Prabhu Mundkur is an Indian film actor who hails from Manipal. He started his career with Kannada television soap Kulavadhu in 2016. His movie debut happened in 2017 through Urvi, a critically acclaimed movie in the Kannada film industry.
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Narasimha Prabhu Mundkur | |
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Born | (1988-12-05) 5 December 1988 (age 33) Manipal, Karnataka, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | University of Madras |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2017–present |
Spouse(s) | Kavita Kudtarkar (m. 2012) |
Children | 3 |
Prabhu Mundkur was born on 5 December 1988 to a Konkani speaking orthodox family in Manipal, in Udupi.[1] He completed his schooling at Bangalore and Udupi and graduated from St. Aloysius College, Mangalore. He also holds a post graduate degree in Applied Microbiology from the University of Madras. Prior to pursuing acting, he worked as a research scientist[2] for Biocon and ITC Limited. He married Kavita Kudtarkar (Nakshatra Prabhu) in 2012 and they have a daughter and twin boy and girl.
Prior to his acting career, Prabhu undertook modelling assignments with regional apparel brands. He began working for theater and short films; he played the lead in Meendum Orumurai, a Tamil language short film released in 2016. He underwent training at Usha Bhandari's film institute in 2014 and after a couple of years of acting in minor characters, he was called up for a role in 2016's critically acclaimed Kannada film Urvi.[3]
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Year | Film | Role | Director | Language | Notes |
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2017 | Urvi | Prakash | B S Pradeep Varma | Kannada | Debut |
2018 | Double Engine[4] | Sunil | Chandra Mohan | ||
2019 | D/O Parvathamma[5][6] | Rajesh | Shankar J | ||
Relax Satya[7] | Sathya | G Naveen Reddy | |||
2020 | Maya Kannadi [8] | Sandy | Vinod Poojary | [9] | |
Mysore Diaries[10][11][12] | Likith | Dhananjay Ranjan | Post-production | ||
Ranchi[13][14] | Shashikant Gatti | Post-Production |