: प्रशांत नारायणन) is an Indian actor, known for his roles in films like Chhal, Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II

Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II

Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II , is a 2003 Indian movie starring Arshad Warsi. Shashanka Ghosh, the creative driver behind the launch of MTV and Channel V in India, marks his debut as a director with this film. Running in many parallel threads, the movie is in equal parts a comedy, satire, crime, and a...

, Shadows of Time

Shadows of Time

Shadows of Time is a 2004 romantic Bengali language German film, shot in Calcutta, India. It is the first feature-length film of Academy Award winning director Florian Gallenberger, and stars Prashant Narayanan, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Irrfan Khan and Soumitra Chatterjee in pivotal roles.-Plot:The...

, Bombil and Beatrice

Bombil and Beatrice

Bombil & Beatrice is a movie by Kaizad Gustad released at the Cannes film festival in 2007....

, Via Darjeeling

Via Darjeeling

Via Darjeeling is a 2008 Bollywood film. It was directed by debutant Arindam Nandy. It stars Kay Kay Menon, Sonali Kulkarni, Vinay Pathak, Sandhya Mridul and Rajat Kapoor as the lead protagonists.-Cast:*Kay Kay Menon as Ankur Sharma...

and Murder 2

Murder 2

Murder 2 is a 2011 Bollywood thriller film and the sequel to the 2004 hit film, Murder. The film is the second installment to the Murder Series which stars Emraan Hashmi and Jacqueline Fernandez in the lead. Directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Mukesh Bhatt, the film released on July 8, 2011...

. Certainly his big break came in the Bhatt banner film Murder 2.

Early life

Born in Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, Narayanan grew up in Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

. He was the state badminton champion and studied at the Kirori Mal College

Kirori Mal College

Kirori Mal College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, located in New Delhi, India that was established in 1954. It offers undergraduate and graduate courses in science, arts, liberal arts and commerce and is known for being one of the most politically active colleges in University...

 of Delhi University. There, he joined a theater group called Act 1, which included talented actors like Ashish Vidyarthi

Ashish Vidyarthi

Ashish Vidyarthi is an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Hindi films and lately in South Indian films. He has won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for film Drohkaal in 1995....

, Manoj Bajpai

Manoj Bajpai

Manoj Bajpai , also credited as Manoj Bajpayee, is an Indian film actor, known for playing offbeat and unconventional roles. He first shot into fame with his breakthrough role in Ram Gopal Varma's 1998 film Satya.-Early life:...

, Gajraj Rao and Girish Mishra.

Career

In 1991, Narayanan shifted to Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 with plans to start an ad agency. He started as assistant art director for films like Govind Nihalani

Govind Nihalani

Govind Nihalani is an Indian director, cinematographer, and also a screenwriter and film producer. He has been directing Hindi films since the late seventies, and worked in the television medium.- Biography :...

's Rukmavati Ki Haveli, Subhash Ghai

Subhash Ghai

Subhash Ghai is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. His most notable films include Kalicharan ,Karz , Hero , Meri Jung , Karma ,Ram Lakhan ,Saudagar , Khalnayak , Pardes and Taal...

's Saudagar and Shyam Benegal

Shyam Benegal

Shyam Benegal is a prolific Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films Ankur , Nishant Manthan and Bhumika he created a new genre, which has now come to be called the "middle cinema" in India although he himself has expressed dislike in the term preferring his work to...

's Sardari Begum

Sardari Begum

Sardari Begum is a 1996 Hindi movie directed by Shyam Benegal. The film stars Kiron Kher, Amrish Puri and Rajit Kapur and Rajeshwari Sachdev....

. He also worked as a costume director for the TV series Chanakya

Chanakya (TV series)

Chanakya is a 47-part Indian television historical drama written and directed by Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi that was originally telecast on DD National from September 1991 to August 1992...

. He started acting for theatres again, and soon landed up with several television shows like Parivartan, Farz, Gatha, Kabhi Kabhie, Jaane Kaha Jigar Gaya Ji and Shagun

Shagun

Shagun is a Hindi language daily Indian soap opera that broadcast on STAR Plus. A story of fortune's twists and pitfalls that tear asunder the lives of two cousins tied together by a bond stronger than that of blood - the bond of love.-Overview:...

.

Narayanan got his first movie role in 2002 in Hansal Mehta's Chhal as a hitman working in the Mumbai underworld. Though the film got mixed reviews from the critics, he was highly appraised for his portrayal of a hot-tempered, fun-loving goon.
His next film was debutante director Shashanka Ghosh's Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II

Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II

Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II , is a 2003 Indian movie starring Arshad Warsi. Shashanka Ghosh, the creative driver behind the launch of MTV and Channel V in India, marks his debut as a director with this film. Running in many parallel threads, the movie is in equal parts a comedy, satire, crime, and a...

. Although Narayanan's role was similar to that in Chhal, the actor was once again appreciated by the critics widely.

In 2003, Narayanan was offered the lead role in the Academy Award winning German director Florian Gallenberger

Florian Gallenberger

Florian Gallenberger is a German film director. His film Quiero ser was awarded the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2001.-Career:...

's film Shadows of Time

Shadows of Time

Shadows of Time is a 2004 romantic Bengali language German film, shot in Calcutta, India. It is the first feature-length film of Academy Award winning director Florian Gallenberger, and stars Prashant Narayanan, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Irrfan Khan and Soumitra Chatterjee in pivotal roles.-Plot:The...

. Narayanan played the role of Ravi in the film. Shadows of Time was challenging for him, as the film set in Calcutta, was to be in Bengali

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

 language. Narayanan, being a Malayalee, had to take lessons in Bengali to convincingly portray the role.

In 2009, he played a notable role in the show Bandini (TV series)

Bandini (TV series)

Imagine TV's most longest running show Bandini was an Indian soap opera that aired every Monday to Friday at 10:30pm prime times slot for the past years. It was produced by the Indian soap queen Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. It is also Imagine TV's top, most watched and awarded show presently...

 aired on NDTV Imagine

NDTV Imagine

Imagine TV is a Hindi general entertainment channel, owned by Turner Broadcasting System based in Mumbai.- History :The channel was established by NDTV Group under the stewardship of former STAR India CEO Sameer Nair. The channel, was launched in India on January 21, 2008 as NDTV Imagine...

. He played the antagonist in Peter Gaya Kaam Se

Peter Gaya Kaam Se

Peter Gaya Kaam Se is a fast-paced action adventure movie with a romantic twist. It is directed by John Owen, and produced by UTV Motion Pictures.-Plot:...

which also stars Rajeev Khandelwal

Rajeev Khandelwal

Rajeev Khandelwal is a popular Indian film actor notable for his versatility and choice of scripts. He has played the harrowed Dr. Aamir Ali in his critically acclaimed 2008 debut film Aamir and powerfully depicted the torn ACP Arvind Mathur who battles his inner demons in Shaitan...

 and Lekha Washington

Lekha Washington

Lekha Washington is an Indian film actress and model, who has appeared in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu films and Kannada language films...

.

In 2011, he played the role of Dheeraj Pandey in the movie Murder 2

Murder 2

Murder 2 is a 2011 Bollywood thriller film and the sequel to the 2004 hit film, Murder. The film is the second installment to the Murder Series which stars Emraan Hashmi and Jacqueline Fernandez in the lead. Directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Mukesh Bhatt, the film released on July 8, 2011...

, which is the sequel to the 2004 hit film Murder

Murder (film)

Murder is a 2004 Bollywood erotic thriller film directed by Anurag Basu and written by Mahesh Bhatt. The film stars Mallika Sherawat, Emraan Hashmi and Ashmit Patel and is set in Bangkok, Thailand. The film's soundtrack was composed by Anu Malik. The film draws inspiration from the 2002 Hollywood...

. In the movie, he played the role of a straight man turned eunuch and psychopath serial killer, who pretends as a customer to call-girls and kills them mercilessly. The movie turned out to be hit and Prashant Narayanan's role was acclaimed by the critics and public alike.

Television

Year	Title	Role
2001-2004	Shagun Shagun Shagun is a Hindi language daily Indian soap opera that broadcast on STAR Plus. A story of fortune's twists and pitfalls that tear asunder the lives of two cousins tied together by a bond stronger than that of blood - the bond of love.-Overview:...	Sumer
2009	Bandini Bandini (TV series) Imagine TV's most longest running show Bandini was an Indian soap opera that aired every Monday to Friday at 10:30pm prime times slot for the past years. It was produced by the Indian soap queen Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. It is also Imagine TV's top, most watched and awarded show presently...	Kanji Waghela
2011	Phulwa Phulwa Phulwa is an Indian television drama series set against the backdrop of Chambal forest near Morena, Madhya Pradesh. The story is loosely based on the life of Phoolan Devi, the dacoit-turned politician. From 3rd October the show will air Mon-Fri 9pm...	Bhavani

Film

Year	Film	Role
1995	Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India!
2003	Chhal	Girish
	Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II , is a 2003 Indian movie starring Arshad Warsi. Shashanka Ghosh, the creative driver behind the launch of MTV and Channel V in India, marks his debut as a director with this film. Running in many parallel threads, the movie is in equal parts a comedy, satire, crime, and a...	Vishnu
	Mudda: The Issue	Pratap Singh
2004	Shadows of Time Shadows of Time Shadows of Time is a 2004 romantic Bengali language German film, shot in Calcutta, India. It is the first feature-length film of Academy Award winning director Florian Gallenberger, and stars Prashant Narayanan, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Irrfan Khan and Soumitra Chatterjee in pivotal roles.-Plot:The...	Ravi Gupta
2005	Instant Karma Instant Karma (film) Instant Karma is a 1990 film. Craig Sheffer stars as Zane, a TV producer looking for romance.- Cast :* Craig Sheffer - Zane* Chelsea Noble - Penelope* David Cassidy - Reno* Glenn Hirsch - David* Orson Bean - Dr...	Mo
2007	Game	Mario John Brigenza
	Bombil and Beatrice Bombil and Beatrice Bombil & Beatrice is a movie by Kaizad Gustad released at the Cannes film festival in 2007....	Bombil
	Summer 2007 Summer 2007 Summer 2007 is a 2008 Indian drama film directed by the debutant Suhail Tatari. The film deals with five medical students who undergo a rude awakening of sorts after visiting a Maharashtrian village and witnessing the misfortune of villagers. The film stars Sikandar Kher, Gul Panag, Yuvika...	Ramoji Wagh
	Via Darjeeling Via Darjeeling Via Darjeeling is a 2008 Bollywood film. It was directed by debutant Arindam Nandy. It stars Kay Kay Menon, Sonali Kulkarni, Vinay Pathak, Sandhya Mridul and Rajat Kapoor as the lead protagonists.-Cast:*Kay Kay Menon as Ankur Sharma...	Kaushik Chatterjee
2009	The Good Friday	Bunty
	The White Elephant	Shabri
	Rang Rasiya Rang Rasiya Rang Rasiya is an Indian drama film based on the life of the 19th century Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma. The film is directed and co-produced by Ketan Mehta, and stars Randeep Hooda, Nandana Sen and a newcomer Triptha Parashar in the lead roles....
2010	Mr. Singh / Mrs. Mehta Mr. Singh / Mrs. Mehta Mr. Singh / Mrs. Mehta is a 2010 Hindi-language film starring Prashant Narayanan and Aruna Shields. It's directed by Pravesh Bhardwaj. The film is produced by Manu Kumaran and was released on June 24, 2010....	Ashwin Mehta
	Peter Gaya Kaam Se Peter Gaya Kaam Se Peter Gaya Kaam Se is a fast-paced action adventure movie with a romantic twist. It is directed by John Owen, and produced by UTV Motion Pictures.-Plot:...	Carlos
	Rasgulla	Prem Chopra
	Doors	Vikram Rana
2011
	Yeh Saali Zindagi Yeh Saali Zindagi Yeh Saali Zindagi is a 2011 Hindi romantic drama film directed by Sudhir Mishra and starring Irrfan Khan, Arunoday Singh, Chitrangda Singh and Aditi Rao Hydari. The film was released on February 4, 2011.-Plot:...	Chhote
	Bhindi Baazaar Bhindi Baazaar Bhindi Baazaar Inc. is a Hindi thriller directed by Ankush Bhatt and produced by Karan Arora, starring Kay Kay Menon, Piyush Mishra, Prashant Narayanan, Deepti Naval, Gautham K Sharma, Shilpa Shukla, Pawan Malhotra...	Fateh
	Murder 2 Murder 2 Murder 2 is a 2011 Bollywood thriller film and the sequel to the 2004 hit film, Murder. The film is the second installment to the Murder Series which stars Emraan Hashmi and Jacqueline Fernandez in the lead. Directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Mukesh Bhatt, the film released on July 8, 2011...	Dheeraj Pandey
	Unnam Unnam Unnam is an upcoming Malayalam film directed by Sibi Malayil, starring Asif Ali and Sreenivasan in the lead role... (malayalam)	Tomy Eappan

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