Prakash Bare

Prakash Bare
Born Kasargod, Kerala
Occupation Actor, Producer, Technologist

Prakash Bare is an actor and producer in the Indian film industry.[1] He made his acting debut in the 2010 Malayalam film Sufi Paranja Katha and has worked in several critically acclaimed films since then.[2]Bare is a live presence in arthouse malayalam movies.

Early life

Prakash grew up in Chirakkal, a village in Kannur district and attended Kamala Nehru UP School, Govt Model High School, Valapattanam and Kannur SN College for schooling. He completed B.Tech Electrical Engineering from NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, Kerala. Prakash was active in dramatics during the college days and has won many accolades including Best Actor awards in Calicut University Interzone festival. He later did a masters in Microelectronics from IIT Kanpur,[3] and spent 15 years in Silicon Valley, California where he worked as a technologist and entrepreneur in the VLSI design and automation industry.[2]

Tech career

Prakash has held various technology and business positions in electronics design industry in the US and India. He was one of co-founders of GDA Technologies Inc,[4] one of the pioneering Electronic Design Services(EDS) companies. GDA, listed as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in US by Inc Magazine its annual INC500 list in 2002, was subsequently acquired by Rambus Inc and L&T Technology Services[5] in March 2007. He is currently involved with multiple technology start-ups in India.[6]

Film career

Prakash Bare has acted in more than 20 films in Malayalam, Kannada and Marathi. Prakash is best known for his depiction of poet KP Madhavan Nair in Ivan Megharoopan. Another noted performance of Prakash is in film Oraalppokkam, produced by Kazhcha Chalachithra Vedi through online crowdfunding [7] and shot in Kedarnath and Uttarakhand areas.

Under the banner Silicon Media,[6][8] Prakash has produced/co-produced critically acclaimed Malayalam films such as Sufi Paranja Katha, Janaki, Ivan Megharoopan, shutter(marathi), and Papilio Buddha.[9][10] Silicon Media productions have won several recognitions including 12 Kerala state awards and official selections to reputed film festivals like Berlin, Montreal, BFI, Durban, IFFK etc.

Theater

Silicon Media produced the Malayalam adaptation of the Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot called "Godoye Kaathu" in 2010, where he performed the role of Vladimir. The play was directed by Nandajan K.A., a theatre veteran from Kerala who has directed more than 50 plays in the last two decades, and was staged successfully at many venues throughout Kerala and Karnataka.[11][12] The production house also staged 4Play in 2012, based on the works of Anton Chekhov and Jayaprakash Kulur.

Filmography (Acting)

Year Film Director Character
2010 Sufi Paranja Katha Priyanandanan Maamootti
2011 Janaki MG Sasi Ayaal
2011 Akam Shalini Usha Nair Architect CK
2012 Ivan Megharoopan P. Balachandran Poet KP Madhavan Nair
2012 Friday Lijin Jose Arun
2012 Arike Shyamaprasad Vinayan
2012 Prabhuvinte Makkal Sajeevan Anthikad Haripanchanan Baba
2012 Ithra Mathram K. Gopinathan Guest appearance
2013 Papilio Buddha Jayan K Cherian Police officer
2013 Silence V K Prakash Guest appearance
2013 Oru Indian Pranayakatha Sathyan Anthikad Azad, Itharwala
2014 Oraalppokkam Sanal Kumar Sasidharan Mahendran
2014 Mazhaneerthullikal VK Prakash Editor
2014 Nayana KN Sasidharan Jayan
2014 Kukkilyar Nemom Pushparaj Raman Nair
2014 Shutter (Marathi) VK Prakash Struggling film director Govind
2014 Brown Nation (TV Sitcom) Aby Varghese Guru (Godman)
2015 Balyakalasakhi Pramod Payyannur Suhara's father
2015 Jalam Padmakumar Sunil Das
2015 Rangolu (Kannada) AV Jayaraj Film Director
2015 Ivide Shyamaprasad Mahesh Murthy
2015 Birds With Large Wings Dr. Biju Dr. Mohankumar
2015 Rockstar VK Prakash Narendran
2016 Kaadu Pookkunna Neram Dr. Biju Sub Inspector
2016 Osyatthu Vineeth Anil Kavi
2016 Tiyan Jeeyen Krishnakumar Corporate head

Filmography (Production)

Year Film Director Language Comments
2010 Sufi Paranja Katha Priyanandanan Malayalam 4 Kerala state awards, IFFK
2011 Janaki MG Sasi Malayalam Kerala state award for Best child artiste, IFFK
2012 Ivan Megharoopan P. Balachandran Malayalam 4 Kerala state awards including second best film, John Abraham Sp Jury Award
2013 Papilio Buddha Jayan K Cherian Malayalam Berlinale, Montreal, BFI, Durban, Oxaca, 2 Kerala state awards..
2014 Shutter (Marathi) VK Prakash Marathi Under post production
2014 Brown Nation (TV Sitcom) Aby Varghese English Under post production

References

  1. ↑ Shiba Kurian (18 February 2012). "Prakash Bare to play a poet". Times of India. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 "The world is craving for Indian culture". Deccan Chronicle. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  3. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/entrepreneurs-abroad-who-reinvented-careers-in-india/1/179064.html
  4. ↑ "GDA technologies".
  5. ↑ "L&T Infotech Acquires GDA Technologies, Inc.".
  6. 1 2 http://simedia.in/?page_id=979
  7. ↑ http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/A-Woman-of-Myriad-Talents/2013/12/07/article1933085.ece
  8. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/company/co0361478/
  9. ↑ http://ibnlive.in.com/news/malayalam-producer-prakash-bare-is-content-with-his-films-reaction/380284-71-210.html
  10. ↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-05/news-and-interviews/33583015_1_film-certification-anand-patwardhan-filmmakers
  11. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/04/stories/2010010458300300.htm
  12. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/the-endless-wait/article791582.ece

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