Prasanth Actor

Prashanth was born in Chennai to Thyagarajan a multi talented personality who was a prominent actor, director and producer. His mother is Shanti and has a sister Preeti. He studied Computer Graphics and Multimedia and went to Trinity College of Music in London before entering into acting field. At the age of 17 years while he was studying 11th standard at Madras Christian College Higher secondary School he started his acting profession. At the age of 17 he made his debut in 1990 in Vaigasi Poranthachu. It was a good hit in that time. Later he starred in several successful movies with several successful directors like S. Shankar, Mani Rathnam, Agasthiyan, R. K. Selvamani etc.,in different languages like Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi.
Later he was recognized as an action hero and the audience approved him as a talented hero. Now he is in his attempt to prove his talent in business direction also. He constructed a shopping complex with his father Thyagarajan to facilitate the gold retail which is recognized as a largest jewelery shopping destination in India. Prashanth Real Gold Tower located in the crowded T. Nagar shopping area, will have 170,000 sq ft of floor space spread across 10-floors with three mezzanine levels, ATMs, food court and other facilities.The tower also provides parking for 200 plus cars and valet parking facility.
It will cater to both the retail and wholesale jewellery trade.
Experiencing the present encouraging environment to business Prashanth said “Chennai has been creating new waves in retail formats and consumer behaviour across categories like clothing brands. With the launch of Prashanth Real Gold Tower, we will see a new change in the shopping patterns for jewellery too,”. Prashanth’s younger sister Preethi Thiagarajan, who is a jewellery designer and a graduate gemmologist, will manage the shopping complex, which is being constructed in partnership with Real Value Promoters Pvt. Ltd.
Achievements and Accolades:

* Best New Appearance award of year (1990) from Cinema Express
* Best actor award of year (1998 ) from Roja Magazine
* Prashanth has won the Filmfare Best Actor Award South on 1 occasion.

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