Famous People with Name Prakash

Prakash Karat            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Prakash Karat: is a communist politician in India and the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) since 2005. After returning to India in 1970, Karat joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University and thereafter Communist Party of India (Marxist). He

Prakash Jha            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Prakash Jha: an Indian film producer-director-screenwriter, who is most known for his political and socio-political films, Damul (1984), Mrityudand (1997), and Gangaajal 2003. He is also the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like, Face After Storm (1984) and Sonal (2002).While still midway through his course, he started working on films independently, in 1974 [4], and made his first documentary, 'Under the Blue' in 1975, and continued to do so for next 8 years [2]

Prakash Mehra            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Prakash Mehra: was a Bollywood film producer and director.Born on 13 July 1939 at Bijnaur, Uttar Pradesh, India, Mehra started in the late 1950s as a production controller. In 1968, he directed Shashi Kapoor who played a double role in Haseena Maan Jayegi. This was followed by the 1971 hit Mela starring the Khan brothers (Feroz Khan and Sanjay Khan) together. In 1973, he produced and directed Zanjeer. This mega blockbuster with Amitabh Bachchan started a relationship that spanned 7 more films. It also launched the career of Mr Bachchan (along with Mr Mehra), as a top Director/Actor duo.

Prakash Amritraj            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Prakash Amritraj: a professional tennis player. He turned professional in 2003 after winning the National Championships at the University of Southern California.Amritaj is the son of Vijay Amritraj, who played at Wimbledon for 17 years and in the Davis Cup for 20 years, and the cousin of Stephen Amritraj, whose father was also a professional player. He also has one brother, Vikram who was born in 1993. He is a non-resident Indian who represents India in tournaments and the Davis Cup. He played tennis for the University of Southern California where he majored in business.

Prakash Padukone            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Prakash Padukone: a badminton player from Karnataka, India, who was awarded the Padma Sri in 1982.Prakash was initiated into the game at a tender age by his father Ramesh Padukone, who was the Secretary of the Mysore Badminton Association for many years.Padukone's first official tournament was the Karnataka state junior championship in 1962. Though he lost in the very first round, two years later he managed to win the state junior title. He changed his playing style into a more aggressive style in 1971, and won the Indian national junior title in 1972. He also won the senior title the same year. He won the Indian national title consecutively for the next seven years, until 1979. In 1978, he won his first major international title, the men's singles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada. In 1979, he won the Evening of Champions at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

John Prakash            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

John Prakash: is a Malaysian cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman,[2] he played for the Malaysia national cricket team between 1994 and 1998. John Prakash made his debut for Malaysia in the 1994 Saudara Cup match against Singapore. He did not play for the national side

Matada Patil Prakash            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Matada Patil Prakash: was an Indian politician. He served the Government of Karnataka as its Deputy Chief Minister. A highly respected leader known for his simplicity and integrity, Prakash was also a theatre enthusiast. He directed and acted in Kannada plays. He died on Febru

Hassan Sanniah Prakash            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Hassan Sanniah Prakash: is an Indian politician and a member of the Legislative Assembly in the Indian state of Karnataka, representing the Hassan City, Hassan district constituency. His political party is Janata Dal (Secular) He was the municipal president of Hassan city munici

Adoor Prakash            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Adoor Prakash: is a Minister of Kerala State. He came to active politics through the Student movement of Kerala Students Union. He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly consecutively from Konni Constituency in 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011 General Elections as a ca

Surendra Prakash            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Surendra Prakash: is an Indian politician. He stood for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections on the Indian National Congress (INC) ticket and won from Ghaziabad. He was defeated by the president of BJP Rajnath Singh in the next general elections in 2009.