Venkatesh Prasad (Prasad) is an Indian actor and cricketer, born on October 5, 1969 in Bangalore, Karnataka and got married to Simla Prasad in 1997. Prasad has contributed to Kannada film industry as an actor in the film Sachin Tendulkar Alla, released in the year2014. Prasad has received many awards including Arjuna Award in 2000 and Ceat International cricketer of the year in 1996/97.