Actor Prasanna

Prasanna is a Tamil film actor in the Tamil film industry. He made his debut as a lead actor in the Tamil film Five Star in 2002, which was produced by Mani Ratnam. Apart from lead roles, he has also played supporting roles and villain roles. His film Achchamundu! Achchamundu!, in which he starred along side American actor John Shea, was showcased at many international film festivals, such as Shanghai and Cairo. He is currently the host of the game show Honeymoon Jodigal on Sun TV.

His father was an employee in BHEL and his mother is a housewife. Prasanna was really good at doing mimicry and acting, when he was in school and college. This quality of our young star got him the first opportunity. He was still a student of engineering (Saranathan College of Engineering) when he responded to an open audition for actors in Susi Ganesans Five Star.

Five Star marked Prasannas film debut. The film was produced by Mani Ratnams Madras Talkies it was well received by critics and performed modestly at the box office. Prasannas next two films, however, did not fare well commercially. After Five Star, his noteworthy performance came in Azhagiya Theeye. The film, involving an ensemble cast, was produced by Prakash Rajs Duet Films and directed by Radhamohan. It was once again with a Prakash Raj production - Kanda Naal Muthal - that Prasanna tasted true commercial success. The film was directed by Priya V. and costarred Laila and Karthik Kumar. His role of a modern day Villain was a huge hit in Mysskins movie Anjathey. His negative role was praised by the audience. His film Achchamundu! Achchamundu! with actress Sneha was very well received internationally.