Rajinikanth Vellalacheruvu

Rajinikanth Vellalacheruvu
Rajinikanth Vellalacheruvu
	Rajinikanth Vellalacheruvu (Tv9 Rajinikanth)
Born	9 January 1975 (age 49); Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
🏳️ Nationality	Indian
🏫 Education	Telugu University; Nagarjuna University
💼 Occupation	Journalist
📆 Years active	2003–present
🏢 Organization	TV9
Notable credit(s)	BigNewsBigDebate With Rajinikanth TV9,; 7pm news tonight

Tv9 Rajinikanth (full name: Rajinikanth Vellalacheruvu^[1]) (born 9 January 1975) is an Indian journalist and television news anchor. He is the Executive Editor of the news channel TV9.

Vallelacheruvu Rajinikanth is the news Executive editor of TV9, the most watched news channel run in Telugu in the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. On TV9, he anchored Big News Big Debate With Rajinikanth, a live debate,^[2] that at 8 pm (IST) weekdays on the channel. He is responsible for the content that is telecast on TV9 and is also involved in the daily planning of the content including special programs, special stories, debates, campaigns and editorial content..^[3] Rajinikanth leads debates with senior most politicians like Chief ministers and cabinet ministers, heads of political parties and important personalities. Rajinikanth did anchoring thousands of episodes. His first programme open form successfully completed 1200 episodes. After he did 7 pm (IST) news tonight and 9 pm (IST) live show. Currently he is doing BIGNEWS BIG DEBATE at 8pm Monday to Friday in TV9.

Early life and education[edit]

Rajinikanth Vallelacheruvu was born in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh on 9 January 1975^[4]). Achieved Master of Communication and Journalism from Potti Sriramulu Telugu University in the year 2009. Bachelor’s degree from Nagarjuna University in the year 1996.

Career[edit]

He started as correspondent in Vaartha Telugu daily and later joined SITI-Cable channel as bureau chief. Posted which He started his career in TV9 as a senior correspondent and now he has grown to the level of Executive editor. He is responsible for the total content and he is considered to be the face of the channel. He is very strong in political analysis and social issues. Rajinikanth leads debates with senior most politicians like Chief minister and cabinet ministers, heads of political parties and important personalities. Rajinikanth did anchoring in various debates and discussions which are aired in TV9. His first programme open form successfully completed 1200 episodes. After he did 7pm news tonight and 9pm live show. Currently he is doing BIGNEWS BIG DEBATE at 8pm Monday to Friday in tv9. He is master in election ground reporting and counting presentation. He received the prestigious National Television Award in the category of the best news presenter for the year 2009. TV9 group has channels also in Kannada, Gujarati and Marathi. The English version of TV9 channel is `News 9’ and it is the most watched news channel in Karnataka.

Vaartha News[edit]

Duration: September, 1995 to 1998[edit]

Started his career in the field of journalism by taking up a job in the print media. Worked as a reporter in Vaartha daily for a period of 3 years and was looking after the district related social issues as well as the District Collector. Many of his news articles and stories have raised many eyebrows as most of them were people centric unresolved issues.

Siticable[edit]

Duration: September, 1998 to 2003[edit]

Right from the advent of Electronic media, he was associated with siti cable and was responsible for producing 4 news bulletins a day. Managed a big team and was responsible in initiating day to day work from them. Worked both as a field reporter as well as a studio news presenter. Perform the tasks of maintaining accuracy, consistency, and flow of style in all pieces of the news.

TV9[edit]

Duration: November 2003 till date[edit]

Rajinikanth is the Executive Editor, Responsible for guiding reporters and assignment desk in producing daily bulletins and other breaking news. Handling tasks pertaining to political desk and planning major events. Thorough check of final work of reporters and inaccuracies in the content, if any. Ideating in areas of editorial coverage and presentation to improve relevancy and efficiency of news. Implementing workflow and maintain standard of the news in terms of production and content. Handling the tasks of scheduling staff activities as well as evaluating the performance of staff. Providing feedback with regards to news content, scripts and news stories as and when required. Presenting the Prime Time News bulletin that focuses on current issue with indepth analysis.

Popular Shows[edit]

Rajinikanth's few of his popular shows:

Year	Show Name	Language
2005 - 2008	Open forum	Telugu
2008 - 2012	Question hour	Telugu
2008 - 2014	News tonight @7pm	Telugu
2009 - 2012	9pm live show	Telugu
2017 - till date	Big News Big Debate	Telugu

Awards[edit]

Rajinikanth has been nominated for and received several awards:

2005 – Cini growers television awards

2006 – Cini growers television awards

2008 – CMS award for presenting a news debate programme

2009 – Received the National Television Awards award as the best news presenter

2010 – TATA DOCOMO Local TV award as the best news presenter

References[edit]

↑ Rajinikanth Vallelacheruvu. "Rajini's TV9 Debate Live".
↑ Rajini's Live Debate. "Big News Big Debate With Rajinikanth".
↑ "TV9 Live".
↑ Rajinikanth Vallelacheruvu. "Rajini's Birth Day Celebration".

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[1] Rajinikanth Vallelacheruvu. "Rajini's TV9 Debate Live".

[2] Rajini's Live Debate. "Big News Big Debate With Rajinikanth".

[3] "TV9 Live".

[4] Rajinikanth Vallelacheruvu. "Rajini's Birth Day Celebration".

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