His wife, choreographer Pony Varma, says his friend, activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder in 2017, devastated Prakash but also motivated him to take a stand. Actor Prakash Raj is known for being vocal about his politics both online and in person. The actor’s honesty has often left people with polarising opinions.
Because of his honesty, but he refuses to back down, she also revealed that he has lost work.
Because of them, others get work, there are certain actors who don’t need to be scared of not getting work,. Pony then spoke about times when Prakash was banned from working in various film industries for various reasons. She stated that there were actors close to her who didn’t like him. Calling him brave, she added, “Everybody is comfortable, everybody is shooting, everybody is making money, and everybody wants to be in good books. I know how much his work got affected in the industry. The way the ads went off, films were taken away from him. He has suffered immensely in his profession.
But he says, my conscience says what is happening is wrong, so I should not accept this.”
On Prema’s YouTube channel, Pony was asked if she had never asked Prakash to take a beat with his political opinions, given the kind of polarising response he gets for them. “In the beginning, I used to be very scared. When we heard Gauri ’s news, I saw him devastated completely. How we are scared for Prakash, he was scared for Gauri. When Gauri died, something just shook him completely. As a woman, she stood, she spoke,” explained the choreographer. Pony also stated that while she would be scared for their lives, Prakash would ask her how long they must remain afraid.
He was broken and said, ‘I kept telling her. He said, I will talk.
