1. His real name is Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju

2. He was born on October 23, 1979

3. He has an older brother, Prabodh, and an older sister, Pragathi

4. His father is Telugu producer Uppalapati Surya Narayana Raju and his mother is Siva Kumari

5. He studied at Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai, DNR High School, Bhimavaram, and Nalanda College, Hyderabad

6. He has a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) from Sri Chaitanya College, Hyderabad

7. He has been featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2015

8. He has received seven Filmfare Awards nominations, a Nandi Award, and a SIIMA Award

9. He made his acting debut with the Telugu film Eeswar in 2002

10. He gained fame for his role in the Baahubali movie series

11. He underwent a major physical transformation of more than three years for the Baahubali franchise

12. His film Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) is the only non-English film to be screened at the Royal Albert Hall

13. He has also been called the "young rebel star" for his film Mirchi

14. He has said that he prefers to work on commercial films

15. He has said that he admires Robert De Niro and Rajkumar Hirani's work

16. He has said that he prefers to shoot in Kerala's forests