Venkatesh Prabhu ( born 28 July 1983 ) , better known by his stage name Dhanush , is an Indian film actor , producer , director , writer , lyricist , screenwriter and playback singer who usually works in Tamil cinema.He has also starred in a couple Hindi films Dhanush 's first film was '' Thulluvadho Ilamai '' , a 2002 coming-of-age film directed by his father , Kasthuri Raja . Over the last 15 years , Dhanush has starred in over 25 films . Dhanush won the Best Actor award at the 58th National Film Awards for his performance in '' Aadukalam '' ( 2010 ) . In 2011 , Dhanush 's popular song " Why this Kolaveri Di " became the first Indian music video to cross 100 million views on YouTube . Dhanush produces films through his production company , Wunderbar Films . In addition to his best actor award , he has a national award for a movie he produced , '' Visaranai '' . He has also won seven Filmfare Awards
58th National Film Awards
58th National Film Awards
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