Salaar director Prashanth Neel: From owning hotels to producing blockbuster films
Team OTTplay
Dec 22, 2023
Born in Karnataka
Prashanth Neel was born on June 4, 1980, in Hassan, Karnataka
Passionate about filmmaking
He pursued Visual Communication and furthered his passion for filmmaking
Ties with politics
Neelakantapuram Raghuveera Reddy, a Congress leader from Andhra Pradesh and a former minister, is a close relative of Prashanth
Hotel owner
The filmmaker co-owns the hotels The Highlands Hotel and Moti Mahal in Bengaluru
Debut film
Prashant made his directorial debut in 2014 with the Kannada film
Ugramm
, starring his brother-in-law Sriimurali
National acclaim
However, it was his second directorial venture,
KGF: Chapter 1 (2018)
, starring Yash, that propelled him to national acclaim
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