Granddaughter of Rai Bahadur Mukteshwar Prasad, she excelled in academics with first class first honors in Sociology.
Coming from a family of mostly doctors and lawyers, she entered the television scene accidentally after she had 2 daughters (both Software Engineers in US now).
[1] Best known for her portrayal of the character Sheela in the television serial Swabhimaan, opposite Deepak Parashar, which was DD's second daily soap just after Shanti.
[2] Another notable performance by Prabha was in the television serial Palchin on Star Plus, directed by Neena Gupta,[3] opposite Arun Govil and Mohan Bhandari.
She was the protagonist in the serial Sanskruti on Star Plus (Cine Vista) along with actress Savita Prabhune, opposite Vijayendra Ghatge.
Her first role in a movie was in Mother 98, which was opposite Bollywood film star Jeetendra, the cast also included Rekha, Rakesh Roshan and Randhir Kapoor and it was directed by Saawan Kumar.