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My Take
Prabhas fascinates me as proof that stardom can stay regional in language yet global in reach. He spent years as a dependable Telugu leading man before the Baahubali phenomenon turned him into a pan-Indian event unto himself; in Japan his films sparked cheering screenings that ran for months, something almost no foreign star achieves. What I respect is his patience: a Forbes India Celebrity 100 fixture who still carries an unhurried, almost shy public presence. The Nandi and SIIMA awards confirm the craft beneath the spectacle. He keeps gambling on enormous productions, and even when they wobble, the ambition itself feels valuable to Indian cinema's global push.
Overview
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 is one of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema and has been featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2015.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Prabhas
- Name (Japanese)
- プラバース
- Reading
- ぷらばーす
- Born
- October 23, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Goat
- Origin
- Chennai, Chennai district, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2018 Siima for Best Actor – Telugu
- 2013 Nandi Award for Best Actor
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.