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Prajwal Poovaiah (born on August 1st) who was also known as Prajju Poovaiah is an Indian film actress. She has acted mainly in Kannada language films and also appears in Telugu,Tamil and Tulu films.

Early life
She is born to Coorgi parents Poovaiah Machimada and Latha Poovaiah. Her dad has served in The Indian Army. She hails from Coorg, and she did and her Schooling in Mangalore and has done her engineering and also got trained in Acting from Whistling Woods International in Mumbai.

Prajwal faced the camera for the first time at the age of 14 for a KMF add in Mangalore.

She has represented the state in the sport Hockey. And has also been a part of a prestigious dance competition Boogie Woogie in the Hindi entertainment Sony Channel at the age of 14. She is a trained Indian classical and a freestyle dancer.

Debut
Prajwal Poovaiah debuted in Kannada movie Bheema Teeradalli (Kannada: ಭೀಮ ತೀರದಲ್ಲಿ) in a prominent role opposite Duniya Vijay.

It was released in 2012, a biopic action film directed by Om Prakash Rao and produced-shot by cinematographer Anaji Nagaraj. The film's shooting began on the auspicious day of Ugadi in 2011. It is based on the character ‘Chandya’,one of the members of a dreaded gang who adds a human touch to his work.

Film Career
After that she debuted in the Kannada film Bheema Teeradalli she was offered as a female lead in the movie Paatharagithi in Kannada as a strong female protagonist which is released in 2015. In the same year in 2015 her Tamil film Vettaiyadu released. Since then Prajwal happened to work in many other Kannada films and also worked in Tulu,Telugu and Tamil movies respectively.

Prajwal Poovaiah performed in a Tulu film Oriyan Thoonda Oriyagapuji which was released in 2015 had a successful run at the box office. In 2016, she starred in Asthitva Kannada thriller film. The movie is a remake of the 2012 Tamil thriller Naan which itself was inspired by the 1999 movie The Talented Mr. Ripley. Her next films released were Adarsha (Kannada) in 2018, Galli Bakery (Kannada) in 2018 and Prema Antha Easy Kadu (Telugu) in 2019.

Awards

 * IHRC Women Achiever of The Year 2017
 * Field Marshal Kariappa Award
 * Karnataka Kala Kusuma Prashasti
 * DS Max Award