He was introduced by Dr. Prabakar Reddy and E V V Satyanarayana in their first movie Aa Okkati Adakku. During this movie Prudhviraj spent 40 days with Rao Gopala Rao where he learned about the industry. He acted in more than 100 movies. He got his popular name, 30 Years Industry, in Krishna Vamshi's movie, Khadgam.