Prashant Narayanan is an Indian actor, known for his roles in films like Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, Shadows of Time, Bombil and Beatrice, Via Darjeeling and Murder 2. He also worked in the telefilm Ek Tamanna. His break came in the Bhatt banner film Murder 2. Narayanan is best known for acting as a psychopathic and a misogynistic serial killer in the 2011 film Murder 2, has acted in many Hindi films along with a few Malayalam films. He was last seen in the Netflix series Mai. He was recently criticized for calling Ranveer Singh’s performance poor in Padmavat. Prashant also criticized Ranveer for poor method acting, where bollywood celebrities like Nawazuddin Siddiqui came in support of Ranveer Singh.

Early and personal life Born into a Malayali family in Kannur, Kerala, Narayanan grew up in Delhi. He was the state badminton champion and studied at the Kirori Mal College of Delhi University.

Career

In 1991, Narayanan moved to Mumbai with plans to start an ad agency. He started as assistant art director for films like Govind Nihalani's Rukmavati Ki Haveli, Subhash Ghai's Saudagar and Shyam Benegal's Sardari Begum. He also worked as a costume director for the TV series Chanakya. He started acting in plays again, and soon got several television shows like Saturday Suspense, Parivartan, Farz, Phulwa, Gatha, Kabhi Kabhie, Jaane Kahan Mera Jigar Gaya Ji and Shagun.

Narayanan got his first film role in 2002 in Hansal Mehta's Chhal as a hit man 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. 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's film Shadows of Time. Narayanan played Ravi in the film. Shadows of Time was challenging for him, as the film set in Calcutta, was to be in Bengali 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, aired on NDTV Imagine. He played the antagonist in Peter Gaya Kaam Se, which also starred Rajeev Khandelwal and Lekha Washington. In 2010, Narayanan appeared in Pravesh Bhardwaj's Mr. Singh Mrs. Mehta, alongside Aruna Shields, where he portrayed the role of Ashwin Mehta, an artist and a painter who has an extra-marital affair with someone's wife, sometimes he even paints her nude picture.

In 2011, he appeared in the role of Dheeraj Pandey in the film Murder 2, which was a sequel to the 2004 film Murder. In the film, he played a psychopath serial killer, who pretends as a customer to call girls and kills them mercilessly. The movie was a box office hit. It is one of the highest grossing Bollywood films of 2011, where Narayanan's role was highly acclaimed by the critics and public alike.

In 2013, he acted in a Malayalam film Edavappathy (The Monsoon), directed by Lenin Rajendran. Rajendran had a special role in his new film Edavappathy that he had bookmarked for actor Jagathy Sreekumar, since he thought Jagathy was the only actor who could do justice to this very special role. Jagathy was hospitalized because of an accident and Lenin awaited Jagathy, for his return to the screen. Thus, Lenin came across Narayanan, who was reported to have done an awesome job in Edavappathy that stunned the entire unit.

Awards and nominations

Narayanan has received the following recognitions:

Year Awards Film Category Result2012 Screen Awards Murder 2 Screen Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role Stardust Awards Stardust Award for Breakthrough Supporting Performance - Male Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards Best Performance in Negative Role

Filmography

Films +Key Denotes films that have not yet been released Year Title Role Language Notes1995Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India!SumerHindi2002ChhalGirishHindi2003Mudda - The IssuePratap SinghHindi2003Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part IIVishnuHindi2004Shadows of TimeRavi GuptaBengali2005Instant KarmaMoEnglish2007GameMario John BrigenzaEnglish2007Bombil and BeatriceBombilEnglish2007Summer 2007Ramoj WaghHindi2007Via DarjeelingKaushik ChatterjeeHindi2008Rang RasiyaShabriHindi / English2010Mr. Singh Mrs. MehtaAshwin MehtaHindi2011Yeh Saali ZindagiChhoteHindi2011Bhindi BazaarFatehHindi2011Murder 2Dheeraj PandeyHindi2012Bhatakti Tamanna / Coincidence Ki TalashAarav / Tarun VargheseHindi2012UnnamTomy EapenMalayalam2012Cigarette Ki TarahRajesh FogatHindi2013Mumbai MirrorManishHindi2013IssaqNaxal LeaderHindi2014DishkiyaoonMota TonyHindi2014Dee Saturday NightHindi2014NedunchaalaiMaasanamuthuTamil20147th Day Malayalam 2014 Amar Must DieMafia DonHindi2014Peter Gaya Kaam SeCarlosHindi 2015 Mumbai Can Dance Saala SaalaHindi2015 Manjhi - The Mountain ManJhumruHindi2016Edavappathy (The Monsoon)Malayalam 2016 10 Kalpanakal VictorMalayalam 2016 Fredrick Maanav/FredrickHindi 2017 Oru Cinemakkaran Police OfficerMalayalam2019 PM Narendra Modi Hindi2023 GhostVamana Srinivasan Kannada2024Political War Shivam Hindi2025Badass Ravi Kumar Mahabir Ahuja Hindi2026GandhariDadaHindi

Television

Year Title Role Channel 1991-1992 Chanakya Raghu Rudr Doordarshan 1993-1998 Parivartan Lalit Ajmera Zee TV 1995 Aahat Mohan Sony Entertainment Television 1994 Rajani Prashant Doordarshan 1996-1997 Farz Rajan 1997-1998 9 Malabar Hill Zee TV 2001-2004 Shagun Sumer Star Plus 2009-2011 Bandini Kanji Waghela NDTV Imagine 2011-2012 Phulwa Bhavani Colors TV 2014 Encounter Shamsher Bhappali Sony TV 2014-2015 Pukaar Dhanraj Rastogi Life OK

Webseries +YearTitleRolePlatform2019AbhayJaikishan / UP Ka KasaiZEE52022Mai: A Mother's Rage Jawahar Vyas / Mohandas VyasNetflixRangbaaz: Darr Ki Rajneeti'SP' Raghav KumarZEE52023Night ManagerISIS ManDisney+ Hotstar

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