Raj at the 2018 Kerala Literature Festival
Prakash Raj is an Indian actor, film director, producer and television presenter who mainly works in the South Indian film industry .[ 1] He acted in back-to-back stage shows for ₹ 300 a month in the initial stages of his career when he joined Kalakshetra, Bengaluru , and he has 2,000 street theatre performances to his credit.[ 2]
After working in the Kannada television industry and Kannada cinema for a few years, 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 .[ 3] [ 4] Prakash Raj's work in various languages like Telugu , Tamil , Kannada , Hindi , Malayalam and English has placed him among the most sought after actors in Indian cinema .[ 5] [ 6] He has played a variety of roles, most notably as the antagonist and, of late, as a character actor. Prakash, as an actor has won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for Mani Ratnam 's Iruvar and a National Film Award for Best Actor in 2009 for his role in Kanchivaram , a Tamil film directed by Priyadarshan ,[ 7] and as a producer has won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada for Puttakkana Highway directed by his long-time theatre friend B. Suresh in 2011. Prakash was also the host of Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi during the shows second season. He has appeared in 398 films.
Films
As actor
1980–1989
1990–1999
2000–2009
2010–2019
2020–present
Key
†
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Television
As voice actor
Film title
Actor
Role
Dub language
Original language
Original year release
Dub year release
Notes
Apoorva
Himself (photo presence)
Voice role
Kannada
2016
[ 19]
Vettaiyan
Amitabh Bachchan
Justice Dr. Sathyadev Bramhadutt Pande
Tamil
2024
Initial trailer was released with Prakash Raj's voice for Bachchan. Later, the voice was enhanced with AI to match Bachchan's voice.[ 20]
Dil Se..
Piyush Mishra
Arun Kashyap CBI officer
Tamil
Hindi
1998
1998
The Tamil dub was titled: "Uyire" .
As producer and director
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