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