Prabhas' full name is Venkata Satyanarayana Prabhas Raju Uppalapati. He was born in Chennai to Suryanarayana Raju & Siva Kumari. He has 2 siblings and is the nephew of actor Uppalapati Krishnam Raju.
Prabhas attended the DNR School, Bhimavaram and graduated with a B.Tech. degree from Sri Chaitanya College, Hyderabad.
He's the first Indian actor to have headlined a film (Baahubali 2) that raked in Rs 1000 crore in 10 days. He is also the first star, whose film was the first to join the Rs 1500 crore club in India.
Prabhas had to bulk up for his Baahubali character. He weighed about 100 kg while he played the role of an ancient super solider. He followed a non-veg diet to gain about 20 kg of pure muscle.
Prabhas was trained by Lakshman Reddy for Baahubali. The trainer is Mr.World 2010. The actor was also gifted with gym equipment worth 1.5 crores from the makers.
Few of his nicknames are Prabha, Pubsi and Mr.Perfect.
While he started his career in Tollywood in 2002 with Eeshwar movie while he got established as a solo hero with Varsham movie (2004).
Apart from acting, Prabhas has also dubbed for Manchu Vishnu in Denikaina Ready (2012)
Prabhas had made a cameo in Ajay Devgn’s 2014 film Action Jackson, which was directed by Prabhudheva. However, his debut appearance in the Bollywood film almost went unnoticed.
Prabhas got the 6th spot in the list of Most Influential Young of 2017 by GQ Magazine. All thanks to Baahubali: The Conclusion, which made him a household name in every nook and corner of the country.
Prabhas’ all-time favourite Telugu film is Bhakta Kannappa, starring his uncle Krishnam Raju, which released in 1976. He loves watching films made by Rajkumar Hirani.
As per reports, Prabhas has watched Munna Bhai MBBS and 3 Idiots, almost 20 times.
Hollywood actor Robert De Niro is his favorite hero.
Prabhas is the first south Indian actor to have his wax sculpture at Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London.
Prabhas, who has been signed on by Mahindra as brand ambassador for the new Mahindra TUV300 car, has made his debut in the television commercial (TVC) arena with their new ad.
