Prashanth

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Prashanth (பிரசாந்த்)
Born April 6, 1973(1973-04-06)
Chennai, India
Occupation Actor

Prashanth Thyagarajan (Tamil - பிரசாந்த் தியாகராஜன்) (born April 6, 1973 in Chennai, India) is a popular Indian actor. His Mother Tongue is Tamil.

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[edit] Early life

Prashanth was born in Chennai to Thiyagarajan, a prominent actor and his wife Shanti. He has a sister, Preeti, and is married to Grihalakshmi since September 1, 2005. He studied Computer Graphics and Multimedia and went to Trinity College of Music in London before embarking on an acting career. He was studying 11th standard at Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School when he joined filmdom.

[edit] Personal life

He has filed a divorce petition in court.Prasanth had given 29 complaints about his wife including her sister in law's relationship with Ajith's brother.He has also made allegations about his wife's drinking habits. [1]. Recently, Prashant has filed a petition in court to allow him to see his new born baby.

[edit] The Nineties

Prashanth had a very good opening.His first film Vaigasi Porandhachu was a super hit.Balu Mahendra directed 'Vanna Vanna Pookkal' and R.K.Selvamani film 'Chembaruthi' established him as the lover boy of south indian films.He appeared in M.T.Vasudevan Nair scripted malayalam film Perumthachan also which won him accolades.'Chembaruthi' made him a sensational star in 1992,the year Vijay started off.His another rival star Ajith Kumar, who also made his debut in 1992, together acted in a film Kalloori Vaasal which didn't do well as expected. Prashanth made a mistake in acting only as a lover boy in most of his films. His other notable films in 90's are Mani Ratnam directed Thiruda Thiruda and Shankar film Jeans.

[edit] Year 2000 Plus

Year 2000 started off with a smash hit Parthen Rasithen.He also starred in some noticed films like Appu,Chocolate,Virumbugiren,the Vadivelu entertainerWinner.Another major film was Tamil directed by Hari which released along with Vijay's Thamizhan and became a Hit. Not experimenting with his films or not trying to do different films made Prashanth's career in a stale state even though his Juniors Vijay,Ajith Kumar,Vikram and Surya went on to become major stars. Now is is expecting R.K.Selvamani directed film Pulan Visaranai 2 to do the trick for him.

[edit] Surprise Fact

Prashanth is Senior to Vijay, Ajith, Vikram and Surya. All these 4 Stars Guarantee Good Initial pull, but not Prashanth. Moreover it is rumoured that Prashanth is yet to touch the Magical Fee of 1 Crore mark whereas "Vijay, Ajith, Vikram and Surya" commands Crores. The most surprising fact is that Prashanth is an All Rounder actor, still he is yet to get labelled as a Good Actor.

[edit] Awards

  • Best New Appearance award of year (1990) from Cinema Express
  • Best actor award of year (1998 ) from Roja Magazine

[edit] Movies in Tamil

[edit] Noughts

[edit] Nineties

[edit] Movies in Telugu

  • Tholi Muddu
  • Prema Vijayam
  • Latti Prema Sikkaram
  • Premapattam
  • Allariprema
  • Donga Donga

[edit] Movies in Hindi

  • I Love You
  • Anokha Premyudh
  • Chor Chor

[edit] Movies in Malayalam

  • Perundachan

[edit] References

  1. ^ Prashant Pallan names Ajith at Family Court

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