- Born
- Birth nameVenkatesh Prabhu
- Nicknames
- Poetu Dhanush
- Indian Bruce Lee
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Venkatesh Prabhu known by his stage name Dhanush, is an Indian film actor, producer, lyricist and playback singer who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. In 2011, he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for the Tamil film "Aadukalam" and in the same year, he received international attention for his song "Why This Kolaveri Di", which went on to became the most viewed Indian song in YouTube.As of 2014, he has won five Filmfare Awards.
His first film was "Thulluvadho Ilamai", a 2002 coming-of-age movie directed by his father,Kasthuri Raja.Over the next ten years, Dhanush featured in 25 movies and made his Hindi debut in "Raanjhanaa" in the year 2013.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Naba Kumar Bhaumik
- SpouseAishwarya Dhanush(November 18, 2004 - present) (separated, 2 children)
- ChildrenYatraLingaa
- ParentsVijayalakshmi
- RelativesK. Selvaraghavan(Sibling)Karthika Devi(Sibling)K. Vimala Geetha(Sibling)
- Won National Award for Best Actor for in 2011 and 2020 for the films Aadukalam and Asuran.
- National Ward for Best Childern's Film(2015) for Kakka Muttai.
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