Birthday Special: What made Prabhas the ‘Darling’ of Telugu cinema?

Movies By Prakash Pecheti 23/10/2023 Read the article

Actor Prabhas is undoubtedly the most-loved star in Telugu cinema, even after his craze surpassed beyond borders with Baahubali 1 & 2 (2015 & 2017).

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As he celebrates his birthday on Monday, 23 October, here is the recap of the movies that defined his 20-year magnificent career in the industry.

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Eeswar (2002), a romantic-action drama starring Prabhas and Sridevi Vijaykumar in the lead roles, had him playing the role Eeswar of a gudumba seller’s son living in Dhoolpet.

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Though Eeswar had a routine mix of commercial elements, this poor-boy-rich-girl love story with Prabhas’ fight-for-underdog tone caught up well with the audiences.

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Directed by Suresh Krishna and written by Posani Krishna Murali, Raghavendra (2003) starred Anshu and Shweta Agarwal as the female leads. It featured the Prabhas in two shades.

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Varsham, a love story of an unemployed youngster Venkat (Prabhas) and a middle-class girl Sailaja (Trisha), rewrote the industry records.

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Directed by SS Rajamouli, Chatrapathi (2005) catapulted Prabhas from an actor to a star of Telugu cinema as audiences started comparing him with the other stars from the big league.

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A Dasarath directorial, Mr Perfect (2011) had put Prabhas in the limelight in Telugu cinema for not being a commercial hit at the box office.

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