Shakthi Vasudevan

Shakthi Vasudevan

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Shakthi Vasudevan Profile

  • Name:
  • Shakthi Vasudevan
  • Other Name:
  • Prashanth Vasudevan
  • Born:
  • January 23, 1983
  • Father:
  • P. Vasu
  • Spouse:
  • Smrithi

Shakthi Vasudevan Biography

Shakthi Vasudevan is a noted Tamil film actor. Started off his career as a child artist in Tamil films since early 1990s, he later moved to adult roles. He is the son of veteran Tamil film director, P. Vasu, and Shakthi started his film career working in father’s film as a child artist. As a child artist he is best known for playing childhood role of Prabhu in Chinna Thampi, directed by his father. Currently he is one of the 15 contestants of Bigg Boss reality show, hosted by Kamal Hassan in Star Vijay. Thottal Poo Malarum, Aattanayagan, Etho Seithai Ennai and Tharkappu are some of his Tamil flicks. Yet he is still to gain success in this field.


Shakthi Vasudevan was born into a filmy family in Chennai. His real name is Prashanth Vasudevan and he was born on 23 February 1983. When he was born his father Vasu remained a popular director of Tamil cinema, and Shakthi soon made his acting debut through father’s films. Nadigan in 1990 was his debut film, followed by Chinna Thampi, which gained him recognition. The film was a blockbuster, and his role as Prabhu’s childhood character earned recognition. Till 1992, he appeared in a few more movies before he took a break from acting.


In 2007, he made his adult debut as an actor through the film, Thottal Poo Malarum, where he played lead role. He was launched to film arena by his father through this film. The film was only an average. After that he appeared in a series of flops, and many of his projects were shelved. In 2012 he took a break from the industry and returned with a new screen name Sakthivel Vasu in Tharkappu in 2016. The movie received mixed reviews, but got noticed for its social message.


Same year he made his Kannada film debut through horror flick, Shivalinga directed by his father. He shared screen space with Shivarajkumar and Vedhika in this film. The movie was a box office hit. Currently Shakthi Vasudevan is seen in Tamil version of Bigg Boss show.


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Updated: January 28, 2018

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