Prashanth
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Prashanth Thiagarajan (born 6 April 1973), known professionally as Prashanth, is an Indian actor, businessman, playback singer and film producer known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in few Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films.
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- 86
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- 391
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Prashanth
- Person.image
- Prashanth at Saahasam Audio Launch.jpg
- Person.caption
- Prashanth at the audio launch of Saagasam in 2015.
- Person.birth_name
- Prashanth Thiagarajan
- Person.birth_place
- Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
- Person.children
- 1
- Person.father
- Thiagarajan
- Person.relatives
- Peketi Sivaram (grandfather)
- Person.years active
- 1990–present
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- Prashanth at Saahasam Audio Launch.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1973-04-06
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- Early roles (1990–1997)
- Breakthrough and success (1998–1999)
- Career consolidation (2000–2006)
- Professional fluctuations (2011–2019)
- Comeback (2024–present)
- Personal life
- Filmography
- As singer
- As producer
- Notes
- References
- External links
Prashanth Thiagarajan (born 6 April 1973), known professionally as Prashanth, is an Indian actor, businessman, playback singer and film producer known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Besides Tamil films, he has also appeared in few Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films.
At the peak of his career in the late 1990s, Prashanth was one of the popular actors in South India. He has won a Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu. The son of actor-director Thiagarajan, Prashanth began his career at age 17 with the Tamil film Vaigasi Poranthachu (1990) and went on to feature in other films including Balu Mahendra's Vanna Vanna Pookkal (1992), R. K. Selvamani's Chembaruthi (1992) and Mani Ratnam's Thiruda Thiruda (1993).