Currently, Prashanth Neel is one of the highly-anticipated directors in India. Prashanth Neel made his silver screen debut with the 2014 film, Ugramm.
Starring Sri Murali in the lead role, Ugramm became a mass hit at the Kannada box office. For his next project, Prashanth Neel directed the 2018 blockbuster KGF Chapter 1. Recently, his directorial film, KGF Chapter 2, is a sequel to KGF 1.
Net Worth : Prashanth Neel’s Net Worth is approximately Rs 40 crore. The creative director is currently in demand and has a few exciting projects in the pipeline.
For the next financial year, Prashanth Neel’s Net worth will be above Rs 25 crore. He has directed several successful films, including KGF: Chapter 1, which grossed over INR 200 crore at the box office.
He has also worked as a story and screenplay writer on several other films, including Ugramm and Ugramm 2.
Properties : Prashanth Neel’s properties are unknown, but he has a house in Bangalore and cultivation lands in his hometown near Bangalore. He likes to lead a simple lifestyle without unwanted attention-seeking activities.
Remuneration per movie : Prashanth Neel took close to Rs 5 crore for KGF Chapter 1. For KGF 2, Prashanth Neel is sharing profits with the makers. If calculated, Prashanth Neel will receive close to Rs 100 crore as his share in KGF Chapter 2 profits.
Biography : Prashanth Neel, a 42-year-old Indian director, was born into a prosperous Hindu Kannada family. He is married to Likitha Reddy and has three children. Prashanth’s family believes in Hinduism and worships Hindu deities.
He has a brother Pradeep Neelakantapuram and a sister Rekha Neelakantapuram. He married Likitha Reddy in 2011, and they have a son Rayansh Neel and an elder daughter Sarayu Neel.
Neel, who has never attended a film school or worked as an assistant in the movie business, learned everything on the job in his debut movie, Ugramm, in 2010. The film was a massive commercial success and the highest-grossing Kannada film in 2014.
In 2015, reports emerged that he had been signed to direct three films: Ugramm 2, Kolar Gold Fields (KGF Chapter 1), and KGF Chapter 2.
The first film, Ugramm 2, earned ₹80 crores and earned ₹250 crores at the box office. The second film, Kolar Gold Fields (KGF Chapter 1), earned ₹80 crores and earned ₹250 crores at the box office
The third film, KGF Chapter 2, was released nationwide on 14 April 2022 due to Covid and earned ₹625 crores in just five days. Prashanth has hinted at the sequel, KGF Chapter 3, in the last scene of KGF Chapter 2, increasing the audience’s curiosity.