Prashanth Neel

Prashanth Neelakantapuram born June 4 1980 known professionally as Prashanth Neel is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Kannada and Telugu cinema He made his directorial debut with the action thriller Ugramm 2014 which he also wrote Neel subsequently gained wider recognition for writing and directing the twopart period action film series KGF Chapter 1 2018 and KGF Chapter 2 2022 In 2023 he made his debut in Telugu cinema by directing the action film Salaar Part 1 Ceasefire for which he also wrote the screenplay Outside of directing he wrote the story for the action thriller Bagheera 2024