Top 10+ Interesting Facts About Dhanush
Indian actor, producer, lyricist, and playback singer Venkatesh Prabhu, better known by his stage name Dhanush, has primarily worked in Tamil film. He earned international prominence with his song "Why This Kolaveri Di," which went on to become the most viewed Indian song on YouTube, and the National Film Award for Best Actor in the Tamil film "Aadukalam" in 2011. As of 2014, he has won five Filmfare Awards.
His father, Kasthuri Raja, produced "Thulluvadho Ilamai," a coming-of-age film, in 2002. Over the following 10 years, Dhanush appeared in 25 films until making his Hindi debut in "Raanjhanaa" in 2013.
Dhanush has been a game changing actor of Tamil cinema. He has changed the definition of hero through his character. On one hand Dhanush does masse films and on the other hand he is seen doing films of completely new experimental and new concept.
1. Dhanush Family Details
Dhanush belongs to a film family, where his father Kasthuri Raja is a big director of Tamil film industry. Dhanush started his career with his father's films. Apart from this, his brother is also a successful film producer, who has directed a lot of films with Dhanush.
2. Real Name Of Dhanush
Very few people know that Dhanush's real name is Venkatesh Kasturi Raja. Two stars already share his name in the film industry, so Dhanush wants to create his own unique identity. He shared in an interview that after watching Kamal Hassan's film Kuruthipunal, he named himself Dhanush. An operation in the film is named Dhanush and he liked this name so much that he took it as his stage name.
3. Dhanush's first film
Dhanush made his acting debut with the 2003 film Thiruda Thirudi, which was a commercially successful film. After this debut, he appears in the film Kaadhal Kondein directed by his brother, whose story is quite interesting. In the film, Dhanush plays the character of a mentally disturbed gangster who becomes possessive about his friend. Very few actors prefer to do such a thing in their starting films, but Dhanush played this role very well. The film was well received by the audience and this film became a break through film for them.
4. Dhanush Hit Films
The 2006 film Pudhupettai is an iconic film in Dhanush's career, where the film has achieved a cult status over the year. The film tells the story of a young boy who becomes a gangster due to many problems in his life. There is a lot of violence in this film, due to which Dhanush's character looks even more intense. This film has a different fan base, where this film was also released in 2016 after ten years due to the audience.
5. Interesting Facts About Dhanush
Every actor has his dream project in his life, for which he works very hard. That film for Dhanush was Aadukalam in 2011. In this film, Dhanush's roster plays the character of the fighter. This role was quite difficult for Dhanush, as he is allergic to birds since childhood, due to which he started falling ill while shooting. After this Dhanush was told that his seens would be done with a body double, but Dhanush felt that it would not look natural on the screen. So he shot this scene with medical assistance. He was awarded the National Award for Best Actor for his performance and at that time Dhanush was a younger actor who won the National Award.
6. Interesting Facts About Dhanush
Very few people know, Tapsi Pannu made her film debut with Aadukalam. By 2011, Dhanush had become a famous actor in the industry and Tapsi Pannu was cast opposite in that film. Debuting with Dhanush is a big deal for any newcomer and after this film Tapsi was approached for many big films.
7. Dhanush's most hit song Colaberry Di
The song Colaberry Di Aap Sabko Yaad Hoga released in 2007, where it was well received all over India. The song was from Dhanush's film 3, where Dhanush himself composed the song and wrote its lyrics. This song is also called Soup Song, which means quite interesting in Tamil. Soup in Tamil is said to those boys who are heart broken due to failure in love.
8. Interesting Facts About Dhanush
Colaberry Di was India's first music video, which got 100 million views. This song was viral all over the world in those days. Where everyone used to make videos on it. We also remember that this song was played everywhere in those days and even if no one understood the lyrics, people used to dance on it.
9. Dhanush First Film In Bollywood
Dhanush was recognized in Bollywood only because of the song Colabery Di. After which he was being offered a Bollywood film. Director Anand L Rai had also noticed Dhanush in this song and he liked Dhanush's presonality a lot. Anand L Rai already knew that Dhanush is a good actor, so he was cast in the film Raanjhanaa.
10. Interesting Facts About Dhanush
Dhanush made his Bollywood debut with the film Raanjhanaa, where he appeared alongside Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol. The film was successful at the box office, where the audience liked Dhanush's character Kundan the most. For Dhanush, language was more of a problem in this film than acting. He did not know how to speak Hindi at all, due to which he had to take Hindi speaking training for several months. Seeing Dhanush's dialogue delivery, it does not seem that he has never spoken Hindi before. Raanjhanaa had very difficult dialogues, which Dhanush has delivered each and every dialogue with great perfection.
11. Interesting Facts About Dhanush
Dhanush has worked with the legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan in the film Shamitabh. Sharukh Khan was first approached for this film but due to lack of dates, the role was rejected. After this the makers offered this role to Dhanush and the title in the film was also made by emphasizing the names of both the actors. You must have noticed that Dhanush does not have a single dialogue in his own voice in Shamitabh. The story of the film is such, where Dhanush cannot speak and Amitabh becomes his voice. Working with Amitabh Bachchan was a "dream come true" for Dhanush.