Dhanush

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**Dhanush**

Born:	February 25, 1982 Chennai, India
Occupation:	Actor
Salary:	Rs.1 crore per film

Venkat Prabhu (born February 25, 1982) is a popular Indian actor who appears in Kollywood films under the screen name Dhanush.

1 Film career
2 Personal life
3 Filmography
4 External links

[edit] Film career

At the age of 20, he made his Kollywood debut in the film Thulluvadho Illamai (2002), which was directed by his brother Selvaraghavan. The movie was a surprisigly huge success and started his career in the industry. This was followed by Kadhal Kondein and Thiruda Thirudi (2003), both of which turned out to be successful at the box office. With these continuous string of blockbusters his salary skyrocketed to Rs.30 million per film.

However succeeding films tumbled one by one and his career seemed to be have come to a standstill until the release of Pudhupettai. His action venture Sullan (2004) started good but then turned out to be a box office failure. His other films Pudhukottaiyill Irindhu Saravanan, Dreams (2004), Adhu Oru Kanaakalam (2005) did poorly at the box office.

After a long spell of flops, he came back with the hit Pudhupettai (Dhoolpet in Telugu) which was again directed by his brother. His upcoming films are Ashoka Mithran, Parattai alias Azhagu Sundaram, Desiya Nedunchalai 47 and Thiruvilayadal.

[edit] Personal life

Dhanush was born to famous director Kasthuri Raja, his real name being Venkat Prabhu. His elder brother is director Selvaraghavan. He is married to actor Rajinikanth's daughter Aishwarya, who is reportedly 4 years older then him.