Premsai is an Indian film director and former actor. As an actor, he was acclaimed for playing many different prominent roles in

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and Telugu television serials and tele films. Later he ventured in to Direction. His debut film was ''

Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum ''Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Premsai and produced by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The film stars Jai and Yami Gautam, with Ashutosh Rana, Santhanam, VTV Ganesh, Prem, Nas ...

'' starring Jai,

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in Tamil and ''

Courier Boy Kalyan ''Courier Boy Kalyan'' is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Premsai, who had earlier assisted Prabhu Deva. This film is produced by Gautham Vasudev Menon under the banners Photon Kathaas and Guru films. It is insp ...

'' in Telugu with Nitin &

. It was produced by

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Early life

Premsai was born on 29 September in

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. He started his media career in the year 1998 first he ventured into acting in Serials and tele films in Tamil and Telugu. He was introduced by AVM Productions in a teleserial by legendary director S. P. Muthuraman he featured in a single episode in that serial. He was choosy in selecting scripts which helped him work with the best of technicians such as

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, A.C.Trilokchander, S.P.Muthuraman,

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, Venkat and Ramesh Raja.

Direction

Premsai moved from acting and ventured into direction to explore his creative abilities into writing and direction. He directed his first telefilm ''Manasa Vaacha Karma'' with Venu Arvind in the lead which got him a very good recognition and Director

Prabhu Deva Prabhu Deva (born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada language films. In a career spanning 32 years, he has performed and designed a ...

noticed and he went on to assist him in films as associate director in the film ''

Shankar Dada Zindabad ''Shankar Dada Zindabad'' () is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film directed by Prabhu Deva. Starring Chiranjeevi and Karishma Kotak, the film is a remake of the 2006 Hindi film '' Lage Raho Munnabhai'' and a sequel to ''Shankar Dad ...

'' with mega star

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in the lead. He later worked as a co-director & dialogue writer for Prabhu deva in ''

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'' starring

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and Hansika Motwani in the lead. As a director he debuted with a bilingual film titled ''

'' starring Jai,

in the lead in Tamil and ''

'' in Telugu with

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in the lead . It was produced by

Filmography

Director

Co- Director , Associate Director

Actor

TeleSerial — Tamil

TeleSerial — Telugu

Films

*''Rajadhi Raja'' (2009) and many more

Awards

References

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