Prakash Varma

Prakash Varma is an Indian filmmaker who is known for directing and producing advertisement campaigns. He has directed commercials for Vodafone featuring the ZooZoos, Incredible India, Cadbury and the Indian Railways. Varma is the co-founder of Nirvana Films, a Bangalore-based production company, for which he has directed commercials for Kit Kat, Bisleri, Netflix, Amazon Prime, iPhone, PhonePe and UltraTech Cement. He has also directed campaigns for Kerala Tourism and Dubai Tourism, which featured Shah Rukh Khan.

In 2009, American filmmaker Michael Bay hired Varma to direct commercials for his company The Institute. His father and mother were teachers. He is an alumnus of SDV Central school Alappuzha and SD College, Alappuzha. Varma is nephew to Malayalam film actor Jagannatha Varma. He has four brothers. In an interview, Varma said that he knows his family is related to painter Raja Ravi Varma, but has "no clue how". He worked in Pfizer before pursuing his passion in filmmaking.

He also directed ads for Cadbury Gems, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Facebook, iPhone, Indian Railways, Kerala Tourism, Rajasthan Tourism, Madhya Pradesh Tourism, West Bengal Tourism, and Incredible India. In 2013, he produced the Malayalam film Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal directed by Lal Jose and also directed a promo song in the film, "Pettidamaarum Aapathil".

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2013 Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal Producer 2014 Gangster Opening narrator 2025 Thudarum George C. Mathan Acting debut 2026