Tiger Prabhakar

Prabhakar started his career by appearing in small negative roles in Kannada movies and went on to become one of the most sought after villains in Kannada and Telugu movies during the late 70s and 80s. He graduated to playing full-fledged action hero roles in Kannada movies 1983-84 onward and remained one of the most sought after heroes until 1993-94. He made a successful pair with all the top Kannada heroines of the time like Jayamala, Aarathi, Bharathi, Lakshmi and Jayanthi. Prabhakar has also directed more than 10 films in Kannada in which he starred as the hero. Acting style Prabhakar's unique acting style, his physique helped him become extremely popular amongst the masses. He excelled in action sequences. He even excelled in his comedic timing and excelled in many movies in comedy scenes as is seen in many movies where he played Anant Nag's friend in movies like Nanna Devaru, Dhairya Lakshmi, Gayathri Maduve. He would wear a cross to the sets, being a Christian but would be asked to hide or remove it sometimes. Prabhakar introduced Kanglish, a mix of Kannada and English dialogues, to Kannada movies. == Personal life ==

Prabhakar followed the Christian faith. Contemporary media reports following his death quoted Prabhakar saying at an event that he was married five times. His first marriage yielded three children: two daughters, Bharathi and Geetha, and a son, Vinod. He was then married to actress Jayamala, and then one child together: daughter Soundarya. With his third wife, actress Anju, Prabhakar had one son. In later interviews, his son Vinod clarified the rumours circulated about the actor's illness and death, including reports claiming amputation due to gangrene. However, the family stated that these claims were incorrect and that he died due to complications from illness leading to organ failure. == Filmography ==

As actor Kannada Telugu Tamil Malayalam Hindi As director ==References==