Prabhas filmography

Prabhas filmography
Prabhas promoting Baahubali in 2015
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Prabhas is an Indian actor who works primarily in Telugu cinema. He made his acting debut in the 2002 Telugu film Eeswar. His first commercially successful film was the 2004 romantic action drama Varsham, which earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu. He followed this with Adavi Ramudu (2004) and S. S. Rajamouli's 2005 action film Chatrapathi; the latter was a major commercial success and earned Prabhas a second Filmfare nomination for Best Actor – Telugu.

The period following Chatrapathi was marked by films with mixed box-office results, such as Pournami (2006), Yogi (2007), Munna (2007), Bujjigadu (2008), Billa (2009) and Ek Niranjan (2009) did not meet commercial expectations. His next commercially successful were Darling (2010) and Mr. Perfect (2011). For his performance in Mirchi (2013), Prabhas won the Nandi Award for Best Actor.

Prabhas reunited with S. S. Rajamouli for the two-part epic action film Baahubali. He played the dual title role in Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017). The films, produced bilingually in Telugu and Tamil and dubbed in multiple languages, expanded his profile nationally. Both films were critical and commercial success. Baahubali 2 became the highest-grossing Indian film of all time. [1] This duology elevated him from a star in Telugu cinema to a nationally and internationally recognized figure, with media outlets, critics, and popular culture widely designating him as "India's first pan-India star".[2] Prabhas won the SIIMA Award for Best Actor – Telugu for his performance. The unprecedented financial success of the Baahubali series created immense audience expectations and commercial pressure for Prabhas's subsequent projects. After Baahubali duology, Prabhas began starring in high-budget productions filmed simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi, intended for a pan-Indian release.[3] The first, the 2019 action-thriller Saaho, had a strong box-office opening but received generally unfavourable reviews from the critics. Hindi-dubbed version was commercially successful, while the original Telugu version underperformed.[4] His next romantic-drama Radhe Shyam (2022) and Adipurush (2023) were critical and commercial failure.[5][6]

Prabhas returned to commercial success with the 2023 action-drama film Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire, directed by Prashanth Neel. This film marked a strategic return to the high-octane, mass-action genre, it received mix to positive reviews from critics..[7] In 2024, he starred in the science-fiction film Kalki 2898 AD, a science-fiction epic, directed by Nag Ashwin. The film's narrative blended Indian mythology, specifically elements of the Mahabharata and the Kalki avatar, with a dystopian, post-apocalyptic setting.[8] With a budget of ₹600 crore, it was reported to be the most expensive Indian film ever made. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and audience alike. The Guardian praised its "maximalism" and "brassy looking" world-building. Critics lauded the film's ambition, visual effects, and the performances of its ensemble cast. Kalki grossed over ₹1100 crore at the box office, the second 1000 Crore Club film of Prabhas.[9][10]

Film

Key
† Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released
  • All films are in Telugu, unless mentioned otherwise.
List of Prabhas film credits
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2002 Eeswar Eeswar [11]
2003 Raghavendra Raghava [12]
2004 Varsham Venkat [13]
Adavi Ramudu Ramudu [14]
2005 Chakram Chakram [15]
Chatrapathi Sivaji / Chatrapathi[a] [16]
2006 Pournami Sivakeshava Naidu [17]
2007 Yogi Eeswar Prasad / Yogi[a] [18]
Munna Mahesh Kumar "Munna" [19]
2008 Bujjigadu Bujji [20]
2009 Billa David Billa and Ranga[b] [21]
Ek Niranjan Chotu [22]
2010 Darling Prabhas "Prabha" [23]
2011 Mr. Perfect Vicky [24]
2012 Rebel Rishi / Rebel[a] [25]
Denikaina Ready Himself Voice-over [26]
2013 Mirchi Jai [27]
2014 Action Jackson Himself Hindi film; Cameo appearance in the song "Punjabi Mast" [28]
2015 Baahubali: The Beginning
Bilingual film[c] [30]
2017 Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Partially filmed in Tamil.
2019 Saaho Siddhanth Nandan Saaho / Ashok Chakravarthy[a] Bilingual film[d] [31]
2022 Radhe Shyam Vikramaditya [32]
2023 Adipurush Raghava [33]
Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire Devaratha "Deva" Raisaar Shouryanga / Salaar[a] [34]
2024 Kalki 2898 AD Bhairava/Karna[b] [35]
2025 Kannappa Rudra Cameo appearance [36]
Mirai Narrator Voice-over [37]
Baahubali: The Epic
Combined recut version of The Beginning and The Conclusion [38]
2026 The RajaSaab Raju "Raja Saab" [39]
Fauzi † TBA Filming [40]
2027 Spirit † TBA [41]
TBA Kalki 2898 AD : Part 2 † Bhairava/Karna[b] [42]

Television

List of Prabhas television credits
Year Title Role Network Language Notes Ref.
2024 Bujji & Bhairava Bhairava Amazon Prime Video Telugu Miniseries; voice [43]
Modern Masters: S. S. Rajamouli Himself Netflix English Documentary film [44]

Music video appearances

Year Title Performer(s) Notes Ref.
2022 "Har Ghar Tiranga" Devi Sri Prasad [45]
2024 "Bhairava Anthem" Diljit Dosanjh For the film Kalki 2898 AD [46]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Prabhas played a single character with two or more names
  2. ^ a b c d e Prabhas played two characters
  3. ^ Telugu–Tamil bilingual film.[29]
  4. ^ Telugu–Hindi bilingual films.

References

  1. ^ "10 Years Of Baahubali: How Prabhas Redefined Indian Stardom And Carved Immortal Legacy Through His Iconic Role". Zee News. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  2. ^ "From Baahubali to Raja Saab: A Decade of Prabhas, India's First Pan-India Star". The Times of India. 18 June 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  3. ^ B, Satya (1 July 2024). "What is saving Prabhas after all these years?". Gulte. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  4. ^ Film Companion South (27 August 2019). Prabhas Interview With Baradwaj Rangan | Face 2 Face | Saaho. Retrieved 15 November 2025 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "Prabhas' Radhe Shyam ends up as a box office disaster: report". Hindustan Times. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  6. ^ More, Shalmesh (4 April 2024). "Revisiting Prabhas Starrer Radhe Shyam's Failure: Suffered Box Office Deficit Of 245 Crores, Making It One Of The Biggest Flops Of Tollywood!". Koimoi. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  7. ^ "Prabhas teams up with KGF director Prashanth Neel for Salaar, see poster". Hindustan Times. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  8. ^ Felperin, Leslie (28 June 2024). "Kalki 2898 AD review – maximalist sci-fi epic mixes Mahabharata with Mad Max". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  9. ^ Film Companion Studios (14 June 2024). Kalki 2898 AD - A Leap of Ambition | Ft. Nag Ashwin, Priyanka Dutt, & Swapna Dutt w/ Anupama Chopra. Retrieved 15 November 2025 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ Arikatla, Venkat (27 June 2024). "Kalki 2898 AD Movie Review: Visual Brilliance". greatandhra.com. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  11. ^ Sharma, Bhawana (23 October 2024). "From Eshwar to Kalki: Prabhas's Blockbuster Hits". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Telugu Cinema - Review - Raghavendra - Prabhas, Anshu, Swetha Agarwal - Suresh Krishna - Posani". www.idlebrain.com. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Prabhas-Trisha's Varsham returns to theatres, fans turn screenings into a fest". India Today. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Adavi Ramudu". Sify. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Prabhas, Asin-starrer Chakram Completes 17 Years of Release". News18. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  16. ^ "What is the story of Prabhas's Chatrapathi?". India Today. 27 November 2020. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  17. ^ "15 years for Pournami: Five reasons to watch the Prabhas and Trisha Krishnan starrer". The Times of India. 21 April 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  18. ^ "Yogi re-release: Prabhas fans celebrate 2007 film with dance, confetti showers, cold pyro guns in theatres". Mid-day. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  19. ^ "Munna - Telugu cinema Review - Prabhas & Ileana". www.idlebrain.com. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  20. ^ "Prabhas on why he is called 'Darling'! – Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  21. ^ "10 Years for 'Billa': The Meher Ramesh film that proved Prabhas is a star". The Times of India. 4 April 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  22. ^ "Prabhas fans celebrate 11 Years of Ek Niranjan". The Times of India. 29 October 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  23. ^ "On His 45th Birthday, Prabhas' Darling And Eeshwar To Re-release In Theatres: Report". News18. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  24. ^ "Prabhas' blockbuster film 'Mr Perfect' set for re-release". The Hindu. 16 October 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  25. ^ "Prabhas' Rebel to re-release on October 15, 8 days before his birthday". India Today. 9 October 2022. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  26. ^ "Prabhas dubs his voice for Manchu Vishnu". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  27. ^ "8 years of Mirchi: Five reasons to watch the Prabhas, Anushka Shetty starrer". The Times of India. 8 February 2021. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  28. ^ "Did you know Prabhas made a special appearance in Sonakshi Sinha-Ajay Devgn's 'Action Jackson'?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  29. ^ Pillai, Sreedhar (2 July 2016). "Hollywood's Tamil conquest". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2020. One of its producers, Shobu Yarlagadda, explains, "Baahubali [The Beginning] is a Tamil-Telugu bilingual. Each shot in the film was taken twice with artists lip-syncing in Telugu and Tamil
  30. ^ "Rajamouli-Prabhas' film is titled Bahubali". The Times of India. TNN. 13 January 2013. Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  31. ^ "Baahubali Prabhas's next film is Saaho, will have action by Transformers' stuntman". Hindustan Times. 23 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  32. ^ "Prabhas' Radhe Shyam gets a Sankranthi release date, to clash with Mahesh Babu's Sarkaru Vaari Paata, Pawan Kalyan's next". The Indian Express. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  33. ^ "Adipurush: Why audiences turned against this Bollywood epic". 24 June 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  34. ^ "Prabhas' Salaar Will Be Bigger Than KGF, Reveals Producers". News18. 27 December 2022. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  35. ^ "'Project K' makers unveil futuristic new posters to mark Prabhas' birthday; say 'Heroes are not born, they rise' – Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  36. ^ Das, Srinjoy (3 February 2025). "Kannappa: After Akshay Kumar as Lord Shiva, Prabhas rises as Rudra in his first look poster". Pinkvilla. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  37. ^ "Is Prabhas Making Cameo In Mirai? Teja Sajja Teases 'REBELLIOUS SURPRISE' In Superhero Film". Times Now. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  38. ^ "Baahubali The Epic box office collection day 6: Prabhas, Anushka Shetty film holds steady, collects ₹29 crore". Hindustan Times. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  39. ^ "The Raja Saab Update: Prabhas To Shoot 3 Songs, 95 Per Cent Of Film Completed". News18. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  40. ^ "Prabhas' next epic film Fauzi unveiled on his 46th birthday, promises pre-Independence soldier saga". Hindustan Times. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  41. ^ "Prabhas' Action Drama Spirit Begins Shooting With Star-Studded Muhurat Ceremony". Zee News. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  42. ^ "Amitabh Bachchan reunites with Kamal Haasan after nearly four decades on 'Kalki 2' sets". The Times of India. 24 February 2026. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  43. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (1 June 2024). "'B&B: Bujji & Bhairava' is a smart, fun-filled prelude to Nag Ashwin's 'Kalki 2898 AD' starring Prabhas". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  44. ^ "Modern Masters trailer: Jr NTR calls SS Rajamouli a 'madman' with no empathy, director admits 'I'm a slave to the story'". The Indian Express. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  45. ^ "Devi Sri Prasad composes an anthem for the national flag, titled 'Har Ghar Tiranga'". The Times of India. 5 August 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  46. ^ "Kalki 2898 AD Bhairava Anthem New Promo: Prabhas And Diljit Dosanjh's Punjabi Bromance". NDTV. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
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