Actor Prakash Raj

Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj
26-03-1965
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
320
Duet ( Tamil )
Guntur Kaaram

Actor Prakash Raj Movies List

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Prakasham Parathunna Penkutty
Artist : Lal , Sreenivasan , Andrea Jeremiah , Prakash Raj , Shriya Saran
Director : K. R. Unni
OG
OG ( Telugu )
Artist : Pawan Kalyan , Emraan Hashmi , Prakash Raj , Sriya Reddy , ajay ghosh
Director : Sujeeth
Music Director : S. Thaman
Other Versions : OG (Hindi) , OG (Tamil)
Satyabhama
Satyabhama ( Telugu )
Artist : Kajal Agarwal , Naveen Chandra , Prakash Raj , Nagineedu , Harshavardhan
Director : Suman Chikkala
Music Director : Sricharan Pakala
Artist : Sathyaraj , Prakash Raj , Nataraj , Keerthi Chawla , Udhayathara
Director : G.Siva
Music Director : Ilaiyaraaja
Release Status: Unconfirmed
Sila Samayangalil ( Tamil )
Artist : Ashok Selvan , Prakash Raj , Shriya Reddy
Director : Priyadarshan
Music Director : Ilaiyaraaja
Release Status: Unconfirmed
Director : N. V. Nirmal Kumar
Music Director : Yuvan Shankar Raja
Release Status: Unconfirmed
Agni Siragugal ( Tamil )
Artist : Arun Vijay , Vijay Antony , Prakash Raj , Nassar , Raima Sen
Music Director : Vijay Antony
Release Status: Unconfirmed
Guntur Kaaram
Guntur Kaaram ( Telugu )
Artist : Mahesh Babu , Pooja Hegde , Prakash Raj , Jayaram , Ramya Krishnan
Director : Trivikram Srinivas
Music Director : S. Thaman
Release Date: 13-01-2024
Kunjamminis Hospital
Kunjamminis Hospital ( Malayalam )
Artist : Indrajith Sukumaran , Baburaj , Nyla Usha , Prakash Raj , Harisree Ashokan
Director : Sanal V Devan
Music Director : Ranjin Raj
Release Date: 11-08-2023
Voice Of Sathyanathan
Voice Of Sathyanathan ( Malayalam )
Artist : Dileep , Prakash Raj , Makrand Deshpande , Johny Antony , Anupam Kher
Director : Rafi
Music Director : Justin Varghese
Release Date: 28-07-2023
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Popular Prakash Raj Songs

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Singers:

Lyricist:
Duration: 01:35 Minutes
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Ranjithame ( Varisu )
Singers: M.M.Manasi , Vijay

Lyricist: Vivek
Duration: 04:49 Minutes
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Tum Tum ( Enemy )
Singers: Satya Yamini , Roshini , Sri Vardhini , Tejaswini , Aditi

Lyricist: Vivek
Duration: 03:45 Minutes
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Dum Masala ( Guntur Kaaram )
Singers: Thaman S , Sanjith Hegde

Lyricist: Saraswatiputra Ramajogayya Sastry
Duration: 03:32 Minutes

Prakash Raj Biography

Prakash Raj, originally Prakash Rai, is a National Film Award-winning Indian method actor and producer in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil language films. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor in 2009 for his role in Kanchivaram, a Tamil film directed by Priyadarshan, and won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for the Mani Ratnam film Iruvar.Prakash Raj was born to a Tuluva Bunt family in Puttur (near Mangalore), Karnataka,on Mar 26,1965. Now he has shifted his base to Chennai and Hyderabad due to numerous offers from Telugu and Tamil films.Prakash Raj studied in St.Josephs Indian High School in Bangalore. He won the Presidents Scout award in 1982. He later joined St. Josephs College of commerce, Brigade road, Bangalore, where he participated in many plays, most of which were in Kannada.He 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 Rajs debut movie Duet as during that time there was tension between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over Cauvery river. K. Balachander had doubts about Tamil audience accepting a Kannada actor in a prominent role.Prakash Raj began his acting career with Kannada Doordarshan serials like Bisilu Kudure and Guddada Bhootha. He later took up small supporting roles in kannada films like Raamachari, Nishkarsha, Lockup Death and etc and was noticed for his dialogue delivery and histrionics. His breakthrough role came in form of Harakeya Kuri starring Vishnuvardhan and Geetha, directed by K S L Swamy. His performance in the movie was noticed by Geetha and she in turn introduced him to her mentor, the noted director K. Balachander. Prakash Raj re-entered Kannada films with a bang through Nagamandala in 1997, directed by T.S. Nagabharana which was selected for Indian Panorama in the International Film Festival 1997.Prakash Raj is a very famous actor in South India for a wide variety of roles 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. He is also the highest paid villain in Indian cinema. He was also a part of Mani Ratnams stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai. In 1997, he acted in Mani Ratnams Iruvar, alongside Superstar Mohanlal. The movie was about the relationship between politicians M.G. Ramachandran and M. Karunanidhi, which he won the best supporting actor award alongside Mohanlal, who won the best actor award.One of Prakash Rajs greatest hits was his role of Villain in telugu film Okkadu, where he plays the role of factionist, a gangster who is in love with Bhoomika Chawla. After Okkadu, Prakash Raj was flooded with offers. The film was remade in Tamil as Ghilli. The same movie got remade in Kannada as Ajay starring Puneet Rajkumar. The versatile actor then co-starred with major stars and also acted in movies with newcomers. His 2007 production Mozhi, where he played an important role, was a box office hit and praised by critics proving that he can play a comedy role just as good as playing a negative character. Prakash Raj has already had four releases this year, all in which he plays a prominent role. He is acting in more than half a dozen films at the moment including his own production, Abhiyum Naanum.His production venture in Tamil Mozhi, directed by Radhamohan, starring himself, Jyothika, Prithviraj and Swarnamalya was a blockbuster. He recently acted as a rich businessman in Venkat Prabhus second film Saroja, a box-office hit. His latest movie is Abiyum Naanum. He is presently shooting for a Telugu film in Hyderabad called Kotha Bandham - Meeru Naaku Ardham Kaaru, in which he plays an IAS officer.Unfortunately, he has been banned from Telugu Film industry due to the troubles he caused in filmmaking. He is concerned about his productions in Tamil and unable to manage all the fields.

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Prakash Raj Fans Reviews (7)

Hi sir your amazing actor india big fan of you sir. One and only best actor

Nagesh j, Kolar . karanataka on 24-03-2023

What a interview sir I never had this before Wish you the best sir

Ilaiyabharathy, Toronto on 14-02-2016

sir...till today...In any language how many films acted by you...? I'm a big fan of yours...please give me a reply

Abinash Goswami, Guwahati on 28-06-2015

Awesome sir

Pradeep, on 22-09-2014

hii sir nic meeting u my name is khan and iam not a terrorist

rizwan khan, vijayawada on 25-11-2013

he is the one of the best actor in film industry

wilson, on 05-02-2013

DHONI-NOT-OUT.UNFORGETTABLE MOVIE IN TAMIL FILM INDUSTRY.OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF MR.PRAKASHRAJ WITH THE COMBINATION OF GREAT LEGENDERY PERFORMER MAESTRO ILAYARAJA.KEEP GOING SIR.KEEP GROWING.THANKS A LOT FOR GIVING SUCH AN WONDERFULL MOVIE.I AM SPEECHLESS.THANK YOU SIR.

K.MANZUR, on 15-02-2012

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