Facts
- His birth name is Nagaraj Ambaar, and he was known as RJ Nagaraj during his radio career.
- He started his entertainment career as a radio presenter in Mangaluru.
- He acted in short films and television serials before making his feature-film debut.
- His first feature film was the Tulu movie Barke, released in 2014.
- Pilibail Yamunakka became an important early success in his Tulu-film career.
- He became widely known in Kannada cinema after playing Adi in Dia.
- As a child, he developed an interest in dancing and reportedly learned Michael Jackson's moonwalk by watching videos and shows.
- He has worked in multiple Indian languages, including Kannada, Tulu, Hindi, Marathi and Tamil.
- He married Parul Shukla in 2019.
- The couple has a daughter named Charvie, born in March 2022.
- Ambaar has said that his first directorial venture would be in Tulu because of his emotional connection to his mother tongue.
