Education
Andhra University.
Andhra University.
In 1991, he received Andhra Pradesh state"s Nandi Award for Best Actor for Erra Mandaram. Additionally, he has also received Honorary doctorate from Andhra University. He has been honoured with the title "Hasya Kireeti" by the Telugu Alliances of Canada, held at Mississauga.
He was also honoured to walk the green carpet at the IIFA film festival held in 2009, marking his performance in the Bollywood film, Quick Gun Murugun.
The film was also screened at the London Film Festival, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, the New York Asian Film Festival and in The Museum of Modern Art, New New York He was elected president of Movie Artist Association (MAA) for two years in April 2015.
Prasad débuted on the silver screen with the film Sneham directed by Bapu and rose to fame with Vamsy"s Ladies Tailor. In a career of over 35 years, he acted in more than 200 Telugu films and few Tamil films.
Prasad has been called a great comedy actor and is fondly called the King of Comedy and Natakireeti in Andhra Pradesh.
His collaboration with director Jandhyala in Aha Naa Pellanta established him as a star over night. He also had a very successful collaboration with directors Vamsy, East.V.V. Satyanarayana, South. V. Krishna Reddy and Relangi Narasimha Rao. Notably, Relangi made 32 films (out of 70 as director) with Prasad.
Critically accalaimed films such as Mee Sreyobhilashi, Onamalu made him one of the most reliable actors for such roles in Telugu film industry.
He acted as Lord Hanuman in the blockbuster multi-starrer film Devullu. He also performed crucial roles in films like Julai, Aagadu, South/O Satyamurthy, Srimanthudu, Nannaku Prematho as well as elderly characters in films like Dagudumoota Dandakore.
Telugu people emigrated abroad would take Prasad"s movies along with them. Such was the popularity and impact of his films on at least two generations of Telugu people.
Even former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao is a big fan of Prasad.
He was elected Movie Artist Association (MAA) President In 2015, winning with 85 votes against actress Jayasudha, with Sivaji Raja winning as General Secretary.