Prabhas enjoys a pan-India fanbase after the monstrous success of Baahubali and all eyes are on his next films like Salaar, Adipurush, Spirit. While Prabhas has delivered several money-spinners in the past, he also rejected some of the movies. Over the years, Prabhas has turned down the offers to act in so many films, and needless to say, some of them turned out blockbuster at the box office.
Simhadri: This SS Rajamouli commercial blockbuster, starring Jr NTR, was first offered to the Adipurush actor, but he declined the offer, saying he didn’t fit in this mass cinema.
Dil: Dil was also offered to Prabhas, but the actor was busy with some other film at the time and hence had to reject it.
Okkadu: Okkadu, starring Mahesh Babu and Bhumika Chawla, was a big hit in Tollywood at the time. This film is widely considered Mahesh Babu’s best work to date. It was rejected by Prabhas.
Arya: Prabhas was the first actor to be offered the role in this film. Prabhas did not like the film’s concept and decided to turn it down. Later Allu Arjun played the lead role.
Brindavanam: Prabhas was first approached by the filmmakers for Samantha Akkineni, Kajal Aggarwal, and Jr NTR’s blockbuster Brindavanam. He couldn’t do this film because he was working on Darling and Mr Perfect at the time.
Naayak: Director VV Vinayak had narrated Prabhas the story of Naayak, but he was unable to be a part of the film due to his commitments with Mirchi. Pawan Kalyan also turned down the project and then Ram Charan was roped in to play the major role.
Kick: For Ravi Teja’s film Kick, the producer-director sought both Prabhas and Ravi Teja. Prabhas couldn’t make up his mind about this project, so the film went to Ravi Teja.
Don Seenu: Gopichand Malineni approached Prabhas for Don Seenu, but the actor did not like the concept of the film and turned it down.
Jil: When Prabhas received the offer for this film, he was shooting for Bahubali. He suggested the name of Gopichand for the film.
Oosaravelli: Prabhas was also first approached for Osaravelli. The film starring Jr NTR turned out to be a huge hit .
Naayak: The story of Naayak was earlier narrated to Prabhas by director VV Vinayak but he couldn’t do the movie. The film was also rejected by Pawan Kalyan and later Ram Charan played the lead role.