Prashanth (actor)

Prashanth
Born Prashanth Thiagarajan
(1973-04-06) 6 April 1973
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Film actor
Years active 1990 – 2006, 2011 - present
Parent(s) Thiagarajan
Relatives Peketi Sivaram, Vikram

Prashanth (born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian film actor known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has also appeared in few Telugu films, Bollywood and Malayalam films. The son of actor-director Thiagarajan, Prashanth began his career at 17 by appearing in Vaigasi Poranthachu and went on to feature in other films including Balu Mahendra's Vanna Vanna Pookkal, R. K. Selvamani's Tamil-Telugu bi-lingual Chembaruthi and Mani Ratnam's action-comedy Thiruda Thiruda.

Prashanth rose to stardom with Shankar's blockbuster romantic comedy Jeans in which he played a dual role alongside Aishwarya Rai. The movie became a huge turning point in his career. In the late 1990s, he featured in a series of films such as Kannedhirey Thondrinal, Kaadhal Kavithai, and Jodi. His 2011 release Ponnar Shankar was based on the historical epic and became a semi-hit[1] Prashanth owns a multi-storeyed jewellery mart in Panagal Park.[2]

Acting career

Early work

Prashanth started off as a leading romantic hero in the 1990 film Vaigasi Poranthachu. He then appeared in the Malayalam film Perumthachan written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair where he played the son of the title character. He also acted in Tholi Muddhu alongside Divya Bharti which was the remake of the Bollywood film Dil.

Prashanth appeared in Good Luck, Appu, and Parthen Rasithen. He began the project Piriyadha Varam Vendum directed by Kamal which had a delayed release. He followed this with Chocolate and Majunu. He appeared in director Hari 's debut film Thamizh. Susi Ganeshan' s Virumbugiren also had a delayed release. Sundar C' s Winner and the films Jai, Shock and Aayudham, London followed.

2003-2011

In the mid 2000s, Prashanth signed for several projects which were shelved after being launched.[3] In September 2004, Thiagarajan launched Police, a remake of the Hindi film Khakee and the film received coverage from the media after producers had approached Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai for key roles. In interviews during the period, Thiagarajan mentioned the grand scale of the project citing that the film would also be shot abroad; however the film failed to progress.[4]

Prashanth next signed on to appear in Susi Ganesan's village action story Sakkarai in October 2004 although the film was scrapped.[5] In mid-2005, he began filming for A. Venkatesh's Petrol but the shooting was delayed.[6][7] In December 2005, Prashanth accepted and started work in R. K. Selvamani's Pulan Visaranai II, a sequel to the director's 1990 blockbuster, with the film's soundtrack and trailer released by 2006. However, despite completion, the film was on hold for eight years due to the producer's financial problems, before having a limited release in 2015.[8] Furthermore, Ramesh Selvan's action film Runway was launched amidst much publicity in April 2006 but was discontinued despite the team filming a schedule with actress Ferhana.[9] Morgan's Taxi Driver alongside Reemma Sen and Namitha was also planned amidst much hype, with the team announcing schedules in the Middle East as well as marking the debut of music composer G. V. Prakash Kumar; the film was later shelved.[10] His father's production Kattan with director Suresh of Gambeeram and Arasu also never took off despite an official announcement.[11] The actor's other projects during the period which were announced but never made, included Raghuraj's Jockey alongside Gracy Singh, Mukil's Arun Weds Harini and Cheyyaru Ravi's Vithagan.

Jambhavan, which released in September 2006, had gone through production hassles. The film opened to negative reviews and became a failure commercially.[12] Debutant director Bhuvanaraja's Adaikalam, a family drama had been completed the previous year. Of his performance in the film, Indiaglitz stated "as a brother and a bitter son, Prashanth has churned out what is arguably one of his better performances till date."[13][14] His final release of the year was Shiva Shanmugam's Thagapansamy which featured Prashanth in the role of a village do-gooder. Sify.com remarked "watch the film for the one-man-show of Prashanth, as he is the only silver lining in a film with a confused and confounded plot."[15] Prashanth had no film releases between January 2007 and April 2011, but was involved in the production of two heavily delayed productions during the period - Ponnar Shankar and Mambattiyan. Prashanth also invested in business opportunities, opening a 12-floor jewellery store in T Nagar, Chennai in 2008.[16]

Filmography

Year Film Role Language
1990 Vaigasi Poranthachu Kumaresan
1991 Perumthachan Kannan Viswakarman Malayalam film
1992 Vanna Vanna Pookkal Shiva
1992 Chembaruthi Raja
1992 Unakkaga Piranthen Krishna
1992 I Love You Kishen Hindi film
1992 Laati Guna Telugu film
1993 Enga Thambi Pichumani
1993 Tholi Muddhu Prashanth Telugu film
1993 Thiruda Thiruda Azhagu
1993 Kizhakke Varum Paattu Shakthi
1994 Rasa Magan Prabhakaran
1994 Prema Shikharam / Anokha Premyudh Prashanth Telugu / Hindi film
1994 Kanmani Raja
1994 Sendhamizh Selvan Selvan
1995 Aanazhagan Raja
1996 Kalloori Vaasal Sathya
1996 Krishna Krishna
1997 Mannava Eashwar
1998 Jeans Vishwanathan,
Ramamoorthy
1998 Kannedhirey Thondrinal Vasanth
1998 Kaadhal Kavithai Vishwa
1999 Poomagal Oorvalam Saravanan
1999 Jodi Kannan
1999 Hello Chandru
1999 Aasaiyil Oru Kadidham Karthik
2000 Good Luck Surya
2000 Appu Appu
2000 Parthen Rasithen Shankar
2001 Piriyadha Varam Vendum Sanjay
2001 Star Moorthy
2001 Chocolate Aravind
2001 Majunu Vasanth
2002 Thamizh Thamizh
2002 Virumbugiren Sivan
2003 Winner Sakthi
2004 Jai Jai
2004 Shock Vasanth
2005 Aayudham Siva
2005 London Sivaraman
2006 Jambhavan Velan
2006 Thagapansamy Kadhirvel
2006 Adaikalam Anbu
2011 Ponnar Shankar Ponnar,
Shankar
2011 Mambattiyan Mambattiyan
2015 Pulan Visaranai 2 Sabarathinam
2016 Saagasam Ravi
2017 Neeyum Naanum Naduvula Peiyum Filming
2017 Untitled Special 26 remake Filming

References

  1. ↑ Arts / Cinema : An alluring canvas. The Hindu (2011-04-09). Retrieved on 2011-09-06.
  2. ↑ Tamil Movie News prashanth thiagarajan usman road tower of gold t nagar tamil cinema picture gallery. Behindwoods.com. Retrieved on 2011-09-06.
  3. ↑ "Prashanth on a signing spree!!". Sify.com. 2005-12-16. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  4. ↑ "Tamil movies : Will Amitabh star in Prashanth's film?". Behindwoods.com. 2005-10-24. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  5. ↑ "Sweet news for Prashanth - Malayalam Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. 2004-10-22. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  6. ↑ "Tamil movies : Things are smoky in Prashanth's Petrol". Behindwoods.com. 2005-11-24. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  7. ↑ "Prashanth back on the right lane - Tamil Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  8. ↑ "Double whammy - Telugu Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. 2006-01-02. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  9. ↑ "Events - 'Runway' Press Meet". Indiaglitz.com. 2006-04-07. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  10. ↑ "Prashanth in drivers seat - Tamil Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. 2005-04-27. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  11. ↑ "Hope for Prashanth - Tamil Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. 2005-06-24. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  12. ↑ "Sify Movies - Review listing". Sify.com. 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  13. ↑ "Adaikalam review. Adaikalam Tamil movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  14. ↑ "Adaikalam Review - Tamil Movie Adaikalam Nowrunning Review". Nowrunning.com. 2007-01-08. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  15. ↑ "Sify Movies - Review listing". Sify.com. 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  16. ↑ "News Archives". The Hindu. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
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