years_active birth_place relatives birth_date spouse birthname image article_title name occupation
1997 -- present chennai , tamil nadu , india premji father -rrb- amaren -lrb- brother -rrb- , gangai amaren -lrb- 07 november 1975 rajalakshmi -lrb- 2001 -- present -rrb- venkat kumar gangai amaren venkat.prabhu.jpg venkat prabhu
 venkat prabhu actor , director , playback singer , screenwriter
venkat prabhu

venkat kumar gangai amaren -lrb- born 7 november 1975 -rrb- , better known by his stage name venkat prabhu , is an indian filmmaker , who has worked as an actor , director and playback singer in the tamil film industry .
after completing his education , he began pursuing an acting career , with his first three ventures , featuring him in a starring role , failing to release , following which he began appearing in character roles .
he hogged spotlight for the first time when he turned director with the summer hit `` chennai 600028 '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- .
he achieved further commercial successes with his subsequent directorials `` saroja '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- , `` biriyani '' -lrb- 2013 -rrb- and `` mankatha '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- .
his father gangai amaren is a renowned music director .
