Prabhakar (actor)

Prabhakar, also known as Kalakeya Prabhakar, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu films along with Tamil and Kannada films. He is best known for his role as the king of the Kalakeyas in Baahubali: The Beginning (2015).^[1] His other notable films include Maryada Ramanna (2010), Dongaata (2015), Jai Simha (2018), Akhanda (2021).^[2] As of July 2022, he has acted in over 120 films in five languages.^[3]

Prabhakar
Born	Husunabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana, India)
Other names	Kalakeya Prabhakar
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2009 – present
Spouse	Rajya Lakshmi
Children	2

Early life

Prabhakar was born in Husnabad, near Raichur. His family hails from Kondangal of Mahabubnagar district, Telangana.^[4] After studying in Husnabad, he then shifted to Vikarabad to enroll in Ananta Padmanabha college.^[5]

His wife Rajya Lakshmi is a teacher and his son Sriram Rajamouli was named after the famous director Rajamouli who offered him his first full-fledged role in Maryada Ramanna and gave him 'a new life'. He also has another son Ritvik Preetam.^[6]

Career

Prabhakar played a minor role as villain in Mahesh Babu's Athidi, directed by Surender Reddy and supporting artist in his earlier career.

His first breakthrough film as an actor came in 2010 with Maryada Ramanna, directed by S. S. Rajamouli.^[7] He also acted in Gabbar Singh, directed by Harish Shankar, Dookudu, Aagadu, Lion and many more, which played well at the box office.

Prabhakar gain recognition following his appearance as a Kalakeya in Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), following which he came to be known as Kalakeya Prabhakar.^[8][9] In 2016, he appeared in Sarrainodu which became the third highest-grossing Telugu film that year. He also starred in Right Right, directed by Manu, starring Sumanth Ashwin and Pooja Zaveri where he played an important role.^[10] As of July 2022, he has acted in over 120 films in five languages.^[3]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Telugu films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Athidhi	Goon
2008	Parugu
	Bujjigadu	Goon	Uncredited role
	Gajibiji	Prabhu
2010	Maryada Ramanna	Baireddy
2011	Seema Tapakai	S/O Venkatappa
	Dookudu	Prakash Goud
	Veera
2012	Dammu	Chandravanshi King's henchmen
	Lovely
	Yamaho Yama
	Nippu
	Sarocharu
	Gabbar Singh	Banda Swamy
2013	Attarintiki Daredi	Siddhappa Naidu's henchman
	Shatruvu
	Doosukeltha	Badhram
	Mahankali	Naayak
2014	Legend
	Aagadu	Damodhar's Bihar batch
	Loukyam	Shankar
	Rabhasa	Ganeshan
2015	Lion	Forest Tribes
	Lava Kusa
	Dongaata	Kattam Raju
	Bengal Tiger	Banda
	Baahubali: The Beginning	Kalakeya king Inkoshi
2016	Sarrainodu	Vairam Dhanush's henchmen
	Right Right	Seshu
2017	Dwaraka	Ravi
	Kittu Unnadu Jagratha
	Lakshmi Bomb	Vaikuntam
	Patel S. I. R.	Laala
	Duvvada Jagannadham	Suri
	Oxygen	Major Satyaveer
	Om Namo Venkatesaya
2018	Jai Simha	Kaniyappan
	Pantham	Naayak's henchman
	Devadas	Deva's henchman
2019	90ML	Raja
2020	Raahu	Nagaraju
2021	Narappa	Gampanna
2021	Akhanda	DSP Ranjan
2022	Hero	Bhai's henchmen
2023	Abhilasha
2024	OMG: O Manchi Ghost
	Aho Vikramaarka
	Srikakulam Sherlock Holmes	Suspended police officer
2025	Brahma Anandam
	Paderu 12th Mile

Kannada films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Brindavana
2014	Gajakesari	Rana's Henchman
2016	Lakshmana
2017	Chowka	Jungli	Cameo Appearance
2018	Udgharsha
2019	Natasaarvabhowma	Lawyer
2020	Bicchugatti	Muddanna
2024	Max

Tamil films

Year	Title	Role
2014	Eppodhum Vendran
2021	Kodiyil Oruvan	Conference Karuna
	Pon Manickavel	Peruvalathan
2022	Aadhaar	Vijayan
	DSP	Mutta Ravi
2023	Jambu Maharishi
	Thalainagaram 2	Nanjunda

Malayalam films

Year	Title	Role
2018	Parole	Bullet Raghavan
2019	Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel	Goonda
2022	Aaraattu	Durga Reddy

Other language films

Year	Title	Role	Language
2007	Bal Ganesh 3	Vyomasur	Hindi
2019	Nayak	Kali Maharaj	Bhojpuri
2022	Sahari Bagha		Odia