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Fan Club Of The Week - Prabhas

SUPERSTAR actor Prabhas has smashed records in recent years and continued to delight his rapidly-growing legion of fans. They all fol­low his every move and are eagerly looking forward to the release of his next film Saaho. A group of friends from Medak and Siddipet who ad­mire Prabhas run a fan club on Twitter dedicated to the actor. East­ern Eye caught up with them to find out more...

What made you decide to set up the fan club?


We started the fan club to get in touch with all the fans and share all the information regarding our hero. At first we started as a Telangana fans group, but then went national and international. Today we have followers from all over.

Tell us about your fan club?

We are followers of Prabhas and cel­ebrate everything about him. We get information from all over, including events taking place, and share it with fans online.

What has been your best moment?

When his wax statue was placed at Madame Tussauds.

What is your favourite thing that you like about Prabhas?

We love his down-to-earth nature.

What is your favourite work of his?

We love all of his work, so can’t sin­gle out just one project.

Can you tell us an interesting fact about Prabhas?

He does a lot of work for charity but never makes a big show of it. He loves his fans and has immense re­spect for them. He has even allotted specific days so that his fans could meet him personally without much hassle. He does not promote himself extensively like other leading Tolly­wood stars because he believes that his work should speak for him more than anything. Hence one might have never seen him in any adver­tisements or random interviews.

What is your definition of a true fan?

If you are a fan of someone, you can’t hate anything about them. You’ll always try to follow them in all manner of things, be it style, na­ture, humbleness, helping nature, behaviour and more.

  • Visit Twitter: @Prabhas_Team

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