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Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai on 26 March 1965) is a polyglot Indian film actor, film director, producer, thespian and television presenter who is known for his works in the South Indian film industry, and few bollywood films. He acted in back-to-back stage shows for 300 a month in the initial stages of his career when he joined Kalakshetra, Bengaluru, and he has 2,000 street theatre performances to his credit. After working in the Kannada television industry and Kannada cinema for a few years, he made his debut in Tamil cinema through ''Duet'' (1994) by K. Balachander and has since been a commercially successful film star in Tamil. In remembrance, he named his production company Duet Movies.〔('I cannot allow love to rule my thoughts' ) Metro Plus, 8 June 2004 ''The Hindu''〕〔(Catching them young! ), Malathi Rangarajan, 19 August 2010 ''The Hindu''〕 Prakash has also worked in a number of Bollywood films. Apart from his mother tongue Kannada, Prakash's fluency in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi and English has placed him among the most sought after actors in Indian cinema.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Passion for Cinema Post on Prakash Raj (2007) )〕 He has played a variety of roles, most notably as the antagonist and, of late, as a character actor. Prakash, as an actor has won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for Mani Ratnam's ''Iruvar'' and a National Film Award for Best Actor in 2009 for his role in ''Kanchivaram'', a Tamil film directed by Priyadarshan,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=55th National Film Awards for the Year 2007 )〕 and as a producer has won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada for ''Puttakkana Highway'' directed by his long-time theatre friend B. Suresh in 2011. Prakash was also the host of ''Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi'' during the shows second season. ==Personal life== Prakash Raj was born in Bengaluru, Karnataka〔〔 on 26 March 1965 to a Tulu speaking father Manjunath Rai and a Kannadiga mother Swarnalatha〔http://www.m.indiancinemagallery.com/profile/prakash-raj.html〕 in a lower-middle-class Kannada speaking family.〔 His brother is Prasad Raj who is also an actor.〔〔(Prakash Raj's brother debuts in Kollywood – Tamil Movie News ). Indiaglitz.com (23 September 2010). Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.prakashrajlive.com/site/about.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Prakash Raj Profile )〕 He completed schooling at St. Joseph's Boys' High School, Bangalore and joined St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore. Prakash Rai changed his name to Prakash Raj based on prominent Tamil film director K. Balachander's advice; he is still called Prakash Rai in his home town Karnataka. Prakash Raj married actress Lalitha Kumari in 1994. They have two daughters, Meghana and Pooja, and a son Sidhu.〔(Prakashraj and Pony Verma get married )〕 The couple divorced in 2009. He married choreographer Pony Verma on 24 August 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.supergoodmovies.com/8001/tollywood/prakash-raj-marriage-with-pony-verma-news-details )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prakash Raj」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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