in Bombay (now Mumbai). He worked as Union General Secretary while studying college, his principal recommended him to pursue management course. He subsequently studied on Bajaj institute and become an HR. He then shifted to Chennai and worked as manager at Chola Hotel and was therefore known as "Chola" Krishnamurthy. He wrote short stories for Saavi magazine through which he gained friendship with Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam. He briefly worked as General Manager at Enfield which he quit to pursue acting as a career. Ratnam recommended Kitty to join as assistant director for Nayakan (1987) while also playing a small role in it. He played negative roles in Soora Samharam and Sathya both starring Haasan.

He has done his masters in management studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, 1975. He started with Mukund Iron & Steel as Management Trainee and Personnel Officer; he was with ITC Welcome Group as Personnel Manager and Regional Personnel Manager, and subsequently, with Enfield India Limited as General Manager (Human Resources). Between June 2000 and March 2002, he worked actively with Polaris Software Lab Ltd., an organization of 2600 people, as consultant and President of Human Resources. From July 2002 to August 2005, he was leading the Consulting and training Division, as Principal Consultant – at ProLease India Pvt. Ltd., part of the Washington DC–based Interpro Group. Currently, he heads the Consulting and Training Division and directs the HRD function at talent Maximus.

Other works

Apart from acting, he is the director HRD of Talent Maximus India Ltd. He wrote a book called Rajini Punchtantra: Business and Life management. He has contested in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election in Velachery constituency as an Independent candidate and lost the election.

Filmography

Tamil films

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Nayakan	Shaktivelu's father
1988	En Thangachi Padichava	Karunakaran
1988	Nallavan	Vikram
1988	Sathya	Dhandapani	Voice dubbed by SPB
1988	Kadarkarai Thaagam	Govind
1989	Vaaikolupu	Suguvanam
1988	Soora Samhaaram	Mohandas
1989	Raja Chinna Roja	Bhaskar's associate
1989	Raaja Raajathan
1989	Anbu Kattalai
1989	Thaai Naadu	Lieutenant Colonel Prithiviraj
1989	Thalaippu Seithigal
1990	Sandhana Kaatru
1990	Jagathalaprathapan	Subash
1990	Adhisaya Manithan	Sebastian
1990	Durga	Durga's Uncle
1990	Paalam	ACP Rajan Sharma
1991	Vetri Padigal		Guest appearance
1991	Sendhoora Devi	Jagannath
1991	Vasanthakala Paravai
1991	Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu
1991	Thalapathi	Inspector
1992	Oor Mariyadhai	Muthupandi Thevar	Guest appearance
1992	Suriyan
1993	Aadhityan	Zamindar
1994	Pavithra	Dr. Nambiar
1995	Baashha	Police Commissioner
1995	Bombay	Basheer Bhai
1995	Karnaa	Karnaa's adopted father
1995	Mayabazar	Moorthy
1995	Nadodi Mannan	Meenakshi's father
1995	Periya Kudumbam	Sundarapandi
1996	Krishna	Lizy's father
1996	Nethaji	Karuna Murthy
1997	Arunachalam	Kurian
1997	Raman Abdullah
1998	Dhinamdhorum	Aadhi's father
1999	Dubashi	Rama Rao
2000	Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven
2001	Minnale	Reena's father
2001	Badri	Badri's father
2002	Baba	Bhai
2002	Ivan
2009	Ananda Thandavam	Raghu's father
2010	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	Sivakumar – Karthik's father
2013	Chennaiyil Oru Naal
2013	Singam II	Minister Sethuraman
2013	Mathapoo	Pooja's father
2014	Ramanujan	Seshu Iyer
2014	Appuchi Gramam	ISRO Scientist
2015	JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai	JK's father
2015	Eli	DIG Rangarajan
2015	Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka	Mudaliar's Assistant
2016	Saithan	Psychiatrist
2017	Aramm	Government Official
2022	Vezham	Joseph
2023	Farhana
2023	Pichaikkaran 2
2024	Joshua Imai Pol Kaakha
2024	Neela Nira Sooriyan

As director

Year	Film	Notes
1993	Dasarathan
1996	Krishna

As dubbing artist

Year	Film	Actor	Notes
1994	Kadhalan	Girish Karnad
1997	Minsara Kanavu	Girish Karnad
1998	Kannedhirey Thondrinal	Rathan
1998	Uyire		for the character extremist chief
2004	Chellamae	Girish Karnad
2016	24	Girish Karnad

As lyricist

Year	Film	Song(s)	Notes
1993	Dasarathan	"Chinna Ponnu", "Unnai Kandu"

Other language films

Telugu films

Year	Film	Role	Language
1989	Muddula Mavayya		Telugu
1990	Doctor Bhavani		Telugu
1990	Lorry Driver	Ranganayakulu	Telugu
1990	Rao Gari Intlo Rowdy	Alexander	Telugu
1992	Laati		Telugu
1997	Hitler	Aadiseshu	Telugu
1997	Devudu	MLA Sarweswara Rao	Telugu
1999	Thammudu	Viswanadh	Telugu
2010	Rakht Charitra 1 Rakht Charitra II	Narasimha Reddy	/Telugu
2016	Malupu	Mudaliar's Assistant	Telugu
2016	Sarrainodu	CM	Telugu

Malayalam films

Year	Film	Role
1994	The City	Sharma
1996	Yuvathurki	Jaypal
1996	Mahathma	David Abraham
1997	Masmaram	Darshan Das
1997	Gangothri	Buvaneswar Tripadi
1999	Olympiyan Anthony Adam	D.G.P Krishnan Nair
2000	Devadoothan	William Ignatius
2022	Jana Gana Mana	Alok Varma

Hindi films

Year	Film	Role
1998	Kabhi Na Kabhi	Kitty
2001	Nayak	Bhim Rao
2004	Phir Milenge
2010	Rakht Charitra 1 Rakht Charitra II	Narasimha Reddy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Television
2010	Rakt Sambandh	Mr. Savratkar (Sandhya's Father)	Hindi	Ndtv Imagine
2012	Dharmayutham	Sundaram	Tamil	Vijay TV
2013	Rajakumari		Tamil	Sun TV
2018	America Mappillai	Rangarajan	Tamil	ZEE5

References

General

• Parthasarathy, Anusha (29 January 2011). "Packing a punch". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
• Sridharan, Malavikka (26 September 2015). "Arvind Swamy has more in the 'Kitty'". News Today. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.

External links

• Raja Krishnamoorthy at IMDb