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Prabhu Deva (Kannada: ಪ್ರಭು ದೇವ, Tamil: பிரபு தேவா, Telugu: ప్రభు దేవ)
(born 3 April 1973)[1][2]
is an Indian
dancer, choreographer,
actor
and film director. He has been called "India's Michael Jackson" for his fast-paced dance movements,[3]
though he has given performances in a wide range of dancing styles.
While he is mainly involved in Tamil cinema, he has also
contributed to filmmaking in other Indian film industries, including Telugu cinema, Kannada cinema and Hindi
cinema. He has won a number of awards for his elaborate dance
sequences, including two National Awards for
Best Choreography (holding the record for the most Best Choreography
awards alongside Saroj Khan), a Filmfare
Best Choreography Award, and a Filmfare
Best Choreography Award (Telugu). Prabhu Deva directed the 2009
film Wanted and received critical acclaim
for his work.
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Prabhu Deva was born in Mysore, Karnataka
and grew up in Alwarpet, Chennai,
Tamil
Nadu.[4][5][6]
He was inspired by his father, Mugur
Sundar (known as Sundaram Master), who was a dance master for
popular South Indian movies. He took dancing as his
career and passion, learning Indian dance forms such as Bharatanatyam
as well as Western dance styles. His brothers Raju
Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad are also established South
Indian choreographers. From choreography he went on to establish himself
as an actor. His dance steps helped him become a star in Kollywood (the Tamil
film industry). His first movie as a dance director was Vetri Vizha.
He has since choreographed over 100 movies. Before starting as a
full-time actor, he appeared as a background dancer for a song in the Tamil film Agni Natchathiram. His first
role as a hero was in Indhu (1994) with actress Roja. Deva's
success resulted largely from his dancing. In 1999, Deva, Shobhana and A.
R. Rahman performed with a Tamil cinema dancing troupe at the "Michael Jackson and Friends" concert in Munich, Germany.
He has a significant fan following in the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film industries. He acted alongside his
brothers in the movie 123.
Prabhu Deva is married to Latha and they have two sons, Rishi
Raghavendra Deva and Aditya Deva.
Deva's 12-year-old son Vishal Deva died on 4 December 2008.[7]
He had suffered from cancer for a long time. Vishal, originally named
Basavaraju, was the eldest among Deva's three children. Other appearances
- Prabhu Deva was also noticed when he made brief appearances in solo
items such as "Rajathi Raja" in Agni Natchathiram (1988),
"April Mayile" in Idhayam (1991), "Lallaku Doldapi Ma" in Suriyan
(1992), "Chinna Rasave" in Walter Vetrivel (1993), and "Chikku
Bukku Raiyle" in Gentleman (1993).
- He danced with Madhuri Dixit for the song "Que Sera, Sera"
in the movie Pukar.
- He acted along with Lawrence Raghavendra in the hit movie Style.
- He danced with Apache Indian in the song "No Problem" in the
film Love Birds.
- He made a special appearance in Pokkiri
(which was directed by himself) with Vijay
in the song "Aadungada".
- He also danced in the film Abra Ka Dabra
for the song "Om Sh".
- He also danced in the Nana Patekar - Karisma Kapoor film Shakti for a song.
- He danced with Vijay in the movie Villu
for the song "Hey Rama". This was a guest appearance. Villu
was also directed by him.
- He appeared in a song sequence with superstar Rajnikanth in the Tamil movie Baba.
- He danced with Bollywood actors Salman
Khan and Govinda for a song in the 2009 movie Wanted.
[edit] Awards
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