Prem Kumar

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Prem Kumar
Other name(s)	Prem Lovely Star
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004 - present

Prem Kumar aka Prem is a Kannada actor. He debuted with the 2004 film Praana. He shot to fame with the hit Nenapirali in 2005. He became known as the Lovely Star of the Kannada film industry because of his good looks.

Contents 1 Career 2 Filmography 3 Awards 4 Media 5 External Links

Career

Prem debuted with the 2004 film Praana. It comprised of a team of newcomers, director Prakash, composer Allwyn and the actress Preeti were all new besides Prem. The film did not do well at the box office. But the next year, Prem bounced back with a memerobable performance in Rathnaja's debut film, Nenapirali. The film had him play the role of a young man faking love for a girl, and ultimately falling in love. It hit the pulse of the audience, and catapulted Prem to instant stardom. Prem picked up a Best Actor Filmfare Award for his performance in the film. In 2006, Prem further consolidated his position as a bankable star with his single release Jote Joteyali with the actress Ramya. The film was also a love story, directed by the debutant director Dinakar Toogudeep. It was one of the major successes of 2006. After the release of the film, Prem promised the public that he would not be seen in a remake film. This move backfired as Prem's original choices sank at the box office one after the other. His next releases Pallakki, Savi Savi Nenapu and Gunavanta sank at the box office. In 2008, Prem teamed up with Rathnaja once more for the film Honganasu. Prem had high hopes on the film and had involved himself heavily in the film, but this too sank without a trace. It was a critical failure as well. After these losses, Prem announced that he was open to act in remake films and promptly signed up to act in Gowtham, a Tamil remake. The film will release in 2009. Also in 2009, Prem will team up with lucky heroine Ramya for the film Jotegaara. Other films in his kitty are Sihi Muttu alongside Dhyan and Pooja Chopra, Januma Janumadallu with Andrita Ray and a cameo in Shiv Rajkumar's travel extravaganza Cheluveye Ninna Nodalu

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Also Starring	Status	Notes
2004	Praana		Prakash	Preeti	Released
2005	Nenapirali	Kishore	Rathnaja	Naveen Krishna, Vidya Venkatesh	Released
2006	Jote Joteyali		Dinakar Toogudeep	Ramya	Released
2007	Pallakki	Laxmikant	K Narendra Babu	Ramanitu Chaudhry	Released
	Savi Savi Nenapu	Prem	Santosh Rai Pathaje	Mallika Kapoor	Released
	Gunavanta	Guna	Raghuvardhan	Rekha	Released
2008	Honganasu	Sagar	Rathnaja	Anjali, Naveen Krishna	Released
2009	Gautham		K Rajeev Prasad	Sarah	Released
	Januma Janumadallu		Dinesh Baboo	Andrita Ray	Ready for Release
	Jothegara		Shikamani	Ramya	Ready for Release
	Sihi Muttu		Ashok Kashyap	Dimpal Chopada, Dhyan	Filming
	Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu		DP Raghuram	Shiv Rajkumar, Sonal Chauhan	Filming	Guest Role
	Eradane Madhuve		Dinesh Babu	Anantnag, Suhasini	Ready for Release
	Untitled		Ravindra	Sanjana, Karishma Tanna	Filming

Awards

Partial List.

Year	Award	Category	Film
2005	Filmfare Award	Best Actor	Nenapirali

Media

   

External Links

• Prem Fanclub at GG