Prashanth Neel: Net Worth, Family, Relationship, And More!

Prashanth Neelakantapuram, popularly known as Prashanth Neel, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works majorly in Kannada movies. He made his entry into films in 2018 with ‘Ugram’, a movie written and directed by him.

For his debut film, Prashanth Neel received the Best Debutant Director award at the 4th South Indian International Movie Awards. The director’s other films include K.G.F: Chapter 1 released in 2018 and its sequel K.G.F: Chapter 2 which hit the screens in 2022.

Physical Stats

Prashanth Neel Family

Prashanth Neel was born on 4 June 1980 to the late N Subhash Reddy and Bharathi. The director’s family hails from Neelakantapuram village, near Madakasira in Andhra Pradesh, and they later settled in Bangalore.

Prashanth’s father owned Moti Mahal where several film shootings were held in the past. The director also has a brother, Pradeep, and a sister, Rekha. Prashanth is also the nephew of Dr. N Raghuveera Reddy, the former Congress Minister.

On May 5th, 2010, Prashanth married Likhitha. The couple is having two children, a daughter Sarayu Neel and a son Rayansh Neel.

Relationships 

There is no news available in the public sources about Prashanth’s relationships.

Education

Prashanth did his schooling at Baldwin Boys High School in Bengaluru. Later, he completed his bachelor’s degree from Seshadripuram College. Though the director enrolled for MBA, he dropped out of the course.

Controversies

In 2021 January, Prashanth, on Twitter wished actor Yash on the occasion of his birthday. The director’s birthday wish was in Urdu and it didn’t go down well with the Kannada audience who are quite attached to their mother tongue.

Thus the fans in Karnataka lashed out at the director on social media for not wishing the actor in Kannada. Also, Prashanth had faced the wrath of movie lovers in Karnataka for doing Telugu films and he was accused of being disloyal to Kannadigas.

Following the above controversies, Prashanth deleted his social media accounts. It sparked rumors that the director took this step due to the attack he had to face on social media.

Prashanth Neel Profession

In 2014, Prashanth made his directorial debut ‘Ugramm’, an action thriller film. With Sriimurali, Hariprriya, and Thilak Shekar in the lead roles, the film turned out to be a super hit. In 2018, Prashanth came up with his second film ‘K.G.F: Chapter 1’.

The plot of the film was based on the epic Mahabharata and actor Yash played the role of lead character ‘Rocky’. Made with a budget of Rs 80 crore, the film went on to collect a massive Rs 230 crore.

In 2022, Prashanth directed ‘K.G.F: Chapter 2’, the sequel to KGF. As in the case of its prequel, KGF 2 turned out to be a blockbuster and became the highest-grossing film in Kannada. In the same year, the announcement of ‘Bagheera’ was made, a film with Srii Murali and Junior NTR in the new roles.

Prashanth is now making his foray into Telugu with ‘Salaar’ and the film will be released in theatres on September 28th, 2023. A pan-India movie, the trailer of Salaar is already out and it has Prabhas and Shruti Haasan in the lead roles. The shooting of ‘#NTR31’, the second Telugu film directed by Prashanth will begin in March 2024 and Junior NTR plays the lead role in the film. 

Prashanth Neel Net worth

Prashanth’s main source of income is from directing and writing screenplays for films. Reportedly, his net worth stands at Rs.40 crore.

Lesser Known Facts About Prashanth Neel

• Prashanth has taken a selfie only once in his lifetime and it was with Ramesh Sippy, director of the Hindi film ‘Sholay’. According to Prashanth, his hands were shivering after taking that selfie.

• Prashanth still pays visits to Neelakantapuram, where his father’s tomb is situated. The villagers say that they are proud of the feat achieved by the director.

• Regarding his decision to make Telugu movies, Prashanth was once asked whether he was sold to the Telugu industry. The director replied that there are many people who go from India to the US to advance their careers and does it mean that they have been sold?

• In 2022 May, Prashanth celebrated his wedding anniversary along with Junior NTR and the wives of both of them were also present at the occasion.

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