Background
Grand daughter of Rai Bahadur Mukteshwar Prasad, she excelled in academics with first class first honors in Sociology.
Grand daughter of Rai Bahadur Mukteshwar Prasad, she excelled in academics with first class first honors in Sociology.
She entered the television scene around the same time there was a boom of soap operas. She gained popularity with her performance in Mahesh Bhatt"s written by Shobha De. Coming from a family of mostly doctors and lawyers, she entered the television scene accidentally after she had 2 daughters (both Software Engineers in United States now).
She also likes doing social work.
Best known for her portrayal of the character Sheela in the television serial Swabhimaan opposite Deepak Parashar which was Doctor of Divinity’s second daily soap just after Shanti. lieutenant was later telecasted on Star plus.
She starred in which was Balaji’s first daily soap on Doctor of Divinity. was centered on the story of three sisters, one of which was played by her. This was followed by Parampara on Zee television, a Siddhant cine vision production (Manish Goswami).
Another notable performance by Prabha was in television serial Palchin on Star plus, directed by Neena Gupta, opposite Arun Govil and Mohan Bhandari. was telecasted on Doctor of Divinity. This was a B.R. Chopra Production. on Zee television was opposite Virendra Singh and Mohan Gokhale. ran on 9 Gold, this was Prabha"s first venture in comedy, it was directed by Anuj Kapoor) and opposite Benjamin Gilani. telecasted on Zee Tv and it was opposite yester-year filmstar Rajesh Khanna.
She was the protagonist in the serial Sanskruti on Star Plus (Cine Vista) along with actress Savita Prabhune opposite Vijayendra Ghatge. on Zee television, opposite Arun Govil. on Zee television, opposite Arun Govil (directed by Arun Frank ). Kahani Nahin, Jeevan Hai on ETV. She also starred in hit television series Kumkum on Star plus BAG Films which ran for a very long duration. She also starred in hit television series KKusum on Sony television Balaji Production.
Bazar, on Doctor of Divinity opposite Rajeev Verma (Samvaad Video).
Kaisi lagi lagan on Cine Vista on Sahara television Chhoti Bahu on Zee Tv was DJ’s production, opposite Surendra Pal. Her role in Shubh Kadam was also admired.
Her first role in a movie was in Mother 98 which was opposite bollywood filmstar Jeetendra, the cast also included Rekha, Rakesh Roshan and Randhir Kapoor and it was directed by Saawan Kumar. Followed by Good Boy Bad Boy, a Subhash Ghai production where she played Emraan Hashmi"s mother.
Other movies included which was an NFDC film and directed by Bhisham Kohli.