Sapthagiri Prabhu Prasad

Biography

Venkata Prabhu Prasad (born 1 May 1989), known professionally as Saptagiri, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Telugu films. He received the Nandi Award as Best Male Comedian for his role in Express Raja (2016). He received the Santosham Allu Ramalingaiah Smarakam Award at the 15th Santosham Film Awards in 2017.

Sapthagiri moved to Hyderabad to pursue his career in acting and struggled a lot before getting a break. He started his film acting career with Bhaskar's film Bommarillu he worked as an assistant director. Saptagiri got a chance to play a comedian role. He earned a name as a Mini Brahmanandam in terms of remuneration and fame in low-budget comedy movies.

Saptagiri started his career as an assistant director and turned into an actor. He acted as a comedian in many films. He made his debut as a lead role in Saptagiri Express (2016). In 2017, he played the lead in Sapthagiri LLB.

In June 2023, he expressed his wish to enter Andhra Pradesh politics, on behalf of the Telugu Desam Party.