Prashanth Neel

Prashanth Neel
Neel in 2022
Born	Prashanth Neel (1980-06-04) 4 June 1980 (age 44) Haasan, Karnataka, India
Occupations	Film director screenwriter
Years active	2014–present
Spouse	Likitha Reddy ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	2

Prashanth Neelakantapuram (born 4 June 1980), popularly known as Prashanth Neel, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu and Kannada cinema. He debuted with the Kannada action-thriller Ugramm (2014) and later directed the KGF trilogy (2018–present), whose second part became the highest-grossing Kannada film of all-time. Subsequently, Neel had his maiden Telugu film release with Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire (2023).