Prashanth

Prashanth

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Prashanth Profile

  • Name:
  • Prashanth
  • Other Name:
  • Prashanth Thyagarajan
  • Born:
  • April 6, 1973
  • Father:
  • Thiyagarajan
  • Mother:
  • Shanthi
  • Spouse:
  • Grahalakshmi (2005 To 2008 Divorced)
  • Education:
  • Computer Graphics and Multimedia and a course at Trinity College of Music at London

  • Hobbies:
  • Tennis, listening to songs, chess and billiards, reading, snow bowling, karate, horse riding, swimming, skating, browsing

  • Awards:
  • Best New Appearance of Year 1990 from Cinema Express

    Best Actor Award of Year 1998 from Roja Magazine

    His film Jeans in 1998 was submitted by India for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Prashanth Biography

Prashanth is an Indian film actor who has acted in many films of Tamil languages. He has also appeared in films of various other languages like Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam. He entered film industry in 1990 at his age of 17 and his acting career spans over 20 years.

 

Prashanth was born on 6th April 1973 in Chennai in Tamil Nadu. His father’s name is Thiyagarajan and his mother’s name is Shanti. He has one sister named Preeti. His father is a director in Tamil film industry. After completing his schooling at Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School at Chetpet, he went on to complete his graduation in Computer Graphics and Multimedia. He also has completed his course at the Trinity College of Music in London. His ambition in life was to become a doctor and he was enlisted in two medical colleges after his schooling but since he was into the field of acting, his goals changed later on.

 

He married Grahalakshmi on 1st September 2005 and due to some misunderstandings they were divorced after three years. He blamed his wife for hiding her former marriage in 1998 with Narayan Venu Prasad. He has a son born on 31st July 2006. He owns a jewelry mart complex at Panagal Park in Chennai. He has good skills in dancing and knows the traditional dances namely Bharathanatyam, kuchipuri and Manipuri.

 

Prashanth entered film industry at the age of 17 through the Tamil film Vaigasi Poranthachu. He acted in many other successful films including Jeans, Thiruda Thiruda and Chembaruthi. His debut movie in Telugu was Donga Donga in 1993, debut film in Malayalam was Perundachan and his first film in Hindi was Chor Chor.

 

He is well trained at Silambattam, gymnastics, kalari, horse riding and skating. His personal family problems diverted his attention away from the film industry. Many of his films turned to be flop movies and so he took a short break in the middle.

 

Some of the films that he has acted include Kanmani, Kalloori Vaasal, Jeans, Thiruda Thiruda, Aanazhagan, Paarthen Rasithen, Thamizh, Winner, Jai, Star, Chocolate, Piriyaadha Varam Vendum, Appu, Good Luck, Hello, Aasaiyil Oru Kadidham, Jodi, Shock, Virumbukiren, Ponnar Shankar, Mambattiyan, Mani, Adaikalam, London, etc. 

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Updated: July 06, 2018

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