Prabhas Raju Uppalapati (born 23 October 1979) , popularly known as Prabhas, is an Indian film actor, who is referred to as "Rebel star" in Telugu cinema. He made his debut with Eeshwar.
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Rebel and proved his box office stamina. After gaining success, he started experimenting with youthful family entertainers like Darling and Mr Perfect which were successful at the box office.
Contents
1 Personal life
2 Career
3 Filmography
4 Awards and Nominations
Personal life
Prabhas was born to U. Suryanarayana Raju and Siva Kumari. His family is from Mogalturu village in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. He is the third of three children, he has elder brother called Prabodh and sister Pragathi. He is the nephew of Telugu actor Krishnam Raju.[5]
Career
Prabhas started his movie career with Eeshwar in 2001. In 2003, he was the lead in Raghavendra. He gained popularity in 2004 with M. S. Raju's Varsham opposite Trisha Krishnan.[6] He followed this with Adavi Raamudu and Chakram. In September 2005 he acted in the film Chatrapathi opposite Shriya Saran. Chatrapathi was a big success in Prabhas's career. Chatrapathi was followed by Pournami and Yogi which were both box office flops. Munna, an action-drama film which starred Ileana D'Cruz, came out in 2007 was his third success after Varsham and Chatrapathi, followed by the action-comedy Bujjigadu in 2008, which was his second film opposite Trisha Krishnan. Bujjigadu was a hit at box office. In 2009 his two films Billa and Ek Niranjan were successful at the box office. In Billa Prabhas was paired with Anushka Shetty for the first time, the film was box office success.
In 2010 he had only one release, the romantic comedy Darling. The film was a critical and commercial success. Prabhas was paired up with Kajal Aggarwal, and their crackling chemistry was liked by the audience. Prabhas's performance was praised by critics in the film and also won CineMaa Awards Best Actor (Jury) for his role in the film. He had one release in 2011 Mr. Perfect, another romantic comedy. This was his second film with Kajal Aggarwal, and also starred Taapsee Pannu. The film was praised by critics and became a box-office blockbuster. In 2012, Prabhas starred in Rebel, an action film starring Tamannaah Bhatia and Deeksha Seth and was directed by Raghava Lawrence.[7][8] Rebel received mixed reviews from critics, but is running successfully at the box office. His next film will be Mirchi with debutante director Koratala Shiva with Anushka Shetty and Richa Gangopadhyay. Previously this film is named as Vaaradhi and later changed to Mirchi.[9]
By November 11, 2012 Prabhas completed successfully a Decade in Telugu Film Industry. He started his career with Eeshwar which was released on November 11, 2002.[10]
Filmography
Year Title Role(s) Notes
2002 Eeshwar Eeshwar
2003 Raghavendra Raghavendra
2004 Varsham Venkat Santosham Best Young Performer Award
Nominated — Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
2004 Adavi Ramudu Ramudu
2005 Chakram Chakram
2005 Chatrapathi Sivaji / Chatrapathi Nominated — Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
2006 Pournami Siva Kesava
2007 Yogi Eeshwar Prasad (Yogi)
2007 Munna Munna
2008 Bujjigadu Appalaraju (Bujji)
2009 Billa Billa / Ranga
2009 Ek Niranjan Chotu Nominated — Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
2010 Darling Prabha (Prabhas) CineMAA Award for Best Actor (Jury)
2011 Mr. Perfect Vicky Nominated — Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
Nominated — South Indian International Movie Award for Best Actor (Telugu)
Nominated — CineMAA Award for Best Actor
2012 Rebel Rishi
2013 Mirchi Filming
TBA Untitled film with Rajamouli Pre-production
Awards and Nominations
Year Award Category Film Result
2004 Santosham Film Awards Santosham Best Young Performers Award Varsham Won
2004 Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu Varsham Nominated
2005 Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu Chatrapathi Nominated
2009 Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu Ek Niranjan Nominated
2010 CineMAA Awards CineMAA Award for Best Actor-Jury Darling Won
2011 Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Telugu Mr. Perfect (film) {nominated}
2011 South Indian International Movie Awards South Indian International Movie Award for Best Actor Mr. Perfect (film) Nominated
2011 CineMAA Awards CineMAA Award for Best Actor Mr. Perfect (film) Nominated
