Prabhu Ganesan

Prabhu Ganean is a Tamil Nadu State Film Award winning actor known for his versatility. Prabhu Ganesan has shared the screen space with legendary actors like Rajnikanth, Mohanlal, Kamal Hassan and his father Sivaji Ganesan. Prabhu Ganesan was recently seen in a pivotal role in Mani Ratnam’s ‘Raavanan’.

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Prabhu Ganesan was born on December 31, 1956 to Sivaji and Kamala Ganesan in Chennai. He attended the Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore and later graduated in History from Loyola College, Chennai. Prabhu hailed from a filmy background thus always wished to become a performing artist. Prabhu’s father Sivaji Ganesan was an eminent theatre and film actor, believed to be India’s first method actor. In fact he was the first to receive the Best Actor award in an international event at the Afro-Asian Film Festival, Cairo. He became the first Indian actor to be honored with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Prabhu’s elder brother Ramkumar Ganesan serves as the head of film production company Sivaji Productions that has produced several successful films including ‘Chandramukhi’ and Asal. Prabhu is married to Punitha for over twenty nine years and they have two kids, son Vikram Prabhu and daughter Aishwarya Prabhu.

Prabhu Ganesan first appeared as the lead hero in 1982 release ‘Sangili’ followed by several successful films like ‘Kozhi Koovuthu’, ‘Ezhuthatha Sattangal’ and ‘Anand’. He appeared in significant role in ‘Vetri Vizha’ and ‘My Dear Marthandan’alongside Kamal Hassan, ‘Guru Sishyan’, ‘Dharmathin Thalaivan’, ‘Mannan’ alongside Rajnikanth and ‘Kalapani’ alongside Mohanlal. Prabhu Ganesan also starred in the 1999 Guinness World Record-winning Tamil film ‘Suyamvaram’ directed by a host of directors. The film is considered a milestone in the history of Indian film industry as it starred the maximum number of stars including Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan and Prabhu Deva, among others. Moreover the film was completed in mere 23 hours, from shooting to editing; it is the first full length feature film to be completed in such short time period.

Prabhu Ganesan received the Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor for his exemplary performance in the 2002 Tamil blockbuster ‘Charlie Chaplin’ also starring Prabhudeva, Abhirami, Gayathri Raghuraman and Livingston. The mega hit comedy was later remade in Hindi as ‘No Entry’ starring Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Lara Dutta, Esha Deol and Bipasha Basu. It was also made in Telugu and Malayalam as ‘Pellam Oorelithe’ and ‘Happy Husbands’ respectively.

Prabhu was next seen alongside Kamal Haasan, Sneha, Jayasurya and Prakash Raj in Saran’s mega hit ‘Vasool Raja MBBS’. The film was the remake of Bollywood blockbuster ‘Munnabhai MBBS’ starring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Sunil Dutt, Gracy Singh and Boman Irani. The success of ‘Vasool Raja MBBS’ was followed by the box office hit ‘Chandramukhi’ directed by P Vasu. The paranormal thriller-comedy film starred Jyothika Saravanan, Rajinikanth, Prabhu Ganesan, Nayantara and Vadivelu. It was the remake of Malayalam movie ‘Manichithrathazhu’ and was later made in Hindi as ‘Bhool Bhulaiya’ starring Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Shiny Ahuja and Ameesha Patel.

Prabhu Ganesan starred in his home production ‘Aasal’ co-starring Ajith Kumar, Sameera Reddy and Bhavana. His latest release ‘Raavanan’ was premiered in London and received huge critical acclaim. Directed by Mani Ratnam, ‘Raavanan’ features Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Karthik, Prabhu and Priyamani. Its Hindi version titled ‘Raavan’ features Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Vikram in lead roles. The film was simultaneously released in Telugu as ‘Villain’. Prabhu is currently filming for Tamil films ‘Thillalangadi’ and ‘Thambikottai’, ‘Boss’ in Kannada and ‘Best of Luck’ in Malayalam.

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