Velu prabhakaran director biography
Velu prabhakaran director biography
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Velu Prabhakaran
Indian filmmaker, cinematographer, and actor
Velu Prabakaran | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Film director actor cinematographer |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Spouse | Shirley Das |
Velu Prabakaran is an Indian filmmaker, cinematographer and actor.
He is known for his themes highlighting atheism and revolutionary subjects in his films.[1]
Career
Velu Prabakaran began as a cinematographer before making his directorial debut with the 1989 horror film Nalaya Manithan, before also directing its sequel Adhisaya Manithan (1990).
He then made two more consecutive action films under R. K. Selvamani's production in Asuran and Rajali, with both becoming box office failures.[2] He then worked on action films with lead characters, who often featured as a revolutionary, making Kadavul (1997), Sivan (1999) and Puratchikkaaran (2000).
In 2000, he began pre-production on a film titled Deepavali and approached Kamal Haasan to play the le