M.S.Prakash Babu was born in 1968, in Chitradurga, India. In 1993 he Post-graduated from the Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan (majoring in Fine arts). From 1997 to 2000 he had painting shows in India and abroad and in 2001 directed his first short film "Afternoon Song". He had been awarded a Fellowship in the field of Visual Art ( Film/ Video) at Helsinki (Finland) under the UNESCO-ASCHBERG 2001-2002.