Wednesday 21 March 2012


Prabhu Deva


Prabhu Deva (Kannada: ಪ್ರಭು ದೇವ, Tamil: பிரபு தேவா; born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dancer, choreographer, film actor and director. He has performed in a wide range of dancing styles. He has also been labelled as "Indian Michael Jackson" and holds Michael Jackson as his dance idol.
Prabhu Deva
BornPrabhu Deva Sundaram
3 April 1973 (age 38)
Mysore, Karnataka, India
OccupationFilm actor, director,choreographer
Years active1987—present

Early life and career

Prabhu Deva was born in Mysore, Karnataka and grew up in Alwarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He belongs to the Lingayat community. Prabhu Deva 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 styles. He is widely considered to be one of Indian cinema's greatest dancers and choreographers; Prabhu Deva has revolutionized some of the aspects of dance and choreography in modern popular Indian cinema.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). Prabhu Deva's 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. As of 2010, he serves as chairman and director of the Prabhudeva's Dance Academy in Singapore. He planned to release his first video album called It is boring, in Tamilபோருடா, soon this year 2012.


Personal life

Prabhu Deva was married to Ramlath for 15 years and had three children, the eldest(Basavaraju/Vishal) died in 2008 after suffering from cancer. During the making of Villu (2009), reports suggested that Prabhu Deva was having an affair with actress Nayantara. This was eventually confirmed by Nayantara, who also stated their intention to marry one another. After a year-long court-case filed by Ramlath against her husband and Nayantara, she finally accepted Prabhu Deva's request for divorce in 2010. After a lot of consistent denial for the divorce, it was officially sanctioned on 2nd July, 2011. Though Prabhu Deva and Nayantara marriage was anticipated mostly, the couple had broke up their three and half years relationship and Nayantara started to act in the film.

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 Rayile" in Gentleman (1993).
  • He danced with Madhuri Dixit for the song "Ke 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 danced with Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Govinda for a song in the 2009 movie Wanted...
  • He is expected to do live performance along with Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra at IPL opening ceremony on 03 April 2012, the same day he shares his birthday too.[16]


Awards


Benny Lava

Kalluri Vaanil
The Tamil song became widely known to theEnglish internet audience for its phoneticlyrics.

On 18 August 2008, a music video for the song "Kalluri Vaanil" from the Indian-Tamil movie Pennin Manathai Thottu was uploaded to YouTube by Mike Sutton (Youtube user Buffalax)The video was created as a soramimi, edited to include incorrect English subtitles that phonetically approximate the original Tamil lyrics.
The name Benny Lava comes from Sutton's homophonic translation of the Tamil lead line "Kalluri vaanil kaayndha nilaavo?" as "My loony bun is fine, Benny Lava!" (original meaning: "The moon (metaphor for 'my love') that scorched the college campus"). The video led other YouTube users to refer to Prabhu Deva as "Benny Lava".
Reactions to the "Kalluri Vaanil" soramimi were mixed. Some felt that the video was done in "good fun" while others worried that their culture was being mocked. The video was described by the Philippine Daily Inquirer as a "Catchy melody, a battalion of back-up dancers, colorful costumes, impressive vocal gymnastics, jaw-dropping choreography this music video has it all. And if those aren't enough, the person who uploaded this vid also provided subtitles so you can sing along. They aren't the real lyrics though, but just what they sound in English, resulting in a lot of nonsense." [sic] The music video was featured on The Colbert Report on 4 December 2008 and appeared on the Heavy Metal documentary Global Metal. As of at least April 1, 2011, the original video has been removed because of the disabling of Buffalax's YouTube account. However, several other users have uploaded copies of the original video on their YouTube accounts.

Filmography


As actor

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1986Mouna RaagamTamilSpecial appearance in song "Pani Vizhum"
1988Agni NatchathiramTamilSpecial appearance in song "Raaja Raajathi"
1991IdhayamTamilSpecial appearance in song "April Mayile"
1992SuriyanTamilSpecial appearance in song "Laalaku Dol Dappima"
1993PratapTamilSpecial appearance in song "Maanga Maanga"
1993GentlemanTamilSpecial appearance in song "Chikku Bukku Rayile"
Walter VetrivelTamilSpecial appearance in song "Chinna Raasave"
1994IndhuPattasuTamil
KaadhalanPrabhuTamil
1995RaasaiyyaRaasaiyyaTamil
1996Love BirdsArunTamil
Mr. RomeoRomeo,
Madras		Tamil
1997Minsara KanavuDevaTamil
VIPGuruTamil
1998Naam Iruvar Nammaku IruvarPrabhuTamil
Love Story 1999Telugu
Kaathala KaathalaSundaralingamTamil
1999Ninaivirukkum VaraiJanakiraman (Jonny)Tamil
SuyamvaramKannaTamil
TimeSrininvasa MurthyTamil
2000VaanathaippolaSelvakumarTamil
Eazhaiyin SirippilGanesanTamil
PukarHindiSpecial appearance
James PanduJamesTamil
Pennin Manathai ThottuSunilTamil
DoublesPrabhuTamil
2001Nila KaalamTamil
Ullam Kollai PoguthaeAnbuTamil
Alli Thandha VaanamSathyamTamil
Manadhai ThirudivittaiDevaTamil
2002H2OVairamuthuKannada
Charlie ChaplinThiruTamil
SantoshamPawanTelugu
One Two ThreeThirupathyTamil
Manasella NeeneKannada
BabaTamilSpecial appearance
Agni VarshaRakshashaHindi
Shakti - The PowerHindiSpecial appearance
Thotti GangTelugu
2003AlaudinAlaudinTamil
O Radha Iddharu Krishnula PelliTelugu
Intlo Srimathi Veedhilo KumariTelugu
2004Engal AnnaKannanTamil
TapanaTelugu
Andalu Dongale DorikitheBujjiTelugu
Aabra Ka DaabraHindiSpecial appearance
2005Nuvvostanante NenoddantanaTeluguCameo appearance
2006StyleGaneshTelugu
Chukkallo ChandruduSharatTelugu
PournamiTeluguCameo appearance
2007PokkiriTamilCameo appearance
Shankardada ZindabadTeluguCameo appearance
2008VaanaTeluguSpecial appearance
Michael Madana KamarajuTelugu
2009VilluTamilCameo appearance
WantedHindiCameo appearance
2010Pa Ra PazhanisamiTamilCameo appearance
2011UrumiVavvaliMalayalam
Engeyum KaadhalTamilSpecial appearance
2012DhoniHimselfTamilSpecial appearance
Kalavadiya PozhudugalPorcheziyanTamilPost-production
2012ABCD (Any Body Can Dance)3DHindiFilming


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