The multifaceted personality Prakash Raj has indulged into a philanthropic activity in the recent days and launched the Prakash Raj Foundations. The recent news about his activities is that he has adopted the Kondareddipalle village in Mahabubnagar district of Telangana. Prakash Raj was in talks with K.T.Rama Rao, the Panchayat Raj Minister of Telangana who welcomed the noble work of the actor and accepted for the development.

The actor has planned to carry out agricultural activities in the backward village using the latest technology. He would also help the farmers of that area with the basic amenities. His team from the Foundation are currently surveying the village and once it is completed, the plans would be announced.

His previous social activity include ‘Save The Tiger’ Campaign with a popular Kannada TV Channel. Mahesh Babu also mentioned last month that he is likely to adopt a village in the same district, but Prakash Raj has stolen the show before him.

Prakash Raj is an Indian film actor, film director, producer and television presenter who mainly works in the South Indian film industry. He acted in back-to-back stage shows for INR300 a month in the initial stages of his career when he joined Kalakshetra, Bengaluru, and he has 2,000 street theatre performances to his credit.

After working in the Kannada television industry and Kannada cinema for a few years, he made his debut in Tamil cinema through Duet (1994) by K. Balachander and has since been a commercially successful film star in Tamil. In remembrance, he named his production company Duet Movies. Prakash has also worked in a number of Bollywood films.
Apart from his mother tongue Kannada, Prakash's fluency in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi and English has placed him among the most sought after actors in Indian cinema.

He has played a variety of roles, most notably as the antagonist and, of late, as a character actor. Prakash, as an actor has won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for Mani Ratnam's Iruvar and a National Film Award for Best Actor in 2009 for his role in Kanchivaram, a Tamil film directed by Priyadarshan, and as a producer has won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada for Puttakkana Highway directed by his long-time theatre friend B. Suresh in 2011. Prakash was also the host of Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi during the shows second season.

Prakash Raj

Prakash Raj

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