Prabhas

Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju , known mononymously as Prabhas, 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. 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 was born on 23 October 1979 in a Telugu family to film producer Uppalapati Surya Narayana Raju and Siva Kumari in Madras (now Chennai) as Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju . The youngest of three children, he has an elder brother, Prabodh, and elder sister, Pragathi. He is the nephew of Telugu film actor Krishnam Raju . His family hails from Mogalthur , near Bhimavaram of West Godavari district , Andhra Pradesh .

Prabhas did his schooling at Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School , Chennai, and at DNR High School, Bhimavaram. He then completed his intermediate education from Nalanda College, Hyderabad . He later went on to pursue Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) from Sri Chaitanya College, Hyderabad. [ citation needed ] He is also an alumnus of Satyanand Film Institute, Visakhapatnam .