 Belonging to the family of one of the biggest musical geniuses of the country is not lost on director Venkat Prabhu. Nephew of Illayaraja, Venkat Prabhu cherishes the time he spends with his uncle and was recently overwhelmed by Illayaraja’s praise for Venkat’s films.
Venkat Prabhu, it seems, was bowled over by Illayaraja’s wishes for the director, congratulating him on making the movies he made. In fact, going a step beyond that, Illayaraja even advised Venkat not to make films casting popular heroes. “You are making films that a completely enjoyable. Go ahead and do many more such films,” the Isaignani said.
But that’s not all. Illayaraja, it seems, was happy about the element of surprise that is found in Venkat’s films and asked him to continue it in his forthcoming films. An excited Venkat Prabhu is still basking in the glory of such praise calling it highly unusual and therefore, highly precious.
Venkat Prabhu, director of two hits, 'Chennai 600028' and 'Saroja', is currently working in this third venture, 'Goa'. The movie is being produced by Ocher Studios and features Jai, Vaibhav, Premji, Arvind Aakash and Sneha in the lead.
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