Then Kantha Rao, Later Narasimha Raju, Now Prabhas!

While NTR and ANR wee ruling the roost of their career in Tollywood as number one heroes, Kantha Rao caught hold of folklore entertainers as a hero. He lapped up every opportunity in that genre in the combo of director Vithalacharya. Many great folklore films such as 'Guruvunu Minchina Sishyudu', 'Sahasrasirashchedha Apoorva Chintamani', 'Jwaladweepa Rahasyam', 'Bangaru Thimmaraju' etc. were done by Kantha Rao as a lead star. That's why he was fondly called 'Kathi Kantharao' by his fans. 

Vithalacharya found another hero to make folklore films during 70s and the hero was none other than hero and character actor Narasimha Raju. He was seen as a hero in movies such as 'Jaganmohini', 'Navamohini'  and a couple of more films. Eventually, Narasimharaju was considered the one and only successor of Kantha Rao in the genre of folklore entertainers. 

After a huge gap of 40 years, one more hero seems to have replaced Kantha Rao and Narasimha Raju for doing folklore entertainers regularly. And he is our Young Rebel Star Prabhas.  Prabhas and Rajamouli combo's 'Baahubali' was already released and the sequel of the movie 'Baahubali 2' is under pre production. It cannot be denied that the combo of Prabhas and Rajamouli might team up for 'Baahubali 3' or other fantasy entertainers to be directed by Rajamouili. An interesting co-incidence between Kantha Rao and Prabhas is that both the heroes were bound to work in the combo of their respective directors and could not make use of other opportunities due to their agreements and bonds with their directors.