Vikram Prabhu is a South Indian actor. He was born on 15 January 1986 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Vikram Prabhu made his film debut in 2012 with the Tamil film Kumki as Bomman, a Mahout. Prabhu Solomon was the director of this film and was produced by N. Linguswamy.
The concept of the film was based on elephants, thereby, Vikram Prabhu needed to be familiar with the elephants before actually facing them on screen, so he began training at an elephant training camp in Ottapalam in Kerala as advised by the director of the film.
Vikram Prabhu was cast in the action thriller film Ivan Veramathiri as Gunasekaran in December 2013, and the film was directed by M. Saravanan.
He appeared in the film alongside Tamil actors Vamsi Krishna and Ganesh Venkatraman. Vikram Prabhu played the role of a student in the film and his performance in the film earned him many positive reviews from film critics.
One such film critic mentioned in a newspaper article that Vikram was emerging as an action hero in the film industry, and he had to work hard on his dance skills. Critic wrote.
Vikram Prabhu then appeared in another action thriller film Arima Nambi as Arjun Krishna, which was directed by Anand Shankar in 2014. Reportedly, Anand Shankar was once the assistant director of A. R. Murugadoss.
In the same year, Vikram Prabhu worked in Tamil filmmaker Gaurav’s film Sigaram Thodu as SI Muralipandian, which was a family action entertainer.
In this film, Vikram played a double role and appeared alongside Tamil actors Sathyaraj and Monal Gajjar. At the end of the year 2014, on 25 December, his third film, Vellaikaara Durai was released. This film was directed by Ezhil, and Vikram appeared alongside Sridivya in the film, which was a super hit.
Apart from playing action and angry roles in many Tamil films, Vikram Prabhu appeared in a romantic comedy Tamil film Idhu Enna Maayam as Arun in 2015, which was directed by Tamil filmmaker A. L. Vijay.
Vikram’s style and looks as a college student in the film did not earn much appreciation, but his acting skills were highly appreciated in one of the reviews of the film on Rediff.com. One review stated.
Vikram Prabhu then appeared in the film Veera Sivaji as Sivaji in 2016. In the same year, he founded his own venture and a film production house “First Artist.” He worked in the film Wagah in 2016. Several film critics blamed the filmmakers for writing poor dialogues and muddled script of the film Wagah; however, his performance in the film received a good score.
In 2017, Vikram Prabhu appeared in the gangster thriller film Sathriyan as Gunasekaran “Guna”. His character in the film was an angry young man, which earned him immense acclaim.
Soon after the release of the film, many film critics penned a note in renowned newspapers and magazines that Vikram Prabhu was an ideal hero to play the role of an angry man in films.
Vikram Prabhu appeared as Selva in the Tamil film Vaanam Kottatum alongside veteran Tamil actors R. Sarathkumar and Raadhika in 2020, and the film was directed by Tamil filmmaker Dhana Sekaran.
The noted film director Mani Ratnam was the co-producer and co-writer of the film. Vikram Prabhu’s heist thriller film Asuraguru was released in the same year and was ranked below average at the box office. In 2022, he appeared in the film Ponniyin Selvan: I as Parthibendra Pallavan.
Vikram’s father’s name is Prabhu Ganesan, and he is a noted Tamil actor and film producer. His mother’s name is Punitha. Prabhu Ganesan and Punitha got married to each other in 1982 and parented a son and a daughter named Vikram Prabhu and Aishwarya Prabhu.
On 26 February 2007, Vikram Prabhu got married to Lakshmi Ujjaini who is the daughter of M. Madhivanan, a popular Indian businessman. The couple has two children, and the name of their son is Virat.