Famous People with Name Prakash

Prakash Rai            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Prakash Rai: an actor and producer in Telugu and Tamil film industries: Tollywood and Kollywood respectively.He has acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. His original name 'Prakash Rai' in Kannada screen was rechristened to 'Prakash Raj' by K. Balachander for Prakash Rai's debut movie 'Duet'.Prakash Rai began his acting career with Kannada DoorDarshan serials like Bisilu Kudure and Guddada Bhootha.He later took up small supporting roles in kannada films like Raamachari, Nishkarsha, Lockup Death and etc and was noticed for his dialogue delivery and histrionics. His breakthrough role came in form of Harakeya Kuri starring Vishnuvardhan and Geetha, directed by K S L Swamy. His performance in the movie was noticed by Geetha and she in turn introduced him to her mentor, the noted director K. Balachander. Prakash Rai re-entered Kannada films with a bang through Nagamandala in 1997

Prakash Karat            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Prakash Karat: is a communist politician in India and the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) since 2005. After returning to India in 1970, Karat joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University and thereafter Communist Party of India (Marxist). He

Prakash Jha            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Prakash Jha: an Indian film producer-director-screenwriter, who is most known for his political and socio-political films, Damul (1984), Mrityudand (1997), and Gangaajal 2003. He is also the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like, Face After Storm (1984) and Sonal (2002).While still midway through his course, he started working on films independently, in 1974 [4], and made his first documentary, 'Under the Blue' in 1975, and continued to do so for next 8 years [2]

Prakash Mehra            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Prakash Mehra: was a Bollywood film producer and director.Born on 13 July 1939 at Bijnaur, Uttar Pradesh, India, Mehra started in the late 1950s as a production controller. In 1968, he directed Shashi Kapoor who played a double role in Haseena Maan Jayegi. This was followed by the 1971 hit Mela starring the Khan brothers (Feroz Khan and Sanjay Khan) together. In 1973, he produced and directed Zanjeer. This mega blockbuster with Amitabh Bachchan started a relationship that spanned 7 more films. It also launched the career of Mr Bachchan (along with Mr Mehra), as a top Director/Actor duo.

Prakash Amritraj            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Prakash Amritraj: a professional tennis player. He turned professional in 2003 after winning the National Championships at the University of Southern California.Amritaj is the son of Vijay Amritraj, who played at Wimbledon for 17 years and in the Davis Cup for 20 years, and the cousin of Stephen Amritraj, whose father was also a professional player. He also has one brother, Vikram who was born in 1993. He is a non-resident Indian who represents India in tournaments and the Davis Cup. He played tennis for the University of Southern California where he majored in business.

Matada Patil Prakash            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Matada Patil Prakash: was an Indian politician. He served the Government of Karnataka as its Deputy Chief Minister. A highly respected leader known for his simplicity and integrity, Prakash was also a theatre enthusiast. He directed and acted in Kannada plays. He died on Febru

Hassan Sanniah Prakash            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Hassan Sanniah Prakash: is an Indian politician and a member of the Legislative Assembly in the Indian state of Karnataka, representing the Hassan City, Hassan district constituency. His political party is Janata Dal (Secular) He was the municipal president of Hassan city munici

Adoor Prakash            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Adoor Prakash: is a Minister of Kerala State. He came to active politics through the Student movement of Kerala Students Union. He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly consecutively from Konni Constituency in 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011 General Elections as a ca

Surendra Prakash            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Surendra Prakash: is an Indian politician. He stood for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections on the Indian National Congress (INC) ticket and won from Ghaziabad. He was defeated by the president of BJP Rajnath Singh in the next general elections in 2009.

Dr. Ram Prakash            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Dr. Ram Prakash: is an Indian politician and a leader of Indian National Congress party. He is Member of the Parliament of India representing Haryana in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Being close to the Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh H