In the 70s and 80s, the Kannada industry produced so many award winning, thought provoking and artistic movies that were copied in the other South Indian languages. Not any more, Kannada movie makers copy from the other languages. Even commercially successful Kannada movies from actors such as Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan were copied. Shankar Guur, for instance, was copied into Telugu (Kumar Raja), Tamil (Trishoolam) and Hindi (Mahaan with Amitabh). Even the songs were copied. Many stars of South Indian cinema started their careers in Kannada. Rajnikanth started his career in Kannada. Maniratnam's first movie was in Kannada (and it also happened to be Anil Kapoor's first movie - Pallavi Anupallavi). Now it is all gone. Kannada film music nowadays (or, maybe all film music) is like a medley of dishwasher and wet grinder sounds mixed with that of a rattling government bus.
i dont care whr he is from but he has acted in all major languages. a true actor who comes in the league of kamal, mohanlal, aamirkhan, nazeerudin shah, om puri.
Re: Best Actor
by Asif Muthoot on May 13, 2010 10:58 AM
brilliant brilliant actor..one of india's finest..sometimes has a tendency to play to the galleries or overdo it for the director, but when he decides to do a role with his mind set he is phenomenal..case in point..Iruvar, one of india's finest movie..a movie ahead of its time and superb to see the powerhouse performances of Prakash and Mohanlal(he has done many superlative roles)..his stock deadpan delivery,rolling of eyes and dialogue delivery make him suited for any role including villians which is the toughest to perform and also the genial dad/friend/brother etc.Truly a genius like Mohanlal,mammootty,naseeruddin,pankaj kapur,om puri,anupam kher saab,thilakan and dilip kumar..
Re: His name is PRAKASH RAI, NOT RAJ
by vijaya sarathi on May 13, 2010 10:12 AM
May be he is kannadiga but married to a telugu person and then what happend to his daughters? Think out of the box, he is an actor thats it.
Re: His name is PRAKASH RAI, NOT RAJ
by Arun Prasanna on May 12, 2010 08:32 PM
Mr. Kannada, so what if he is Prakash Raj. By the way this stupid idea of thinking tamils call him prakash raj is absurd as the reporter of the above article from Bangalore herself is refering him as Prakash Raj. SO what if he is from Mangalore (Mangaluru). IS this even a problem.. get a life man. Even prakash raj won't/doesnt mind it..
Re: Re: His name is PRAKASH RAI, NOT RAJ
by kannadada huduga on May 14, 2010 05:24 PM
dude, dont behave as if a real obama. i know u r a copy cat. First u people from outside karnataka dont impose ur culture n language on us. We have a seperate identity as KANNADIGAS and accept it first. My language and culture is being suppressed in BENGALOORU(not BANGALORE AS U PEOPLE CALL!!). So first stop that thing. Even mumbai was in the same phase in 60s and 70s. "Bala Thakrey" was "born" at the same time. Here, also the same thing is happening(T A NARAYANA GOWDA). So accept our culture and language and dont impose ur things. :)
Re: Re: His name is PRAKASH RAI, NOT RAJ
by kannadada huduga on May 13, 2010 09:34 AM
u people never give credit to anyone. thats the problem wid u tams. its an open secret that u r the most chauvinistic people in India. so better stop advicing n get a life.
Re: His name is PRAKASH RAI, NOT RAJ
by Ravi Iyer on May 13, 2010 07:03 AM
You are right - he's Prakash Rai. But his screen name is Prakash Raj, as chosen by him. So if he has no problem, why do you?
Re: Re: His name is PRAKASH RAI, NOT RAJ
by kannadada huduga on May 13, 2010 09:34 AM
u people never give credit to anyone. thats the problem wid u tams. its an open secret that u r the most chauvinistic people in India. so better stop advicing n get a life.
Re: Re: Re: His name is PRAKASH RAI, NOT RAJ
by obama on May 13, 2010 04:08 PM
stupid huduga.. what do u mean by get a life. does that mean u r a better person than whom you are spitting venom. there is nothing wrong in having passion for their own langauge or culture. and you can not also generalise it to everyone. stupid. i am referring stupid only you. not my Karnataka brother. I just love them. Nice people
Re: Re: Re: Re: His name is PRAKASH RAI, NOT RAJ
by kannadada huduga on May 14, 2010 05:23 PM
dude, dont behave as if a real obama. i know u r a copy cat. First u people from outside karnataka dont impose ur culture n language on us. We have a seperate identity as KANNADIGAS and accept it first. My language and culture is being suppressed in BENGALOORU(not BANGALORE AS U PEOPLE CALL!!). So first stop that thing. Even mumbai was in the same phase in 60s and 70s. "Bala Thakrey" was "born" at the same time. Here, also the same thing is happening(T A NARAYANA GOWDA). So accept our culture and language and dont impose ur things. :)
i am so mach happy . because Prakash Raj sir has come to my kannada industry. i thank to Prakash Raj sir . i am working in chennai, as 3d animator .i am watching all Prakash Raj sir movies.i love Prakash Raj sir. i request to sir plz don't live our kannada industry. i have hope sir makes good achievements in kannada industry
i am basically theatrical artist. Evan me also like to work in kannada industry. if i get chance to work with Prakash Raj sir , i am ready to dedicate my self in kannada industry .
Re: happy with Prakash Raj
by kannadada huduga on May 12, 2010 07:22 PM
name is PRAKASH RAI, NOT RAJ AS TAMS CALL. HE IS A NATIVE OF MANGALURU AND DEBUTED IN KANNADA FILM INDUSTRY
Re: this traitor
by Indian on May 13, 2010 04:11 PM
same like all Tamils settled every where on this earth, they earn bread from the place where they have settled but always talk about TN, treat TN's cheif minister as their chief minister and ridicule other languages... so what do U call them?
Re: this traitor
by kannadada huduga on May 12, 2010 07:21 PM
this so called traitor's name is PRAKASH RAI, NOT RAJ AS U TAMS CALL. HE IS A NATIVE OF MANGALURU AND DEBUTED IN KANNADA FILM INDUSTRY.
Re: Re: Re: this traitor
by useless bollywood on May 14, 2010 11:59 AM
hello sri dg.. who said hindi is national language ?? just becoz u know hindi dosent mean it is the national language.. india dosent have anything called a national language.. English and Hindi are the official langagues of india..only Central govt. offices use hindi ..no need the people to talk that hindi
Re: Re: Re: this traitor
by sri dg on May 12, 2010 07:13 PM
i know 7 indian language including tamizh.In fact my pronounciation is better than you guys....i do not say valapalam!you guys are paranoid abt hindi
Re: prakash raj??
by Ravi Iyer on May 13, 2010 07:08 AM
that's his acting charisma! He gets into the skin of the character effortlessly. I watched the Tamil ver of Wanted not for the hero but for this villain! He's too good in whatever role you give him - Villain, Father, Comedy. Plus national award winner! He's in the class of Paresh Rawal i would say.
