Wikipedia / Tiger Prabhakar
Wikipedia / Tiger Prabhakar
Tiger Prabhakar (30 March 1948 – 25 March 2001), also known as Kannada Prabhakar, was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Kannada and Telugu cinema. He also acted in a few Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films. He was reported to have appeared in more than 400 films.
Career
Prabhakar started his career by appearing in small roles in Kannada movies and went on to become one of the most sought after villains in Kannada and Telugu movies during the late 70s and 80s. He graduated to playing full-fledged action hero roles in Kannada movies 1983-84 onward and remained one of the most sought after heroes until 1993-94. He made a successful pair with all the top Kannada heroines of the time like Jayamala, Aarathi, Bharathi, Lakshmi and Jayanthi. Prabhakar has also directed more than 10 films in Kannada in which he starred as the hero.
Acting style
Prabhakar's unique acting style, his physique helped him become extremely popular amongst the masses. He flourished in action sequences. He even excelled in his comedic timing and excelled in many movies in comedy scenes as is seen in many movies where he played Anant Nag's friend in movies like Nanna Devaru, Dhairya Lakshmi, Gayathri Maduve. He would wear a cross to the sets, being a Christian, but would be asked to hide or remove it sometimes.
Prabhakar introduced Kanglish, a mix of Kannada and English dialogues, to Kannada movies.
Personal life
Prabhakar followed the Christian faith. Contemporary media reports following his death quoted Prabhakar saying at an event that he was married five times. His first marriage yielded three children: two daughters, Bharathi and Geetha, and a son, Vinod. He was then married to actress Jayamala, and they had one child together: daughter Soundarya. With his third wife, actress Anju, Prabhakar had one son. He also reportedly dated model and actress Dolly Minhas.
It was reported that Prabhakar met with a motorcycle accident in the mid-1980s. Health issues related to this incident cropped up later leading to gangrene on his legs. In early March 2001, he was admitted to Mallya Hospital in Bangalore for treatment of jaundice. His condition deteriorated and he died on 25 March. The cause of death was reported as multi-organ failure, primarily kidney failure, after a prolonged illness.
In later interviews, his son Vinod clarified the rumours that circulated about the actor's illness and death, including reports claiming amputation due to gangrene. However, the family stated that these claims were incorrect and that he died due to complications from illness leading to organ failure.
Filmography
As actor
Kannada
Year | Title | Role | Note |
1969 | Tribal Warrior | ||
Punya Purusha | |||
1970 | Kallara Kalla | ||
Modala Rathri | Anthony | ||
The ruffian who attacks Lakshmi (Bharathi) | |||
Mahadiya Mane | |||
1971 | |||
1972 | Member of bandits gang | ||
1973 | Triveni | ||
Cow Boy Kulla | |||
Moosa | |||
1974 | |||
Dacoit | |||
1975 | |||
1976 | Bengaluru Bhootha | ||
1977 | |||
Kaalappa | |||
1978 | |||
David | |||
Anthony | |||
1979 | |||
Chengappa | |||
Chandru | |||
1980 | Cheeta | ||
Danny | |||
Jeeva | |||
Rodrigues | |||
Shatranj | |||
Robert | |||
Louis | |||
Narahari | |||
Fateh Khan | |||
1981 | |||
Antony | |||
Mekjee Topiwala | |||
Rudra | |||
Astrologer | |||
Mohan | |||
Sangram | |||
Gajendra | |||
Johnny | |||
1982 | Basavayya | ||
Nandanlal | |||
Inspector Prabhakar | |||
Nanjunda | |||
Wilson | |||
Narasimha | |||
Ali | |||
Bairaa | |||
Sudheer | |||
Prabhakar | |||
Javed | |||
Bettayya aka Betta | |||
Ravi | |||
1983 | |||
Raghunath | |||
Santosh | |||
Basavaraj | |||
Anil Kumar | |||
Jagga | |||
Rajashekhar | |||
Mahendra | |||
Patel | |||
1984 | Ramaiah | ||
Kala aka Kali Prasad | |||
Vasu and Vinod (Double Role) | |||
Purushottam | |||
Special Appearance in a Skit | |||
Ramanna | |||
Prabhakar | |||
1985 | Raja | ||
Chandrakanth | |||
Anand | |||
Triple role | |||
1986 | Narasimha | ||
Raju | |||
Jagannath | |||
Inspector Bharat | |||
Bhargava | |||
Bhoopathi | |||
1987 | College principal | ||
Kapanipathi | |||
Vijay | |||
Vikram | |||
Dharmaraj | |||
Bedi | Prathap | ||
Anthony | |||
Prithviraj | |||
1988 | Gopi Shakthi | ||
SP Rajesh | |||
Bharath | |||
Dr. Anand | |||
Prabhakar | |||
Dharmathma | Father Thomas and Richard | ||
Prathap | |||
1989 | Shivu | ||
SP Rajasekhar | |||
Ashok Kumar | |||
Muniyappa | |||
Pratap | |||
General Prabhakar | |||
Soori | |||
Vishwanath | |||
1990 | Jagadish | ||
Triple role | |||
Trinethra | Karthik | ||
Vijay and Ashok | |||
Anand | |||
Ashoka Chakra | Rajashekhar | ||
Prabhakar | |||
1991 | |||
Lakshmana | |||
Vijay | |||
Jayanth | |||
Subhash | |||
Pradeep | |||
Raghuveer | |||
Rajasekhar Gonsalves Mohammad Ali aka Raja | |||
1992 | Manja | ||
1993 | Vikram | ||
Nagaraj Rao | |||
Siddhartha | |||
Manohar | |||
Jailer Jagannath | Jagannath | ||
Halappa | |||
1994 | Police Commissioner Durai | ||
Bhima | |||
Prabhakar | |||
1995 | |||
Yamadharmaraja | |||
1996 | Bhaskar | ||
Ranger | |||
1997 | Prathap | ||
1998 | |||
Rajashekhar | |||
1999 | |||
2000 | Minchu | Himself | |
2001 | Mahendra | Posthumous release | |
2004 | S.P. Chaudhary | Posthumous release | |
2005 | Good Bad Ugly | Posthumous release |
Telugu
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
1971 | Joseph | Debut Film in Telugu | |
1972 | Gang member | ||
1978 | |||
Soda Jaggu | |||
Dancer in song | |||
Bhayankar | |||
1979 | |||
Jagan | |||
1980 | Katthula Rathi | ||
Sanyasi Babu | |||
1981 | Syam | ||
Javed | |||
1982 | Billa Ranga | Raviraj | |
Pratigna | Hitman | ||
1983 | Bhayankar | ||
Rudraiah | |||
Murder Maridayya | Moogana Sedu remake | ||
Drunken miscreant | |||
Ranga | |||
1985 | Sarvottama Rao | ||
Mastan Rao | |||
1986 | Nagaraju | ||
Sardar | |||
Jaganmohan Rao | |||
Police Officer | SP Bhavani/ Prabhakar | Dual role | |
Tiger Dasu | |||
Snake | |||
Vankachakra Ram Murthy | |||
1987 | Dada Chanakya | ||
Narahari | |||
Jagga Rao | |||
Ranjit Kumar | |||
Inspector Reddy | |||
Jimoomba | |||
1989 | Prabhakar | ||
Saindhava Rao | |||
1990 | KP | ||
Jogender | |||
Gajapati | |||
1993 | Prabhakar |
Tamil
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
1971 | Fight Master | ||
1977 | |||
1978 | Sastry | ||
Balu | |||
1980 | Thandavan | ||
Velu | |||
1981 | Chinnadurai | ||
1982 | Prathap | ||
1985 | General Prabhakar | ||
1992 | Don | ||
Parameshwaran | |||
1993 | Peter | ||
1995 | Pratap Rayudu |
Malayalam
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
1993 | Hyder Marakkar | ||
Devaraja Gowda | |||
1997 | Ranger | Tiger |
Hindi
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
1984 | Anil Raj | ||
1987 | D.J. |
As director
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
1988 | Shakthi | ||
1989 | Bidisada Bandha | ||
1991 | Rajashekar Gonzales Mohammed Ali | ||
Bombay Daada | Subhash | ||
1993 | Mahendra Varma | Mahendra Varma | |
1994 | Mr.Mahesh Kumar | Mr.Mahesh Kumar | |
1995 | |||
1997 | Arjun Abhimanyu | ||
1998 | Mr.Dear Tiger | ||
2001 | Mysore Huli | Mr Mahendra | Also Composer |
2005 | Good Bad Ugly |
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