Venkat Prabhu is one of those directors who will be an outcast in your dictionary of serious and brooding filmmakers. Though the director never fails to entertain us through his ingenious and fun filled content,  the man behind his movies is the same uber-cool young at heart person that we know of.

Venkat Prabhu who started off his career as a playback singer in the film industry also has performed as a character artist before making the runaway hit ‘Chennai 600028’. Venkat’s debut directorial venture surprisingly had eleven new comers being featured in a sports comedy film. The film’s relevance to youngsters and Venkat’s unique brand of humour helped raise the film’s bar to that of a cult status.

When the success of ‘Chennai 600028’ was still resonating, ‘Saroja’ catapulted the director’s fame to even greater heights. Retaining people close to him in his subsequent projects and treating the film crew akin to a family has earned him much love from the general public as well as the film fraternity.

His later ventures like ‘Goa’ which featured Vaibhav, Premgi and Jai in the lead roles also became a massive hit among audiences especially the youngsters. Venkat Prabhu then went on to direct mass actor Ajith Kumar in his ‘Mankatha’ with the film becoming a raging hit among Thala fans and general audiences.

Venkat Prabhu also has the distinction of directing brothers Suriya and Karthi in ‘Massu Engira Masilamani’ and ‘Biriyani’ respectively. Much to the rejoicing of fans, he also brought back the nostalgia of ‘Chennai 600028’with a sequel that won the hearts of fans and critics equally.

Presently, Venkat Prabhu is working on his upcoming multistarrer ‘Party’. Touted to be a ‘Venkat Prabhu Hangover’ we could expect nothing less than the best from this movie as well.

Indiaglitz wishes a wonderful happy birthday to Venkat Prabhu, the man who makes work look like play and play look like party.