Prashanth Thyagarajan
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 Prashanth in Ponnar Sankar |
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| Born | Prashanth Thyagarajan April 6, 1973 Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1990–2006, 2011 |
Prashanth (Tamil: பிரசாந்த்; born as Prashanth Thyagarajan on 6 April 1973 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian film actor who appeared in several Tamil films, as well as a few Telugu films, Hindi and Malayalam films.
The son of actor-director Thyagarajan, Prashanth began his career at 17 by appearing in Vaigasi Poranthachu and went on to feature in other films including R. K. Selvamani's Chembaruthi and Mani Ratnam's action-comedy Thiruda Thiruda. After a brief career lull, Prashanth appeared in a dual role in Shankar's romantic comedy Jeans alongside Aishwarya Rai. In the late 1990s, he featured in a series of films such as Kaadhal Kavithai, Jodi and Parthen Rasithen. His 2011 release Ponnar Shankar, based on the historical epic, won good reviews upon release.[1]
Away from films, Prashanth owns a multi-storey tower which sells jewellery in Panagal Park.[2]
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[edit] Early life
Prashanth was born in Chennai. His father Thyagarajan is an actor and director in Tamil films while his maternal grandfather, Peketi Sivaram[3] was an actor and an director of Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films. He studied in Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School, in Chetpet.
[edit] Acting career
Prashanth Thiagarajan debuted in 1990 in the film Vaigasi Poranthachu when he was 17 years old. His other notable films include Balu Mahendra's Vanna Vannna Pookal released in 1991 and R. K. Selvamani's Chembaruthi released in 1992. Then in 1998, Prashanth appeared in S. Shankar's film Jeans. His other films include Kannedhirey Thondrinal (1998), Jodi (1999), Parthen Rasithen (2000), Thamizh (2002), (Simran acted as a co-star in all these four films) and Winner (2003).
In the film industry Prasanth had worked with many directors such as Balu Mahendra, Mani Ratnam, S. Shankar, R.K. Selvamani, Vasanth, Agathiyan.
Prashanth is an actor who has acted with many Bollywood actresses than any other Tamil film actors which begins with Aishwarya Rai, Isha Kopikar, Amisha Patel, Rhinke Khanna, Riya Sen,Preeti Jhangiani etc.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] References
- ^ Arts / Cinema : An alluring canvas. The Hindu (2011-04-09). Retrieved on 2011-09-06.
- ^ Tamil Movie News prashanth thyagarajan usman road tower of gold t nagar tamil cinema picture gallery. Behindwoods.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-06.
- ^ http://www.telugucolours.com/id3-pid588-chP/profile/peketi-sivaram
