Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1982) is an Indian film actor, producer, lyricist and playback singer who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. In 2011, he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for the Tamil film Aadukalam. He has won six Filmfare Awards up until now. He received his second National Award for producing the best children's film (Kaaka Muttai) in 2015.His first film was Thulluvadho Ilamai, a 2002 coming-of-age movie directed by his father, Kasthuri Raja.