S. R. Prabhakaran is an Indian film director primarily working in

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. He is best known for directing his debut film ''

Sundarapandian ''Sundarapandian'' is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by debutant S. R. Prabhakaran. Sasikumar played the title character, besides producing the film, while Vijay Sethupathi, Lakshmi Menon, Soori, Appukutty, Inigo P ...

''. He was the former associate of

M. Sasikumar Mahalingam Sasikumar (born 28 September 1974) is an Indian film director, actor, singer and producer. He worked as an assistant director for director Bala in '' Sethu'' (1999), also worked for director Ameer in his first two films ''Mounam Pe ...

and also he was the former associate of S. D. Saba.

Career

''Sundarapandian'' is a 2012 Indian

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-language comedy drama film directed by S. R. Prabhakaran. Sasikumar played the title character, besides producing the film, while Lakshmi Menon,

Vijay Sethupathi Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi (born 16 January 1978), known professionally as Vijay Sethupathi, is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil films. He is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award. Fo ...

, Soori,

Inigo Prabhakaran Inigo Prabhakar is an Indian actor who predominantly acts in Tamil films. He made his entry into acting in 2005 in the film '' Ji'' as Ajith's friend. In 2007, he played a role named John as Rockers team captain in the film ''Chennai 600028''. ...

and

Soundararaja Soundararaja is an Indian actor and film Producer who appears in South Indian Films. Following a stint as a system engineer had worked in Singapore and France he began considering acting as career. He was working as a background actor, playing mi ...

appeared in supporting roles. Music was composed by

N. R. Raghunanthan N. R. Raghunanthan is an Indian film score and soundtrack, soundtrack composer. He has scored music for Tamil cinema, Tamil films. NR R debuted as a music director in 2010 with ''Thenmerku Paruvakaatru'' directed by Seenu Ramasamy which met with ...

, while cinematography was handled by Premkumar. The film released on 14 September 2012 to overall positive reviews. Following its commercial success, the film was remade in

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as ''

Raja Huli ''Raja Huli'' is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language comedy-drama film directed by Guru Deshpande and written by S. R. Prabhakaran. Produced by K. Manju's home production, The film stars Yash and Meghana Raj in the lead roles. The soundtrack and sc ...

'' and in

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as ''

Speedunnodu ''Speedunnodu'' () is a 2016 Indian Telugu romantic comedy film directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao. It is produced by Bheemineni Sunitha under her production company Good Will Cinema, ''Speedunnodu'' features Bellamkonda Sreenivas, Sonarika Bha ...

''.

Personal

S. R. Prabhakaran was born in

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to K.P.Sooli Ramu and S.Rajalakshmi, He has completed his diploma in Film Science. S.R.Prabhakaran married Dhivya on 14 July 2013 in

and the couple have a son named P.Vishal.and P.Mukhil.

Filmography

Films

Web series

Awards and nominations

References

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