Prabhas

Actor

Birthdate: October 23, 1979 (46 Years Old)

Birthplace: Madras, Tamil Nadu, India

Prabhas (birthname: Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju) is one of the biggest Indian movie stars in any language, with his main language being Telugu, starting with his starring role in writer-director Jayanth C. Paranjee’s action drama, Eeswar (2002), and continuing with career-setting performances in the Sobhan-directed romance, Varsham (2004), and then in a double role in writer-director S.S. Rajamouli’s blockbuster, Chatrapathi (2005).

Prabhas starred in director-writer Puri Jagannadh’s modest hit actioner, Bujjigadu: Made in Chennai (2008), with Mohan Babu and Trisha; and continued his streak of successful starring roles in another dual role in writer-director Meher Ramesh’s ss ss thriller, Billa (2009), and in the so-called “Superhit,” Telugu-language director-writer A. Karunakaran’s rom-com, Darling (2010), co-starring Kajal Aggarwal.

Prabhas starred in the title role in the family-oriented rom-com, Mr. Perfect (2011), directed by story writer Dasaradh and co-starring Kajal Aggarwal and Taapsee Pannu, and then starred in the highest-grossing (over $8 million) Telugu movie of 2013, director-writer Koratala Siva’s action movie, Mirchi, with Anushka Shetty and Richa Gangopadhyay. Prabhas starred in a dual role in S.S. Rajamouli’s two-part mythic epic, starting with Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), and concluding with Baahubali: The Conclusion (2017), grossing a record-breaking combined box-office $270-plus million globally.

Prabhas then starred in three consecutive movies shot simultaneously in Telugu and Hindu, including director-writer Sujeeth’s thriller, Saaho (2019); writer-director Radha Krishna Kumar’s period drama, Radhe Shyam (2022), co-starring Pooja Hegde; and director-writer Om Raut’s big-screen version of the Hindu epic, The Ramayana, Adipurush (2023), with Kriti Sanon, Saif Ali Khan, and Sunny Singh, but was one of Prabhas’ few commercial failures. Prabhas starred in another two-part Telugu epic, Salaar: Part 1—Ceasefire (2023) and Part 2—Shouryaanga Parvam (2025), both written and directed by Prashanth Neel and produced by Vijay Kiragandur.

Prabhas starred in the biggest Telugu-Hindi movie to date, writer-director Nag Ashwin’s $72 million-budgeted sci-fi epic, Kalki 2898 AD (2024), with Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, and Disha Patani, and released wide by AA Films. Prabhas starred in one of his first horror movies (or, more specifically, “romantic horror”) with director-writer Maruthi’s The Raja Saab (date to be announced).

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Prabhas was born in Madras, India, and raised by his mother Siva Kumari and father, and film producer Suryanarayana Raju U. Prabhas has one older sister, Pragathi Uppalapati, and one older brother, film producer Prabodh. Prabhas attended Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School, DNR School, and Nalanda College in Hyderabad. Prabhas earned a Bachelor of Technology from Hyderabad’s Sri Chaitanya College. Prabhas also studied at Satyanand Film Institute in the Andhra Pradesh city of Visakhapatnam. Prabhas’s height is 6’ 2”. Prabhas’s estimated net worth is $15 million.

Known For

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion

Amarendra Baahubali ()

Prabhas Movies

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2025 |
Baahubali: The Epic
Baahubali: The Epic
2025
Action, Drama
A legendary warrior emerges from humble beginnings to challenge powerful forces threatening his homeland, as ancient prophecies and family bonds shape his journey.
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asAmrendra Baahubali
2024 |
Kalki 2898 AD
Kalki 2898 AD
2024
Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The future of those in the dystopian city of Kasi is altered when the destined arrival of Lord Vishnu's final avatar launches a war against darkness.
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asBhairava
2023 |
Salaar Part 1 - Ceasefire
Salaar Part 1 - Ceasefire
2023
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
The fate of a violently contested kingdom hangs on the fraught bond between two friends-turned-foes in this saga of power, bloodshed and betrayal.
asSalaar
2022 |
Radhe Shyam
Radhe Shyam
2022
Romance
Love blooms between a doctor with an uncertain future and a renowned palmist who thought he would never find love. His beliefs are challenged.
asVikramaditya
2019 |
Saaho
Saaho
2019
Action, Thriller
A man uses an arsenal of weapons to battle a gang of heavily armed thugs in the city. With the city under fire and people's lives at risk, the one man has to give everything he has got to take the city back.
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asAshok Chakravarthy
2017 |
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
2017
Action, Drama
Amarendra Baahubali, the heir apparent to the throne of Mahishmati, finds his life and relationships endangered as his adoptive brother Bhallaladeva conspires to claim the throne.
asAmarendra Baahubali
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as Rudra
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as Rudra
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as Mahesh (Munna)
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as Prabha

Facts About Prabhas

Achievements: Prabhas is one of the most successful Indian actors, including being one of the highest-paid Indian movie actors, the only South Indian actor to have five movies that grossed more than 100 crore ($12 million), the first Indian actor to boast four 100+ crore box-office openings, and the first South Indian actor to be depicted in a wax sculpture at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum. AKA: Prabhas is known in the Indian film industry as “Rebel Star.”