Prabhas
Prabhas | |
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Born | 23 October 1979[3] Madras, Tamil Nadu, India |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2002–present |
Father | Uppalapati Surya Narayana Raju |
Relatives | Krishnam Raju (uncle) |
Website | www |
Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju (born 23 October 1979), known mononymously as Prabhas, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. One of the highest-paid actors of Indian cinema, Prabhas has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list three times since 2015 based on his income and popularity.[4][5][6] He has received seven Filmfare Awards South nominations and is a recipient of the Nandi Award and the 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). Prabhas won the state Nandi Award for Best Actor for his performance in Mirchi.[7][8]
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.
In addition to acting in films, Prabhas supports many humanitarian causes.[9] He is also the brand ambassador for the Mahindra TUV300. He is the first South Indian actor to receive a wax sculpture at Madame Tussaud's wax museum.[10]
Early and personal life
Prabhas was born in to film producer U. Suryanarayana Raju and Siva Kumari. The youngest of the three children, Prabhas has a brother, Prabodh and a sister, Pragathi.[3][11][12] He is the nephew of Telugu actor Krishnam Raju.[3] His family hails from Mogalthur, near Bhimavaram of West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh.[13] Prabhas completed his intermediate education from Nalanda College, Hyderabad.[14] He is an alumnus of Satyanand Film Institute, Visakhapatnam.[15] He is frequently linked to his co-star Anushka Shetty in the media.[16] In June 2014, he released a Facebook post on his relationship rumours with politician Y. S. Sharmila.[17][18] The post stated "There have also been several embarrassing rumours about my alleged relationship with Ms. Y. S. Sharmila. I would like to categorically state that I have never met or spoken to Ms. Y. S. Sharmilla and the rumours in circulation are completely baseless and have not even an iota of truth in them."[19] Prabhas revealed that she is just his friend on the Koffee with Karan show.[20][21] In an interview to Deccan Chronicle in 2020, Anushka called him as "one of her 3:00 AM friends".[22][23]
Career
2002–2011: Debut and breakthrough
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.[24] Idlebrain.com stated that he had a unique style and macho charm in his screen presence.[25] 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.[26]
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."[27] 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.[28]
2012–2014: Continued career
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.[29] 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".[30] 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."[31] 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."[32]
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".[33] 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.[34] Way2movies also gave a rating of 3.25/5, giving the verdict that "Prabhas rocks the show in this decent yet formulaic commercial entertainer".[35] 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."[36] Prabhas made his Hindi cinema debut in 2014 by doing a cameo role in the item number "Punjabi Mast" from the film Action Jackson.[37][38]
2015–present: Baahubali and roles in Pan-India films
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.[39][40][41]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 it is the second highest-grossing Indian film to date.[42][43][44] Prabhas won the SIIMA Award for Best Actor (Telugu) for his performance in The Conclusion.[45] Prabhas sized upto 105 kgs for Baahubali's character.[46]
In 2019, Prabhas starred in Sujeeth-directed action thriller Saaho. Despite receiving unfavourable reviews, the film went on to gross over ₹433 crore.[47][48]
As of January 2021, Prabhas has two films under production, namely the romantic drama Radhe Shyam, and the Prashanth Neel-directed action film Salaar.[49] Further, Prabhas has signed two other films. He would play the titular role in Aadipurush, an adaptation of the Hindu epic Ramayana. The film helmed by director Om Raut also stars Saif Ali Khan. Prabhas is committed to feature alongside Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan for Nag Ashwin's untitled sci fi film.[50]
Brands
Prabhas, who has been signed on by Mahindra & Mahindra as brand ambassador for the new Mahindra TUV300 car, has made his debut in the television commercial (TVC) arena with their new ad.[51]
In the media
Prabhas is often referred as "Darling" or "Pan-India star".[52] He was ranked second in Times' Most Desirable Men for the year 2017,[53] and twelfth in 2018.[54] He was then added to the Forever Desirable list of Hyderabad Times in 2019.[55][56] He was the most searched actor on Google in Karnataka, for the year 2019.[57] Prabhas is the only actor from south cinema to feature in the magazine Eastern Eye's 2019 listing of the 10 Sexiest Asian Men.[58][59] He was also featured in the GQ in their listing of the most influential young Indians of 2017.[60]
Prabhas generally does not endorse brands frequently.[61] News 18 reported that he rejected brand endorsements worth ₹150 crore in 2020.[62] Pooja Dhar of Pinkvilla cited him as "one of the most humble and down to earth Indian actors" in her article.[63]
Filmography
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2002 | Eeswar | Eeswar | Telugu | Debut | |
2003 | Raghavendra | Raghavendra | Telugu | ||
2004 | Varsham | Venkat | Telugu | ||
Adavi Ramudu | Ramudu | Telugu | |||
2005 | Chakram | Chakram | Telugu | ||
Chatrapathi | Siva / Chatrapathi[a] | Telugu | |||
2006 | Pournami | Siva Kesava | Telugu | ||
2007 | Yogi | Eeswar Prasad / Yogi[a] | Telugu | ||
Munna | Munna | Telugu | |||
2008 | Bujjigadu | Bujji / Linga Raju / Rajinikanth[a] | Telugu | ||
2009 | Billa | Billa / Ranga[b] | Telugu | ||
Ek Niranjan | Chotu | Telugu | |||
2010 | Darling | Prabhas "Prabha" | Telugu | ||
2011 | Mr. Perfect | Vicky | Telugu | ||
2012 | Rebel | Rishi / Rebel[a] | Telugu | ||
Denikaina Ready | — | Telugu | Voice role; cameo appearance | [64] | |
2013 | Mirchi | Jai | Telugu | ||
2014 | Action Jackson | Himself | Hindi | Special appearance | |
2015 | Baahubali: The Beginning | Mahendra Baahubali / Shivudu / Shivu Amarendra Baahubali[b] |
Telugu Tamil |
[65] | |
2017 | Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | ||||
2019 | Saaho | Ashok Chakravarthy / Siddhant Nandan Saaho[a] | Hindi Tamil Telugu |
[66] | |
2021 | Radhe Shyam † | Vikramaditya | Hindi Telugu |
Filming | [67] |
2022 | Salaar † | Salaar | Kannada Telugu |
Filming | [49] [68] |
Adipurush † | Adipurush | Hindi Telugu |
Filming | [69] |
Awards and nominations
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Wins | 6 | |||||||
Nominations | 13 | |||||||
Note
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Year | Award | Film | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Critic's Choice Actor | Darling | Won | [70] |
Year | Award | Film | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Highest Grossing Debut Actor | Saaho | Won | [71][72] |
Year | Award | Film | Result | Ref. |
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2004 | Best Actor – Telugu | Varsham | Nominated | [73] |
2005 | Chatrapathi | Nominated | [73] | |
2009 | Ek Niranjan | Nominated | [73] | |
2011 | Mr. Perfect | Nominated | [73] | |
2013 | Mirchi | Nominated | [73] | |
2015 | Baahubali: The Beginning | Nominated | [74] | |
2017 | Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | Nominated | [74] |
Year | Award | Film | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | Best Actor – Telugu | Baahubali: The Beginning | Nominated | [75] |
Best Actor – Tamil | Nominated | [75] |
Year | Award | Film | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | Best Actor | Mirchi | Won |
Year | Award | Film | Result | Ref. |
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2004 | Best Young Performer | Varsham | Won | [76] |
2015 | Best Actor Award | Baahubali: The Beginning | Won | [77] |
South Indian International Movie Awards
Year | Award | Film | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | Best Actor (Telugu) | Mr. Perfect | Nominated | [73] |
2013 | Mirchi | Nominated | ||
2015 | Baahubali: The Beginning | Nominated | ||
2017 | Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | Won |
Other Awards
Year | Award | Film | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | IBNLive Movie Awards Best Actor – South | Baahubali: The Beginning | Nominated | [78] |
See also
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