Actor prakash raj profile|biography

Born 26, 1965

Place of Birth: Mangalore, Karnataka

Occupation: actor and producer

Spouse: Lalitha Kumari (1994-2009)

Pony Verma (2010- present)

Prakash Raj is a famous actor
and producer from Karnataka in South India and  has
acted in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi
films.

His original name Prakash Rai, in Kannada screen
was rechristened to Prakash Raj by K. Balachander, for
Prakash Raj’s, debut movie in Tamil Duet. Prakash Raj’s
mother tongue is Kannada.He began his acting career
with Kannada serials, like Bisilu Kudure and Guddada
Bhootha.

He later took up small supporting roles in Kannada films, like Raamachari, etc. Prakash Raj’s
breakthrough role came in form of Harakeya Kuri starring
Vishnuvardhan and Geetha.

His performance in the movie was noticed by Geetha and
she in turn introduced Prakash Raj to her mentor, the
noted director K. Balachander. He re-entered Kannada
films with a bang through Nagamandala in 1997, directed
by the award winning director T.S Nagabharana and
continues to act in a number of Kannada movies every
year.

He is a very famous actor in South India for a wide
variety of roles that he has performed, most notably as a
villain and of late, as a character artiste, in Tamil and
Telugu; he is considered to be one of the most natural
actors in the film industry, and has a good reputation for
his acting skills. Prakash Raj was also a part of Mani
Ratnam’s stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai.

Prakash Raj has also won several awards including two
national awards:
One for the Best supporting actor in Iruvar and also a
special jury award for his exemplary performance in
Dhaya – his first directorial venture.
Recently Prakash Raj took on the mantle of producer
and has produced 3 movies in Tamil (Kollywood). Out of
the three movies he produced two are box-office hits
and also are critically acclaimed. Prakash Raj’s movies
are generally acclaimed by the audience as good quality
movies and are also considered as family entertainers.

Also as a producer Prakash Raj’s selection of movies
typically have natural storylines. He is now producing a
movie named Poi,lie in English, which is directed by his
mentor and veteran director K.
Balachander, who is
incidentally directing his 101st film.
Also as a producer Prakash Raj’s selection of movies
typically have natural storylines. He is now producing a
movie named Poi,lie in English, which is directed by his
mentor and veteran director K. Balachander, who is
incidentally directing his 101st film.