On the occasion of the action star's birthday, we give you 10 of his unforgettable performances, prior to Baahubali. 
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Happy Birthday Prabhas: 10 memorable performances of the rebel star before Baahubali happened

In an eventful career spanning for over 15 years, Venkata Satyanarayana Prabhas Raju Uppalapati has experienced quite some flops, superhits, and a couple of blockbusters which changed the course of regional cinema.

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A refreshing love story and terrific songs, Varsham was Prabhas’ first major blockbuster. The film sees Prabhas lock horns with a gangster to win his love. The film uses rain as a unifying element.
Prabhas plays a cancer-ridden foreign returnee who has a dream of building a hospital, in Krishna Vamsi's emotional drama, Chakram.
Chatrapathi, Rajamouli's 1st film with Prabhas, was a hugely successful action drama, with the actor's trademark touches. The film follows a Srilankan refugee,who ends up as a bonded labourer in Vizak
Prabhas is convincing as a college student whose aim is to finish off a mafia don (Prakash Raj), who keeps the entire city under his grip in Vamsi Paidipally's template action-thriller, Munna.
In Darling, a Karunakaran-directed romcom, Prabhas played a carefree lover who, in order to escape from marrying a don’s daughter, weaves a story of meeting his childhood sweetheart again.
A modern-day remake of Amitabh Bachchan’s Don, this version of the film presented Prabhas in a slick and most stylish avatar. With this project, he went on to prove that he is a bankable star.
A heartwarming family drama, Mr Perfect worked because of introducing audiences to the concept of nuclear family. The story is about mending relationships and Prabhas plays a key part in it.
Prabhas' portrayal of the bounty hunter, who hands over criminals to the police in exchange for money, in Puri Jagannadh's Ek Niranjan was lauded. Kangana Ranaut played his pair in the action-drama.
Prabhas plays a happy-go-lucky youngster, who after learning about his parents' murder, goes on a revenge spree, in Raghava Lawrence's Rebel. The film serves up fare for the mass audience.
Koratala Siva's Mirchi, an action-dram about the value of a life, saw Prabhas play a man who returns to his hometown to to reform his girlfriend’s goon-like family.

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