Prabhas is an Indian Film Actor known for his works in Telugu cinema.
Prabhas was born to U. Suryanarayana Raju and Siva Kumari. He is the youngest of three children, with an elder brother Pramod Uppalapati and sister Pragathi. He is the nephew of Telugu actor Krishnam Raju Uppalapati.
In 2015, he played a titular role in the epic’Baahubali: The Beginning’ (2015), which is the third Global highest grossing Indian film of all time, and the highest grossing Indian film of all time within India.
Prabhas started his movie career with ‘Eshwar’ 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 September 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.
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’.
In 2010 he appeared in the romantic comedy’Darling’ and in 2011, ‘Mr. Perfect’, another romantic comedy. 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’.
In 2015 he appeared in S.S. Rajamouli’s epic ‘Baahubali: The Beginning’. The film became the third highest grossing film worldwide in India and garnered critical and commercial praise all over the world. The sequel is set to release in 2017.