Happy birthday Prabhas: Lesser known facts about the Baahubali star

Prabhas, who is currently one of leing actors in Bollywood as well as Tollywood industry celebrates his 40th birthday today. Born on October 23, 1979, South superstar rose to fame in Bollywood with his Baahubali series. actor recently me his Bollywood debut with Saaho starring alongside Shrdha Kapoor. Even though he is extremely popular, re are a lot of facts about him that his fans are unaware of. Here are a few lesser-kwn facts about Saaho actor.

What’s in a name?

While star gained popularity with name Prabhas, very few would be aware of fact that Prabhas isn't his original name. Prabhas’ real name is Venkata Satyanarayana Prabhas Raju Uppalapati. His closed ones also call him Prabha or Pubsi.

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Bollywood debut

While star recently me his Bollywood with Saaho, very few people kw that star has actually starred in a Bollywood movie before. Prabhas was briefly seen shaking a leg with Sonakshi Sinha in her 2014 film, Action Jackson. song was choreographed by dance master Prabhu Deva.

Career alternative

In an interview, Prabhas once revealed that if t for acting, he would have definitely gone for being a hotelier. Being in food business was dream job for actor. Prabhas is an engineer by degree and studied at DNR School in Bhimavaram.

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A statue at Mame Tussauds

Prabhas is first south Indian actor to have a wax statue at Mame Tussauds in Bangkok. statue features him as his popular character, Amarendra Bahubali.

Huge fan of Rajkumar Hirani

Reportedly, Prabhas revealed that he loves watching Rajkumar Hirani’s films. He has watched Munna Bhai MBBS and 3 Idiots for over 20 times. As for Hollywood, star revealed that he is fond of Robert De Nero's work. He also revealed that Bhakta Kannappa is his all-time favourite south Indian film.  

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