Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju, known mononymously as Prabhas, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. One of the highest-paid actors in India, Prabhas has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2015 based on his income and popularity. he having big fan following like die heart fans.He is very foodie guy.
Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju (born 23 October 1979), known mononymously as Prabhas ([pɾabʱaːs]), is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. One of the highest-paid actors in India,[4] Prabhas has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2015 based on his income and popularity.[5][6][7] He has received seven Filmfare Awards South nominations and is a recipient of a Nandi Award and a SIIMA Award. Prabhas made his acting debut with the 2002 Telugu drama Eeswar, and later attained his breakthrough with the romantic action film Varsham (2004). His notable works include Chatrapathi (2005), Bujjigadu (2008), Billa (2009), Darling (2010), Mr. Perfect (2011), and Mirchi (2013), with his performance in the lattermost earning him the state Nandi Award for Best Actor.In 2015, Prabhas starred in the title role in S. S. Rajamouli's epic action film Baahubali: The Beginning, which is the fourth-highest-grossing Indian film to date. He later 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 is the second highest-grossing Indian film to date.
His family hails from Mogalthur, near Bhimavaram of West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. He completed his intermediate education from Nalanda College, Hyderabad. He is an alumnus of Satyanand Film Institute, Visakhapatnam.his friends in film industry They have never shared screen space together in any of the films. During Baahubali promotions, Prabhas revealed that Stylish star Allu Arjun and Gopichand are his best friends.
In 2012, Prabhas starred in Rebel, an action film directed by Raghava Lawrence. 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".[21] 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."[22] 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."[23] He rendered voice for a short cameo for the film Denikaina Ready (2012).[24] In 2013, Prabhas starred in Mirchi. Jeevi of Idlebrain.com 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".[25] 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.[26] Way2movies also gave a rating of 3.25/5, giving the verdict that "Prabhas rocks the show in this decent yet formulaic commercial entertainer".[27] 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."[28] Prabhas made his Hindi cinema debut in 2014 by doing a cameo role in the item number "Punjabi Mast" from the film Action Jackson.[29]In 2015, Prabhas 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.[30][31][32] The film started a new film movement named Pan-India films. 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 is the second highest-grossing Indian film to date.[33][34][35] He won the SIIMA Award for Best Actor (Telugu) for his performance in The Conclusion.[36] He increased his weight to 105 kg for Baahubali's character.[37] The success of Baahubali has propelled Prabhas to become a pan-Indian actor, receiving significant following in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages. In 2019, Prabhas starred in Sujeeth-directed action thriller Saaho. Despite receiving unfavourable reviews, the film went on to gross over ₹433 crorer. Later in 2022, Prabhas starred in the period romance film Radhe Shyam directed by Radha Krishna Kumar which received mixed reviews. As of March 2022, Prabhas has three films under various stages of production. The first of which is the Prashanth Neel-directed action film Salaar. He has completed shooting for Adipurush, an adaptation of the Hindu epic Ramayana where he plays the role of Rama. The film helmed by director Om Raut also stars Saif Ali Khan. He also started filming for Nag Ashwin's untitled sci fi film, tentatively titled Project K where he stars alongside Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan. His 25th film Spirit was announced in October 2021.Directed Sandeep Reddy Vanga was signed as its director under the production of UV Creations, T-Series and Bhadrakali Pictures.
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