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