#Happy Birthday Prem Kumar: Top five unmissable Kannada films of the star from ‘Nenapirali’ to ‘Life Jothe Ondu Selfie’

Kannada film industry’s Lovely Star Prem Kumar is celebrating his 44 birthday today. Prem, who has been passionate about acting since childhood, made his TV debut in the daily soap ‘Manvantara’. Later, he auditioned for ‘Praana’ which was his debut movie. Recently, he signed his 25th movie ‘Premam Poojyam’ in Kannada. Posters of the film have already created huge expectations, which might increase his demand in the industry. On the occasion of his birthday, let's take a look at Prem’s best films till date from ‘Nenapirali’ to ‘Life Jothe Ondu Selfie’.

‘Nenapirali’ is one of the best movies in the career of Prem Kumar. He won the best actor award for this movie and his performance was so good that after this movie, he acquired the title of the film and started being called ‘Nenapirali Prem’ in the Kannada film industry. ‘Nenapirali’ is about two friends Kishore and Ekanth, Kishore helps his friend Ekanth to marry his love interest Indu. Meanwhile, Indu's sister falls in love with Kishore, when Ekanth and Indu break up. Prem shot to fame with this movie.

‘Jothe Jotheyali’ is a romantic comedy directed by Dinakar Thoogudeepa. Prem and Ramya played husband and wife in this movie. ‘Jothe Jotheyalli’ revolves around Prem and Ramya who are married but are in the process of getting divorced. Later, they go through many troubles which keeps them together. Prem's acting was well appreciated by the audience.

‘Charminar’ is another amazing movie in the career of Prem, which gave him a different shade. This movie is produced and directed by R. Chandru. Meghana Gaonkar paired up with Prem in this movie. The film is about a boy who falls in love and fails to convey it to his lover and moves abroad. During the school reunion, he meets the girl again. This film was remade in Telugu in 2015 as ‘Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini’ and in Odia in 2015.

‘Chowka’ is a multi-starrer film where Prem also played the lead role. Directed by Tharun Sudhir, the movie is about five prisoners, who are wrongly accused, escaping from jail to get justice for one of the prisoners. Prem played a different role in this movie, which removed the lover boy image of his from the minds of his fans. This movie also starred Vijay Raghavendra, Diganth, Prajwal Devaraj, Kashinath in lead roles. Darshan made a guest appearance in this film.

After ‘Chowka’, Prem appeared in another multi-starrer which didn't do well at the theatres. But, Prem's acting was well appreciated. ‘Life Jothe Ondu Selfie’ had Prem, Prajwal Devaraj, Haripriya in lead roles. This movie is written and directed by Dinakar Thoogudeepa. V. Harikrishna has composed music and the film is produced by Samruddhi Manjunath. This movie gained a lot of attention due to its promotions and the campaigns done on social media.