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Prakash Raj
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Indian film actor, director, producer, and television presenter
Film & TV
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Prakash Raj is an Indian actor, film director, producer, and television presenter who is known for his works in the South Indian film industry. Apart from his mother-tongue, Kannada, his fluency in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi and English has placed him among the most sought after actors in Indian cinema. He has played a variety of roles, most notably as an antagonist and character…
Known for
- Vāranāsi2027
- Spirit2027
- Dacoit — Solomon2026
- Kaalidas 2 — Advocate Natraj2026
- S. Saraswathi — Ramanujam2026
- Seetha Payanam2026
- Drishyam 32026
- They Call Him OG — Satya Dada2025
- Retro — Dharmendran2025
- Jack — Manoj2025
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Key facts
- Born
- Prakash Rai , ( 1965-03-26 ) 26 March 1965 (age 61) , Bangalore , Mysore State , India
- Occupations
- Actor film producer director television presenter politician
- Years active
- 1986–present
- Works
- Full list
- Spouses
- Lalitha Kumari ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1994 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2009 ) Pony Verma ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2010 )
- Awards
- Full list
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Prakash
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Puttur
- Spouse
- Pony Verma
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- Marathi
- Image
- Prakashraj Bhung.jpg
- Residence
- Chennai
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- Prakash Raj
- date of birth
- 1965-03-26
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
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- 2775256
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Encyclopedic overview
Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and English-language films. he is the recipient of several accolades, including five National Film Awards, eight Nandi Awards, eight Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards South, four SIIMA Awards, three CineMAA Awards, and three Vijay Awards. Apart from his native language Kannada, Raj's fluency in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and English has placed him among the most sought after actors in Indian cinema.
After working in stage shows and television in Kannada for a few years, Raj ventured into films. He made his debut in Tamil cinema through Duet (1994), by K. Balachander, and has since been a commercially successful film star in Tamil. In remembrance, he named his production company Duet Movies.
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