G V Prakash Kumar

G V Prakash Kumar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, actor and singer. He has mainly scored music for Tamil films. His first film was S Pictures' Veyil (2006) and he became popular in Tamil cinema by the early 2010s. He has ventured into film production and acting. Prakash is the nephew of the legendary two-time Academy Award-winning Chennai film music composer A. R. Rahman.

Career

Prakash's introduction as a film composer was in the critically acclaimed Tamil film Veyil, directed by Vasantha Balan and produced by the director S. Shankar. All the songs in Veyil were well received. He recently composed Kireedam, and all the songs emerged as super hit songs, especially the song 'Akkam Pakkam' which was a chart-buster.

Highly noticed in the Tamil film music industry for his...