Rajanand

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{{Infobox person

| name = Rajanand

| image = Actor-Rajanand-pic.jpg

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| birth_name = Venkataraju{{cite web|url=http://www.kannadaratna.com/cinema/hero/rajanand.html|title=ನಟ, ನಾಟಕಕಾರ ರಾಜಾನಂದ್ ಒಂದು ನೆನಪು|publisher=kannadaratna.com|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927081051/http://www.kannadaratna.com/cinema/hero/rajanand.html|archivedate=2017-09-27}}

| birth_date = 2 December 1927{{cite web |url=https://www.chitraloka.com/flash-back/3220-rajanand-dead.html |title=Rajanand Dead |publisher=chitraloka.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526191036/https://www.chitraloka.com/flash-back/3220-rajanand-dead.html |archivedate=2018-05-26 }}

| death_date = 26 August 2004 (aged 77){{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/26/stories/2004082604230500.htm |title=Rajanand is dead |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609104621/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/26/stories/2004082604230500.htm |work=The Hindu |date=2004-08-26 |archivedate=2018-06-09 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mysoresamachar.com/rajanand.htm |title=Veteran Cine Actor Rajanand Dead |publisher=mysoresamachar.com |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017082618/http://www.mysoresamachar.com/rajanand.htm |archivedate=2016-10-17 }}

| death_place = Mysore, India

| occupation = {{hlist|Film actor|drama/theater artist|drama script writer}}

| birth_place = Haranhalli, Arsikere, Hassan, Karnataka

| spouse = Vimalamma

| children = 3

| nationality = Indian

| parents =

}}

Venkataraju known by his professional name Rajanand (1927-2004), was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Rajanand as an actor include Operation Diamond Racket (1978), Mayura (1975), and Eradu Kanasu (1974).{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&q=Rajanand+kannada+actor&pg=PT225 |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |isbn=9781135943189 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526190425/https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PT225&lpg=PT225&dq=Rajanand+kannada+actor&source=bl&ots=VCZxMxuA7k&sig=CAqD5dblGA2eZaoKBlpgcIg7YO0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjTlPPHz6LbAhWJdn0KHWCqAxk4ChDoAQhrMAk#v=onepage&q=Rajanand%20kannada%20actor&f=false |archivedate=2018-05-26 |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |date=10 July 2014 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.karnatakanews.com/library |title=Media library |publisher=karnatakanews.com |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923090505/http://karnatakanews.com/library |archivedate=2017-09-23 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.cinecircle.in/cinema_news/SHANKAR-NAG-AWARDS-41116.html |title=SHANKAR NAG AWARDS ON NOV 9 |publisher=cinecircle.in |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526191412/http://www.cinecircle.in/cinema_news/SHANKAR-NAG-AWARDS-41116.html |archivedate=2018-05-26 }}