The
Name
Is...
Any
guesses?
Well,
it
was
a
1976
Telugu
film
called
Bhakta
Kannappa!
Is
It
A
Co-incidence?
Not
many
know
that
Prabhas
too
has
some
interesting
facts
which
makes
him
one
of
the
respected
superstars
of
the
nation.
Fascinatingly
the
classic
Bhakta
Kannapa
is
based
on
a
life
of
a
Shiva
Devotee.
And
the
actor
in
real
life
is
a
Shiva
Bhakt.
The
actor
played
the
character
of
a
huge
Shiva
Bhakt
in
his
last
release
Baahubali.
Even
one
of
the
characters
which
he
played
in
the
film
was
named
Shiva.
His
scene
of
carrying
a
Shivling
in
Baahubali:
The
Beginning
became
one
of
the
most
loved
scenes.
There
were
many
idols
made
on
the
same
pose
across
the
nation.
Baahubali
Was
A
Life-Changing
Experience
"Without
that
film,
people
wouldn't
have
recognised
me
across
the
country.
I
have
done
good
Tamil
films,
too,
but
after
Bahubali,
people
across
cultures
and
languages
started
recognising
me,
including
the
overseas
audience.
SS
Rajamouli
(director)
knew
that
he
was
making
something
big,
given
the
budget
and
scale
of
both
the
films,
but
the
response
that
we
got
was
beyond
expectation,"
the
actor
was
quoted
as
saying
to
Bombay
Times.
The
Actor
Had
Earlier
Turned
Down
The
Film
In
a
GQ
interview
Prabhas
revealed
that
when
SS
Rajamouli
approached
him
for
a double
role
in
Baahubali,
the
actor's first
instinct
was
to
turn
down
the
offer.
"After
four
films
continuously
flop,
you
think,
‘Something
is
definitely
wrong
with
me.
You
have
to
think
before
doing
a
film,"
he
was
quoted
as
saying.
However,
the
filmmaker
wasn't
one
to
give
up
easily.
He
persisted
and
took
the
film's
script,
which
then
was
only
30
to
40
pages
long,
to Prabhas
repeatedly
before
the
actor
finally gave
in
and
the
rest
is
history!
Bollywood
Dreams
Recently
while
talking
to
a
leading
daily,
Prabhas
confirmed
that
a
Bollywood
debut
is
up
next
on
the
cards
after
he
wraps
up
Saaho.
He
was
quoted
as
saying,
"I
watch
a
lot
of
Hindi
films;
I
live
in
Hyderabad,
where
60
per
cent
of
the
people
speak
in
Hindi.
I
am
getting
good
offers
from
Bollywood;
I
had
okayed
a
script
three
years
ago.
It
is
a
love
story
that
I
will
do
post
Saaho."
We
Are
In
Awe
Of
His
Down-To-Earth
Nature
"I
hope
that
I
never
let
stardom
get
to
my
head.
I
always
have
my
childhood
friends
around
me;
some
of
them
are
my
producers,
too,
and
for
them,
it
doesn't
matter
if
I
am
doing
films.
They
just
feel
happy
for
me.
I
have
grown
up
with
them,
so
they
don't
see
me
as
a
star.
I
have
the
best
people
around
me,
so
if
I
let
success
go
to
my
head,
they
will
be
the
first
to
put
a
hammer
to
my
head,"
the
actor
was
quoted
as
saying
in
an
interview.