Prabhu Deva

Prabhu Deva

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Prabhu Deva Profile

  • Name:
  • Prabhu Deva
  • Born:
  • April 3, 1973
  • Father:
  • Mugur Sundaram
  • Mother:
  • Mahadevamma
  • Spouse:
  • Ramlath (1995-2010)
  • Awards:
  • National Film Award for Best Choreography for Minsara Kanavu in 1997

    National Film Award for Best Choreography, Filmfare Best Choreographer Award and Star Screen Award for Best Choreography for Lakshya in 2004

    Filmfare Best Choreography Award – Telugu and Filmfare Best Film Award - Telugu for Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana in 2005

    Vijay Award for Favorite Director for Pokkiri in 2007

Prabhu Deva Biography

Prabhudeva is an Indian actor and a dancer who concentrates in the films of South Indian languages. He entered film industry in the year 1989 and is active for nearly 15 years. He is a very successful choreographer in Tamil film industry. He is affectionately noted as Michael Jackson of India.

 

Prabhu Deva was born on 3rd April 1973 in Mysore in Karnataka. His father’s name is Mugur Sundar who is popularly known as dance master Sundaram and his mother’s name is Mahadevamma. His brothers Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad are also choreographers. He has great interest in dancing and learned the Indian classical dance forms including Bharatnatyam from the masters Dharmaraj and Udipi Lakshminarayanan.

 

His debut movie as a choreographer was Vetri Vizha in 1989. He has also danced for a song in the film Agni Natchathiram. Apart from choreography he also concentrated in acting and his debut film as an actor was Indhu in 1994 with actress Roja.

 

He was running a dance school at Singapore successfully for which he serves as the chairman and director and later started a school at Bangalore named Navarasa. His first video album is titled It is boring released in 2012.

 

He worked with actor Vijay for the films Pokkiri and Villu. He has performed many solo dances in the film songs like Rajathi Raja in Agni Natchathiram, Chinna Rasave in Walter Vetrivel, Chikku Bukku Rayile in Gentleman, April Mayile in Idhayam, Lallakku Doldapi Ma in Suriyan, etc.

 

He married Ramlath in 1995 and lived with her for 15 years and the couples were divorced in 2010. Their eldest son Basavaraju Vishal died due to cancer in 2008. His other two sons are named Rishi Raghavendra Deva and Adhith Deva.

 

He was in serious love with the actress Nayantara from 2008 and in 2010 he announced that he will marry her soon and filed for divorce. Ramlath was unwilling to divorce him and so filed a petition at the family court requesting a reunion and if Prabhu Deva marries Nayantara, she threatened that she will go on a hunger strike. However, after some negotiations, they were divorced. But the relationship with Nayantara ended in 2012.

 

Some of the films that he has acted include Kaathala Kaathala, Time, Suyamvaram, Vaanathaippola, Pukar, James Pandu, Doubles, Nila Kaalam, Pennin Manathai Thottu, Ullam Kollai Poguthae, Santosham, Baba, Agni Varsha, Thotti Gang, Shakti – The Power, Alaudin, Engal Anna, Style, Urumi, etc.

 

He has also directed many films including Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, Pournami, Pokkiri, Wanted, Villu, Engeyum Kaadhal, Vedi, Villu, Shakardada Zindabad, Rowdy Rathore, etc. He has choreographed more than 100 films including Body Guard, No Entry, Lakshya, Khushi, Agni Varsha, Sillunu Oru Kaadhal, Sivaji: The Boss, Pokkiri, Minsara Kanavu, Govindha Govindha, Gaayam, Mechanic Alludu, Gumraah, Gang Leader, Kshana Kshanam, Rowdy Alludu, Thalapathi, etc. 

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Updated: December 12, 2017

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