Prabhas pencil portrait

Prabhas Raju Uppalapati (Telugu: ప్రభాస్ రాజు ఉప్పలపాటి), popularly known as Prabhas, is an Indian film actor in Telugu cinema.

Personal life

Prabhas was born to Suryanarayana Raju and Siva Kumari. His family is from Moghalthur. Born October 23, 1979. He is the second of three children. Born October 23, 1979. He has one brother, Prabodh, and a sister, Pragathi. He is the nephew of south star and politician Krishnam Raju Uppalapati.

Career

Prabhas started his movie career with Eeshwar in 2001. In 2003, he was the lead in Raghavendra. Both of Prabhas's early movies allowed him to stand out among lead actors in Tollywood. He gained stardom in 2004 with M.S. Raju's film, Varsham opposite Trisha Krishnan. He followed with Adavi Raamudu and Chakram. In September 2005 he made the film Chatrapathi, opposite actress Shriya Saran. Chatrapathi was followed by Pournami, Yogi and Munna Bujjigadu, Billa and Ek Niranjan. Darling came out in 2010 followed by the release Mr. Perfect in 2011 both of which were big hits in their respective years of release. Rebel is set to release in late 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Heroine	Notes
2002	Eeshwar	Eeshwar	Sridevi Vijaykumar
2003	Raghavendra	Raghavendra	Anshu
2004	Varsham	Venkat	Trisha Krishnan	Winner, Santosham Best Young Performer Award Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
2004	Adavi Ramudu	Ramudu	Aarthi Agarwal
2005	Chakram	Chakram	Charmi, Asin
2005	Chatrapathi	Sivaji, Chatrapathi	Shriya Saran	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
2006	Pournami	Siva Kesava	Trisha Krishnan, Charmi
2007	Yogi	Eeshwar Prasad (Yogi)	Nayantara
2007	Munna	Munna	Ileana
2008	Bujjigadu	Lingaraju (Bujji)	Trisha Krishnan
2009	Billa	Billa, Ranga	Anushka Shetty, Namitha, Hansika Motwani
2009	Ek Niranjan	Chotu(Niranjan)	Kangana Ranaut	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu)
2010	Darling	Prabha (Prabhas)	Kajal Aggarwal, Shraddha Das	Winner, CineMaa Awards Best Actor (Jury)
2011	Mr. Perfect	Vicky	Kajal Aggarwal, Taapsee Pannu
2012	Rebel[1]		Tamanna, Deeksha Seth
2012	Vaaradhi[2]		Anushka Shetty, Richa Gangopadhyay

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portrait of Balanathan "Balu" Mahendran

Balanathan "Balu" Mahendran (Tamil: பாலநாதன் மகேந்திரா) (born 20 May 1946 in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and cinematographer widely regarded as part of the first in a wave of directors and screenwriters from the Chennai film industry who revitalised Tamil cinema. He initially developed an early interest in photography.

A cinematography graduate and a gold medalist from the FTII in Pune. He started his film career as a cameraman for the Malayalam film Nellu in 1974, which earned him the best cinematographer award from the Government of Kerala. He has been chosen as the best cinematographer for as many as ten films. He pioneered innovative camera style for colour in South India. He has won five National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards South.

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