Personal
Prakash hails from the Konkani-speaking community of Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins. He gets his surname from a village name in Kundapura taluk, Udupi district of Karnataka.
He currently lives in Bangalore with wife Ujjala and two daughters, and runs the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy. He was awarded the Arjuna award in 1972 and the Padma Shri in 1982.
He recently had his biography released at the 2006 nationals. The book, Touchplay, is written by Dev Sukumar.
Prakash is also the father of model turned actress, Deepika Padukone and Anisha Padukone, who is a golfer.
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