Prabhas

Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju (born 23 October 1979), known mononymously as Prabhas (pronounced [pɾabʱaːs]), is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He has been included in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list, first appearing at number 77 in 2015 and reaching number 22 in 2017. Referred to in the media as Rebel Star, he has appeared in over 24 films, and has received seven Filmfare Awards nominations, a Nandi Award, and a SIIMA Award. Prabhas made his acting debut with the drama Eeswar (2002) and later attained his breakthrough with the action romance Varsham (2004). He went on to act in other commercially successful films such as Chatrapathi (2005), Bujjigadu (2008), Billa (2009), Darling (2010), Mr. Perfect (2011), and Mirchi (2013), winning the Nandi Award for Best Actor for his performance in the lattermost. Prabhas then starred in a dual role in the blockbuster epic action duology Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and its sequel Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), with the latter emerging as the highest-grossing Indian film of all time at that point. The success of the duology expanded his audience beyond Telugu cinema and contributed to the subsequent use of the term pan-Indian star in Indian film discourse. He has since starred in the action thriller Saaho (2019), the action drama Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire (2023), and the science fiction film Kalki 2898 AD (2024), all of which rank among the highest-grossing Indian films. Two of Prabhas's films, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion and Kalki 2898 AD, have crossed ₹1,000 crore worldwide, making him one of the Indian actors associated with multiple films at that box-office level. Additionally, he is the first South Indian actor to receive a wax sculpture at a Madame Tussauds' museum.