Prabhas

Uppalapati Venkata Satyanarayana Prabhas Raju[1] (born 23 October 1979), known mononymously as Prabhas, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu films along with Hindi and Tamil films. Prabhas made his screen debut with the 2002 Telugu action drama film Eeswar. He has garnered the state Nandi Award for Best Actor, for his role in Mirchi.[3] He made guest appearance in Prabhudeva's 2014 Hindi film Action Jackson.[4] Prabhas is the first south Indian actor to have his wax sculpture at Madame Tussaud's wax museum.[5]

Prabhas
Prabhas at the 18th Mumbai Film Festival in 2017
Born
Uppalapati Venkata Satyanarayana Prabhas Raju[1]

(1979-10-23) 23 October 1979[2]
Madras, India
Alma materSri Chaitanya College, Hyderabad
OccupationFilm actor
Years active2002 – present
Parent(s)
RelativesKrishnam Raju (uncle)
Websitewww.prabhas.com

His works include Varsham (2004), Chatrapathi (2005), Chakram (2005), Billa (2009), Darling (2010), Mr. Perfect (2011), and Mirchi (2013). Prabhas played the title role in S. S. Rajamouli's epic action film Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), which is the fourth-highest-grossing Indian film to date. Prabhas reprised his role in its sequel, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), which became the first Indian film ever to gross over ₹1,000 crore (US$155 million) in all languages in just ten days, and it is the second highest-grossing Indian film to date.

Early life

Prabhas was born to film producer U. Suryanarayana Raju and his wife Siva Kumari. He has two siblings, a brother named Prabodh and a sister Pragathi.[2][6][7] He is the youngest of the three children.[8] He is the nephew of Telugu actor Uppalapati Krishnam Raju.[2] Prabhas attended the DNR School, Bhimavaram and graduated with a B.Tech. degree from Sri Chaitanya College, Hyderabad.[9]

Career

Prabhas started his movie career with Eeswar in 2002. In 2003, he was the lead in Raghavendra. In 2004, he appeared in Varsham. He continued his career with Adavi Raamudu and Chakram.

In 2005 he acted in the film Chatrapathi directed by S. S. Rajamouli, in which he portrays the role of a refugee, exploited by goons. It had a 100-day run in 54 centers.[10] Idlebrain stated that he had a unique style and macho charm in his screen presence.[11]

Later he acted in Pournami, Yogi and Munna, an action-drama film came out in 2007, followed by the action-comedy Bujjigadu in 2008. In 2009 his two films were Billa and Ek Niranjan. Indiaglitz called Billa stylish and visually rich.[12]

In 2010 he appeared in the romantic comedy Darling. The film opened to positive reviews. The Times of India gave a two and half star rating explaining "Director Karunakaran extracts good performances from his actors, but can't come up with a refreshing plot. It looks like the director hasn't really come out of his Tholi Prema hangover as he dishes out yet another one-sided love saga but fails to come up with a valid and logical reason to make a Gen Z lad to hold back his feelings for his lover until the last moment. However, he compensates it all, by adding loads of fun moments in the film and the screenplay does have its share of some touching moments."[13] In 2011, Mr. Perfect, another romantic comedy.The review site GreatAndhra rated the film with three stars and noted "The film comes across as a clean, family entertainer and the intention of the makers must be appreciated.[14]

In 2012, Prabhas starred in Rebel, an action film directed by Raghava Lawrence. His next film was Mirchi. He rendered voice for a short cameo for the film Denikaina Ready.[15] Sashidhar from The Times of India stated, "The film belongs to hard-core Prabhas fans as the movie is stylish and visually rich but not much in content".[16] Purnima Ranawat from NDTV said, "Rebel serves up fare for the mass audience. The film will be definitely liked by Prabhas' fans. Watch it for the dancing talent of Tamannaah Bhatia and action skills of Prabhas."[17] Radhika Rajamani from Rediff.com gave the movie one and half stars out of five and said, "Working with hardly any storyline, director Raghava Lawrence had made a film that is arduous to watch... Rebel is a movie for the masses and certainly not for the discerning audience."[18]

Jeevi gave a rating of 3.25 out of 5, commenting that "First half of Mirchi is decent. Flashback episode which occupies 100% of second half is good. Climax could have been better. The plus points of the film are Prabhas, music and all-round orientation. On a whole, Mirchi has all the ingredients of a commercial potboiler".[19] Mahesh S Koneru gave his verdict that "At the Box Office, the film will turn in a good commercial performance", giving the film a score of 3.25/5.[20] Way2movies also gave a rating of 3.25/5, giving the verdict that "Prabhas rocks the show in this decent yet formulaic commercial entertainer".[21] Super good movies gave the film 3 stars in a scale of 5, reviewing that "Go and Watch Mirchi, It entertains both Class and Mass. It is a worth watch."[22]

From left to right: Prabhas, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah, S.S.Rajamouli at the first look launch of Baahubali: The Conclusion in 2016

In 2015 he appeared as Shivudu/Mahendra Baahubali and Amarendra Baahubali in S.S. Rajamouli's epic Baahubali: The Beginning which is the fourth-highest-grossing Indian film to date.[23][24][25] Prabhas reprised his role in its sequel, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), which became the first Indian film ever to gross over ₹1,000 crore (US$155 million) in all languages in just ten days, and it is the second highest-grossing Indian film to date.[26][27][28]

Saaho's first look poster released on 23 October 2017, on the occasion of Prabhas' birthday.[29] A second teaser released on 23 October 2018, once again on the occasion of Prabhas' birthday. It is the third most expensive Indian film made to date.

Brands

Prabhas, who has been signed on by Mahindra as brand ambassador for the new Mahindra TUV300 car, has made his debut in the television commercial (TVC) arena with their new ad.[30]

Filmography
Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah Bhatia, Rajamouli, Karan Johar, Prabhas, Rana Daggubati at the trailer launch of the Hindi version of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Language Notes
2002EeswarEeswarTeluguDebut
2003RaghavendraRaghavendra
2004VarshamVenkat
2004Adavi RamuduRamudu
2005ChakramChakram
2005ChatrapathiSiva / Chatrapathi[lower-alpha 1]
2006PournamiSiva Kesava
2007YogiEeswar Prasad / Yogi[lower-alpha 1]
2007MunnaMunna
2008BujjigaduBujji / Linga Raju / Rajinikanth[lower-alpha 1]
2009BillaBilla / Ranga[lower-alpha 2]
2009Ek NiranjanChotu
2010DarlingPrabhas "Prabha"
2011Mr. PerfectVicky
2012RebelRishi / Rebel[lower-alpha 1]
2012Denikaina ReadyHimselfVoice role; cameo appearance
2013MirchiJai
2014Action JacksonHimselfHindiSpecial appearance
2015Baahubali: The BeginningMahendra Baahubali / Shivudu / Shivu
Amarendra Baahubali[lower-alpha 2]		 Telugu
Tamil[31][32]		First non-English film screened at Royal Albert Hall[33]
2017Baahubali 2: The ConclusionSecond highest grossing Indian film of 2018[34]
2019SaahoAshok Chakravarthy / Siddhant Nandan Saaho[lower-alpha 1]Telugu
Tamil
Hindi[35]
2021Radhe Shyam [36] TBA Telugu

Hindi

 Filming[37]

Awards and nominations
Prabhas awards and nominations
Totals[lower-alpha 3]
Wins6
Nominations13
Note
  1. Prabhas played a single character with two or more names
  2. Prabhas played two characters
  3. Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
Year Film Award Result Ref.
2004VarshamFilmfare Award for Best Actor – TeluguNominated [38]
Santosham Film Award for Best Young PerformerWon [39]
2005ChatrapathiFilmfare Award for Best Actor – TeluguNominated [38]
2009Ek NiranjanFilmfare Award for Best Actor – TeluguNominated [38]
2010DarlingCineMaa award for Critic's Choice ActorWon [40]
2011Mr. PerfectFilmfare Award for Best Actor – TeluguNominated [38]
SIIMA Award for Best Actor – TeluguNominated [38]
2013MirchiNandi Award for Best ActorWon [41][38]
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – TeluguNominated [38]
SIIMA Award for Best Actor – TeluguNominated [38]
2015Baahubali: The BeginningFilmfare Award for Best Actor – TeluguNominated [38][42]
IIFA Utsavam for Best Actor – TeluguNominated [42]
IIFA Utsavam for Best Actor – TamilNominated [42]
IBNLive Movie Awards Best Actor – SouthNominated [43]
SIIMA Award for Best Actor – TeluguNominated [42][38]
Santosham Best Actor AwardWon [44]
2017Baahubali 2: The ConclusionFilmfare Award for Best Actor – TeluguNominated [45][38]
SIIMA Award for Best Actor – TeluguWon [46][38]
2019SaahoETC Bollywood Business Awards – Highest Grossing Debut ActorWon [47][48]
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See also

References
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  2. "Happy birthday Prabhas: Six lesser known facts about the Baahubali actor". Indian Express. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2017. Actor Prabhas turned 37 on Sunday.
  3. "India's most expensive film?". Hindustan Times. 15 July 2013.
  4. "Bahubali wins national award for Best Film". The Times of India. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  5. "Baahubali 2 star Prabhas becomes first South Indian actor to get a wax statue at Madame Tussauds. See pics". Indian Express. 2 May 2017.
  6. TNM Staff (16 March 2016). "Actor Prabhas's brother sentenced to one year imprisonment in cheque bounce case". The News Minute. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  7. DNA Web Team (9 August 2017). "'Baahubali' star Prabhas' sister Pragathi reveals his marriage plans". DNA. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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  17. "Rebel movie review". New Delhi: NDTV. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
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