Prem Kumar (Tamil actor)

Prem Kumar
Born	Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	actor
Years active	1996–present.
Spouse	Hamsadhwani
Children	2
Relatives	Harish Raghavendra (brother in law)

Prem Kumar is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films. He rose to fame starring in television serials, and was also the winner of season 1 of the reality dance show Jodi Number One . In the Nadigar Sangam elections held on 18 October 2015, he was elected as an executive committee member. He is the grandson of Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathi, the Raja of Ramnad.

Personal life and career

Prem's father is a DSP. ^[1] He made his acting debut starring in a television serial produced by K. Balachander and directed by Samuthirakani called Anni . He was recommended by Dr. M. Karunanidhi, who had seen him perform in the TV serial Annamalai, to feature in the film version of Karunanidhi's novel Kannamma. ^[2] The film released in 2005 to average reviews. ^[3]

He participated in season one of Jodi Number One with Pooja, his co-star in Annamalai. He went on to win Jodi No.1 and announced a move away from television serials and into films. ^[4] He has since appeared in films including Nepali (2008), Unnaipol Oruvan (2009) and Vallakottai (2010). His brother-in-law is the singer Harish Raghavendra.

Filmography

Tamil films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	Nattupura Pattu	Velpandi
2005	Kannamma	Anandan
	Kalaiyatha Ninaivugal
2007	Veerappu	Puli's Brother-in-law
	Machakaaran
	Pazhaniappa Kalloori		Special appearance
2008	Nepali	Gautham
	Dhanam	Ananth
	Kathi Kappal	Pari Vallal
	Seval	Parijatham's Brother-in-Law then husband
2009	Unnaipol Oruvan	Zakria
	Munnar	Shankar
2010	Vaadaa	Prem
	Vallakottai	Bala
2011	Gurusamy	Vembu
	Naan Sivanagiren
2012	Saattai	Private School Coach
2013	Biriyani	Vikram
2014	Pulivaal	Gautham
2015	Killadi	Dharani's brother
	36 Vayadhinile	Jayachandran
2016	Aagam	Mrithula
	Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum	Shiva
	Thodari	Arvind
2017	Si3	Ananda Rao
	Vikram Vedha	Simon
	Kodiveeran	Kathir
2018	Ezhumin	G. Rajasekar
	Sarkar	Sundar Ramasamy' brother
2019	Kaappaan	Prem
	Sivappu Manjal Pachai	Rajasekar's brother
	Petromax	Saravanan
	Hero	Police officer
2021	Master	Prem
2022	Payanigal Gavanikkavum	Inspector K. Raja Narayanan
	Kaari	Sethu's friend
2023	Thunivu	Prem
2024	Singappenney
	Vasco Da Gama	Mahadevan
	Kanguva	Karaikoothan
	Sshhh
2025	Retro	Murugan
	Trending

Other language films

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2009	Eenadu	Francis	Telugu
2010	Appu and Pappu	Prasad	Kannada	Uncredited
	Huli		Kannada
2013	Jatta	Bheem Kumar

Web series

Year	Film	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2018	Alarm	Prem	ZEE5		[5]
2022	Suzhal: The Vortex	Vadivelu	Amazon Prime Video
2023	Sengalam	Natesan	ZEE5		[6]
2024	Sshhh		aha	Anthology series

Television

Serials

• Nimamthi Ungal Choice II|Nimmathi Ungal Choice II: Triveni Sangamam (Sun TV)
• Nimmathi Ungal Choice V: Manasatchi (Sun TV)
• 2001-2003 Anni as Muthiah Ramanathan (Jaya TV)
• 2002 Soolam as Senathipathi (Sun TV)
• 2003-2005 Annamalai as Nambi (Sun TV)
• 2004-2005 Manaivi as Arivazhagan "Arivu" (Sun TV)

Reality Shows

• 2006 Jodi No. 1 as participant and Title Winner along with Pooja (Star Vijay)

References

1. "Prem's passion for police". The Times of India . 18 November 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
2. "Prem's passion for police". the times of india. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
3. "kannamma movie review". bizhat.com. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
4. "From telly screen to silver screen". thehindu.com. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
5. Scroll Staff (17 November 2018). "'Alarm' teaser: A cop races against time to save the day in ZEE5 Tamil series". Scroll.in. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
6. "அரசியல் திரில்லராக உருவாகியுள்ள 'செங்களம்' இணையத் தொடர்! - மார்ச் 24 ஆம் தேதி ஜீ5 தளத்தில் வெளியாகிறது". www.cinemainbox.com (in Tamil). 19 March 2023.

External links

• Prem Kumar at IMDb
• Prem Kumar on Twitter