Prabhas’
uncle, the veteran actor and politician, Krishnam Raju died aged 83 on Sunday.
He suffered a brief illness before passing away at a hospital in Hyderabad.
Krishnam Raju has acted in over 180 films and was known as the Rebel Star for
his acting style.

Who is
Prabhas?

Prabhas is
perhaps one of the biggest names in the south Indian film industry. He is also
one of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema and has often featured in the
Forbes’ India Celebrities list thrice since 2015. Prabhas was born on October
23, 1979. His full name is Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju.

Prabhas’
parents are film producer Uppalapati Surya Narayana Raju and Siva Kumari. He was
the youngest of three children. Prabhas has a brother, named Prabodh and a
sister, Pragathi. As mentioned above, Prabhas is the nephew of veteran actor
Krishnam Raju.

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Prabhas’
family is from Mogalthur, near Bhimavaram in Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari
district. Prabhas did his intermediate education from Hyderabad’s Nalanda
College and later went on to study at the Satyanand Film Institute in
Visakhapatnam.

Prabhas’
film career begins with Eeswar released in 2002. By the very next year, he was
playing lead roles in films. His first film as lead actor was Raghavendra. One
of Prabhas’ earliest successes was Chatrapathi, directed by SS Rajamouli.
Chatrapathi had a 100-day run in theatres.

Recently,
Prabhas’ biggest success was another Rajamouli venture. Baahubali: The Beginning,
is the fourth-highest grossing Indian film to date. It was Baahubali that
initiated the ‘pan-India’ film movement wherein the Hindi film industry lost its
hegemonic supremacy in Indian movie theatres.

In 2019,
Prabhas acted in Saaho. Despite opening to poor reviews, Saaho went on to earn
Rs 433 core.

Prabhas is
often identified in the media as the first pan-India star. He was the most
searched actor on Google in Karnataka in 2019 and is also the only south Indian
actor feature in Eastern Eye magazine’s 2019 list of Sexiest Asian Men.