He lights up the screeen

Journalist and Moviebuff Muralidhara Khajane Writes about Prakash rai (Raj) in a diffrenet view.

Metamorphosis reminds one of two things: the biological process that most animals undergo – including the caterpillar that transforms into a beautiful butterfly. The other is Franz Kafka’s stunning piece of fiction, the protagonist becoming a beetle.

In this case, it’s the former – the case of the luminous butterfly. Going a little further, I would extend this metamorphosis to Prakash Raj, the much-loved actor of the South, who has bagged his fourth National Award as Best Actor for his brilliant performance in Priyadarshan’s “Kanchivaram”. He has acted in more than 250 films and has even produced films in Tamil. Now he is directing “Naanu Mattu Nanna Kanasu” in Kannada (a remake of his famous “Abhiyum Naanum”)

In “Kanchivaram” Prakash plays the role of a weaver, who dreams about a silk sari for his daughter’s marriage. What sounds like a simple dream is far too complex to be in the ambit of one’s imagination. Keep reading