G. V. Prakash Kumar (born June 13, 1987) is a film composer from Tamil Cinema. Prakash is the nephew of the Academy Award winning Chennai film music composer A. R. Rahman. Prakash's introduction as a film composer was in the critically acclaimed the Tamil film Veyil, directed by Vasantha Balan and produced by the director S. Shankar. He first appeared as a vocalist on the soundtrack of director S. Shankar's Tamil film Gentleman, composed by A. R.