

He also played lead roles in Samuthirakani's directorial debut Unnai Charanadaindhen and Gnabagam Varuthey (2007), both co-starring Charan. In 2008, he worked in Seeman's Vaazhthugal alongside Madhavan in his last credited appearance to date. Linguswamy's Ji, starring Ajith Kumar, and the Perarasu-directed Sivakasi, featuring Vijay in the lead role.

He went on to play character roles in nearly ten films, the most notable ventures being N. Venkat Prabhu was then approached to essay supporting roles, with April Maadhathil (2002) becoming his first release.

Charan and Yugendran Wanted, directed by Premgi Amaren, and Agathiyan's Kadhal Samrajyam, both failing to release as well. Prabhu starred in two more ventures, alongside his friends S. The following year, Prabhu played the lead role opposite Sangeetha in a film titled Poonjolai directed by his father Gangai Amaren, but the film was cancelled in mid-production and attempts to revive and release the film by the late-2000s were unsuccessful. Charan set up a music band called Next Generation, which also featured Yugendran and Thaman as members, and did several stage performances. In 1996, he, his brother Premgi Amaren and his childhood friend S. Following his return to India, Prabhu began singing for demos by his cousins, Yuvan Shankar Raja and Karthik Raja, and started his career as a playback singer in the film industry. His father Gangai Amaren is a film director and music director. He achieved further commercial successes with his subsequent directorials Saroja (2008), Goa (2010), Mankatha (2011), Biriyani (2013), Masss (2015) and Maanaadu (2021). He entered the spotlight for the first time when he turned director with the summer hit Chennai 600028 (2007). After completing his education, he began pursuing an acting career, with his first three ventures featuring him in a starring role, failing to release, following which he began appearing in character roles. Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren (born 7 November 1975), better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu, is an Indian filmmaker, actor and playback singer in Tamil films. Actor, filmmaker, playback singer, lyricist
