Prem Kumar, commonly referred to as Prem or 'Nenapirali' Prem is a Kannada cinema actor. He has won Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his film Nenapirali in 2005.

Career

He was introduced to Kannada films through the movie, Prana

Prana

Prana is the Sanskrit word for "vital life" .It is one of the five organs of vitality or sensation, viz. prana "breath", vac "speech", chakshus "sight", shrotra "hearing", and manas "thought" Prana is the Sanskrit word for "vital life" (from the root "to fill", cognate to Latin plenus...

 in 2004 directed by Prakash. Later he starred in the debutant director Ratnaja's film Nenapirali which brought him lot of acclaims and awards for his acting skills. He kept on working in a slew of films one after another which boosted his star status sans the films' performance at the box office.His popularity rose again in the 2006 released movie Jothe Jotheyali

Jothe Jotheyali

Jothe Jotheyali is a 2006 Kannada film directed by Dinakar Thoogudeep and produced by Meena Thoogudeepa Srinivas. The film stars Prem and Ramya in lead roles, with a stellar guest appearance from Darshan Thoogudeep. The music for the movie was composed by a debutante music composer V....

, his biggest successful venture so far.

Filmography

Year of Release	Film	Director	Notes
2004	Prana Prana Prana is the Sanskrit word for "vital life" .It is one of the five organs of vitality or sensation, viz. prana "breath", vac "speech", chakshus "sight", shrotra "hearing", and manas "thought" Prana is the Sanskrit word for "vital life" (from the root "to fill", cognate to Latin plenus...	Prakash
2005	Nenapirali	Rathnaja	Winner Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2005	O Gulabiye	Narendra Babu
2006	Jothe Jotheyali Jothe Jotheyali Jothe Jotheyali is a 2006 Kannada film directed by Dinakar Thoogudeep and produced by Meena Thoogudeepa Srinivas. The film stars Prem and Ramya in lead roles, with a stellar guest appearance from Darshan Thoogudeep. The music for the movie was composed by a debutante music composer V....	Dinakar Toogudeep
2007	Pallakki	Narendra Babu
2007	Gunavantha	Raghuvardhan
2008	Honganasu	Rathnaja
2009	Gautham	K. Rajeev Prasad
2010	Savi Savi Nenapu Savi Savi Nenapu Savi Savi Nenapu is a Kannada film starring actor Prem and Mallika Kapoor in the lead roles amognst others. The film was released in 2007.-Synopsis:...	Santhosh Rai Pathage
2010	Jothegaara	Sigamani
2011	Eradane Maduve Eradane Maduve Eradane Maduve is a Indian Kannada comedy movie directed by Dinesh Baboo starring veteran Ananth Nag, Suhasini Maniratnam, Tara, Jennifer Kotwal. It is a low budget movie and surprise hit of the year 2010...	Dinesh Baboo Dinesh Baboo Dinesh Baboo , is an Indian film director, cinematographer, producer, actor and screenwriter. He has worked in both Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. His directorial ventures were chiefly with Kannada films...	Cameo Appearance
2011	I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona I Am Sorry Mathe Banni Preethsona is a 2011 Kannada film in the romance genre starring Prem Kumar and Karishma Tanna in the lead roles. The film is directed by Ravindra H P. Anoop Seelin is the music director of the film. Vinay Narkar has jointly produced the film with Ravindra...	H. P. Ravindra Das
2011	Dhan Dhana Dhan Dhan Dhana Dhan Dhan Dhana Dhan is a 2011 Kannada film in the romance genre starring Prem Kumar and Sharmila Mandre in the lead roles. The film is directed by Ramnath Rigvedi. K. Sai Karthik is the music director of the film. Santhosh Singh has jointly produced the film with Wasim...	Ramnath
2011	Sihi Muttu	Ashok Kashyap	Post Production
2011	Januma Janumadallu	Dinesh Baboo Dinesh Baboo Dinesh Baboo , is an Indian film director, cinematographer, producer, actor and screenwriter. He has worked in both Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. His directorial ventures were chiefly with Kannada films...	Filming
2011	Shatru Shatru Shatru is a 1986 hit film starring Rajesh Khanna in the lead in a role playing the role of an inspector in a remote village.The film was a Indo Bangladesh venture and the music was given by R.D.Burman.The lead actress Shabana Sidique was from Bangladesh.The film had box office collection of 1.70...	Jagadish Kumar	Filming