Prabhu Deva
- Acting
- April 3, 1973 · Mysore, Karnataka, India
Biography
Prabhu Deva is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor, who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films. In a career spanning twenty five years, he has performed and designed a wide range of dancing styles and has garnered two National Film Awards for Best Choreography. Inspired by his father, Mugur Sundar, a choreographer for South Indian movies, and took up dancing learning Indian classical dance forms such as Bharatanatyam from Dharmaraj and Udupi Lakshminarayanan as well as Western styles. Prabhu Deva first appeared as a boy playing a flute in the song "Panivizhum Iravu" from the Tamil film Mouna Ragam (1986).[7][8] He later appeared as a background dancer for a song in the 1988 Tamil film Agni Natchathiram. Deva's first venture as a choreographer was the Kamal Haasan starrer Vetri Vizha (1989). Beginning with a series of acting roles in the 1990s and early 2000s, Prabhu Deva featured in several commercially successful films including Kadhalan (1994), Minsara Kanavu (1997) and VIP (1997). After further critically acclaimed performances in the comedy Kaathala Kaathala (1998) and the family drama Vanathai Pola (2000), Deva then failed to recreate the success of his earlier films and his box office value began to decline and he subsequently made appearances in supporting roles and low budget Telugu language films. He then successfully ventured into direction with the 2005 Telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana, and the success of the project prompted further offers for Deva as a director. He then went on to make highly profitable films in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil languages such as Pokkiri (2007), Wanted (2009), Rowdy Rathore (2012) and Singh is Bling (2015).
Known for
Filmography
- Moon Walk · Babooty
- Flashback
- Kannappa · Choreographer
- Be Happy · Self
- Badass Ravi Kumar · Carlos Pedro Panther
- Game Changer · Choreographer
- Jolly O Gymkhana · Poonkundran
- Petta Rap · Bala the Hero
- The Greatest of All Time · Kalyan Sundaram
- Raayan · Choreographer
- Karataka Damanaka
- Bagheera · Bagheera/Prabhu
- Ayisha · Choreographer
- Naai Sekar Returns · Choreographer
- Ginna · Choreographer
- GodFather · Special Appearance in song "Thaar Maar Thakkar Maar", Choreographer
- Lucky Man · Special Appearance
- Poikkal Kuthirai · Kathiravan
- My Dear Bootham · Karkikuki Bootham
- Theal · Durai
- Pon Manickavel · Pon Manickavel
- Radhe · Director
- Street Dancer 3D · Ram Prasad
- Dabangg 3 · Special Appearance in "Munna Badnaam Hua" Song, Director
- Khamoshi · Dev
- Devi 2 · Krishna Kumar, Producer
- Charlie Chaplin 2 · Thiru, Lyricist
- Maari 2 · Choreographer
- Vinodhan · Producer
- Lakshmi · Vijay Krishna "VK"
- Mercury · blind & deaf person
- Gulaebaghavali · Badri
- Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal · Chezhiyan
- Vanamagan · Choreographer
- Bogan · Producer
- Koditta Idangalai Nirappuga · Choreographer
- Sometimes · Producer
- Devi(L) · Krishna Kumar, Producer
- The Kapil Sharma Show · Self
- Singh Is Bliing · Director, Screenplay
- Comedy Nights Bachao · Self
- ABCD 2 · Vishnu
- Hey Bro · Special Appearance in "Birju" Song
- Action Jackson · Director, Writer
- Happy New Year · Dance Instructor
- Ninaithathu Yaaro · Self
- R... Rajkumar · Special Appearance in song "Gandi Baat" Song, Director
- Boss · Man at the party
- Ramaiya Vastavaiya · Special Appearance in "Jaddu Ki Jhappi" Song, Director
- Comedy Nights with Kapil · Self
- ABCD · Vishnu
- Rowdy Rathore · Self, Director
- Dhoni · Cameo
- Vedi · Director
- Engeyum Kadhal · Special appearance in song "Engeyum Kadhal", Director
- Urumi · Nagapattinam Vavvali / Thanseer / Tarzan
- Enthiran · Choreographer
- Wanted · Special Appearance in "Jalwa" Song, Director
- Villu · (special appearance in the song "Rama Rama"), Director
- Aegan · Choreographer
- 10 Ka Dum · Self
- Prarambha · Puttaswamy
- Shankar Dada Zindabad · Special appearance in the song "Jagadeka Veerudiki", Director
- Sivaji: The Boss · Choreographer
- Pokkiri · Special Appearance, Director
- Don · Choreographer
- Sillunu Oru Kaadhal · Choreographer
- Pournami · Director
- Chukkallo Chandrudu
- Style · Ganesh
- No Entry · Choreographer
- Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana · Director
- Aabra Ka Daabra · Special Appearance in "Shiv Om" Song
- Andaru Dongale Dorikite · Bujji
- Lakshya · Choreographer
- Engal Anna · Kannan
- Intlo Srimathi Veedhilo Kumari · Gopal
- Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnula Pelli
- Alaudin · Alaudin
- Kalyana Ramudu