PRABHU , TAMIL ACTOR BORN 1956 DECEMBER 25 / OR DECEMBER 31

PRABHU , TAMIL ACTOR BORN 

1956 DECEMBER 25 / OR DECEMBER 31

Prabhu (born 25 December 1956) is an Indian film actor, businessman and producer who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films and also in a few Malayalam and Telugu films. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan, while his son Vikram Prabhu is also a Tamil actor. After making his debut in Sangili (1982), the actor has played a series of leading and supporting roles, earning the Best Actor award recognition by the Tamil Nadu state for his portrayal in Chinna Thambi (1992).
Career[edit source]
After leaving Bishop Cottons school in Bangalore, Prabhu got involved in film production as an executive producer and worked alongside his uncle and mentor V. C. Shanmugam, who insisted that Prabhu learnt the film making process through a disciplined way, giving him general tasks such as pulling up chairs for artistes. 

Prabhu's father, actor Sivaji Ganesan, had initially expressed reluctance in allowing Prabhu to pursue an acting career, but through his work in the industry, he began to receive offers from film-makers to feature in their films.[2][3][4] He subsequently made his acting debut in C. V. Rajendran's Sangili (1982), a remake of the Hindi film Kalicharan, where he was cast in a supporting role. By the time Sangili released, Prabhu was working on six films, including Charuhasan's Pudhiya Sangamam and Gangai Amaren's romantic film Kozhi Koovuthu, which became his first commercially successful venture. After featuring in about thirty films, including nineteen with his father including Santhippu, Mirudhanga Chakravarthy and Neethibathi, Prabhu's career graph registered a drop and he began to reconsider the type of films he had signed. He opted against featuring in films co-starring his father and consciously began to choose subjects rather than accept as many offers as possible.

Among the first films he signed after taking the break included G. M. Kumar's Aruvadai Naal (1986) and Manivannan's Paalaivana Rojakkal, alongside Sathyaraj, both proving successful. Subsequently, the following period saw a series of commercial successes in 1988 for the actor, notably S. P. Muthuraman's Guru Sishyan with Rajinikanth, Mani Ratnam's Agni Nakshatram with Karthik and P. Vasu's family drama En Thangachi Padichava.

[2] The success of the latter film prompted more successful collaborations in the same genre between Prabhu and Vasu with Chinna Thambi (1991) and Senthamizh Pattu (1992) also receiving a similar reception, with the actor earning the Best Actor award recognition by the Tamil Nadu state. He subsequently worked in his hundredth film R. V. Udayakumar's Rajakumaran, before portraying well received roles in K. Balachander's romantic film Duet (1994) and Priyadarshan's Malayalam period film Kaalapani (1996) alongside Mohanlal. Prabhu went through another barren spell in the late 1990s, when several films after the success of Panchalankurichi failed to do well, prompting another image change away from his village do-gooder roles.[2] Moving away from action films, Prabhu selected scripts which would appeal to family audiences in the early 2000s and collaborated with film-makers including Rama Narayanan and T. P. Gajendran, working in a series of minimum guarantee return films.[5]

Prabhu then made another career change and began accepting film offers in which he would play a supporting rather than the leading role and featured alongside Kamal Haasan and then Rajinikanth in two big budget ventures Vasool Raja MBBS (2004) and his home production Chandramukhi (2005).[6] Since then, he has gained acclaim portraying characters including a caring guardian in Unakkum Enakkum, Thaamirabharani and Ayan, while he has also been seen in detective roles in action films, notably Billa (2007) and then Kanthaswamy (2009). He has also played other acclaimed supporting roles in Mani Ratnam's Raavanan (2010) and Aishwarya Dhanush's 3 (2012), while he has ventured into playing similar roles in Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films.[7]

Personal life[edit source]
Prabhu was born to actor Sivaji Ganesan and Kamala.[8][9] His elder brother Ramkumar is a film producer and he has two sisters Shanthi and Thenmozhi. Prabhu is married to Punitha and has two children: a son Vikram and daughter Aishwarya. 

Kushboo was candid enough to say that after being in a live-in relationship for four-and-a-half years, they got married on September 12, 1993, at the house they had bought in Poes Garden.

Later, they have been separated due to torture and pressure from Sivaji family.Within 10-14 days Kushpoo take off her Mangalya and gave interview in news paper. As the marriage was held in secret ,so there is no necessity for divorse.[10]

The former made his acting debut in the 2012 film Kumki.


’ரஜினி-கமல் அரசியலுக்கு வந்தால் வரவேற்பேன்’ - ராமேஸ்வரத்தில் பிரபு பேட்டி

 ரஜினி-கமல் இருவரும் அரசியலுக்கு வருவதை வரவேற்பதாக நடிகர் பிரபு ராமேஸ்வரத்தில் தெரிவித்தார்.

ராமேஸ்வரம் கோயிலில் நடிகர் பிரபு குடும்பத்துடன் சாமி தரிசனம்

நடிகர் விக்ரம் பிரபு நடிக்கும் 'துப்பாக்கி முனை ' என்ற திரைப்படத்தின் படப்பிடிப்பு ராமேஸ்வரம் பகுதிகளில் நடந்துவருகிறது. இந்நிலையில், நடிகர் பிரபு தனது குடும்பத்தினருடன், இன்று ராமேஸ்வரம் வந்திருந்தார். ராமேஸ்வரம், அருள்மிகு ராமநாதசுவாமி கோயிலில் சுவாமி தரிசனம் செய்த பின்னர் நடிகர் பிரபு செய்தியாளர்களைச் சந்தித்தார். அப்போது அவர்  ''ராமேஸ்வரம் கோயில் மிகவும் பிரமாண்ட கோயிலாக விளங்குகிறது. எனது குடும்பத்துடன் இங்கு வர வாய்ப்பு கிடைத்துள்ளது. தமிழக அரசின் செயல்பாடுகள்குறித்து நான் ஏதும் சொல்ல விரும்பவில்லை. ஏனெனில் அதற்கான இடம் இதுவல்ல.

ரஜினியும், கமலும் எங்கள் குடும்பத்தைச் சேர்ந்தவர்கள். எனது உடன் பிறவாச் சகோதரர்களான அவர்கள் இருவரும் அரசியலுக்கு வந்தால் அதை வரவேற்பேன். எனது மகன் விக்ரம் பிரபு நடிக்கும் திரைப்படங்களில் இதுவரை நான் நடித்தது இல்லை. அதற்கான வாய்ப்பை நானாக கேட்க மாட்டேன். அதே நேரத்தில் அவர்களே என்னை அழைத்தால் விக்ரம் பிரபுவுடன் இணைந்து நடிக்கத் தயாராக இருக்கிறேன்'' என்றார். 
பிரபுவுடன் அவரது மனைவி, மகன் விக்ரம் பிரபு மற்றும் குடும்பத்தினர் கோயிலில் சுவாமி தரிசனம் செய்தனர். சிவாஜி-பிரபு ரசிகர் மன்ற நிர்வாகிகள் தேவதாஸ், பால்ராஜ், சண்முகம் உள்ளிட்டோர் அப்போது உடனிருந்தனர்.