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Prabhu Deva ಪ್ರಭು ದೇವ | |
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| Born | Prabhu Deva Sundaram |
| Occupation(s) | Film actor, director, choreographer |
| Years active | 1987—present |
| Spouse | Latha |
| Partner | Nayantara (2008-present) |
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, Malayalam 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.
Early life
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.
Personal life
Prabhu Deva was married to Latha and has two children. During the Villu Movie Shooting, Nayanthara fell in love with Prabu Deva. Prabu Deva & Nayanthara started Dating & roaming around publicly after Nayan Thara's Broken love affair with Tamil Actor Simbu. In one of Media Interview, Ramlath Prabu Deva, the wife of the dancer Outbursted against Nayanthara's love affair with her husband Prabudeva.The news of the Prabu Deva - Nayan thara marriage was shown in the tele-prompter on most of the local channels for the entire day, prompting the scribes to try frantically to talk to either Prabhudeva or Nayantara or both. But to their dismay, the scribes found out that the cell-phones of both of them were switched off.
The aides and assistants of both the artistes feigned ignorance about the news of their employers. Last heard, Prabhudeva had replied to a question on his alleged affair with Nayantara that it was his 'personal' matter and nobody had any say in it. The mobile number of the particular journalist who had spoken to Prabhudeva on that occasion was also continuously busy and was said to be ringing incessantly.
The scribe was 'requested' by others to get in touch with Prabhudeva at any cost to get to know the truth and blurt it out. But little did they know that the journo didn't try to talk to Prabhudeva at all. Reason? At the end of the 'personal matter' interview, Prabhudeva had reported asked the scribe not to 'expose' the question about Nayantara and his reply to the question. What happened was the contrary, as the journo painted the town red with the news.
Earlier, the rumours linking Prabhudeva and Nayantara grew stronger, as Nayantara had the name 'Prabhudeva' tattooed on her wrist. When queried by a scribe, Nayan said there was nothing wrong harm in 'tattooing' a friend's name.
It may be recalled that Nayantara said a few years ago, immediately after the much-publicized split with Simbu, that there would never ever be another love affair for her. Now she has tattooed the name of her 'friend' and that has triggered rumours on her marriage.
http://chennaionline.com/film/news/june09/56nayan-and-prabhudeva-whats-going-on.aspx
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.
- He danced with Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Govinda for a song in the 2009 movie Wanted.
Awards
- He is a two-time winner of the National Film Award for Best Choreography for his work on the film Minsaara Kanavu (1997) in Tamil and Lakshya (2004) in Hindi, as well as a Filmfare Best Choreography Award (Telugu) for the Telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005).
- In 2001, he was nominated for the Star Screen Award for Best Choreography, for choreographing the dance sequences in the Hindi film Pukar (2000).
- In 2005, he won the Star Screen Award for Best Choreography, the Filmfare Best Choreography Award, and the National Film Award for Best Choreography, for choreographing the dance sequences in the Hindi film Lakshya.
- In 2007, he won a Vijay Award for Favourite Director and a Mathubhumi Award for Best Director in Tamil for the film Pokkiri.
- He has been honoured with the life membership of International Film And Television Research Centre of Asian Academy Of Film & Television by Sandeep Marwah.
Benny Lava
On 18 August 2007, 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).[7] 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 'babe') 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.[7] 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 arent enough, the person who uploaded this vid also provided subtitles so you can sing along. They arent the real lyrics though, but just what they sound in English, resulting in a lot of nonsense." [sic] [8] The music video was featured on The Colbert Report on 4 December 2008, and appeared on the Heavy Metal documentary Global Metal.
Filmography
As actor
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Agni Nakshatram | Tamil | Special appearance | |
| 1991 | Idhayam | Tamil | Special appearance | |
| 1992 | Suriyan | Tamil | Special appearance | |
| 1993 | Gentleman | Tamil | Special appearance | |
| Walter Vetrivel | Tamil | Special appearance | ||
| 1994 | Indhu | Pattasu | Tamil | |
| Kadhalan | Prabhu | Tamil | ||
| 1995 | Raasaiyya | Raasaiyya | Tamil | |
| 1996 | Mr. Romeo | Romeo, Madras |
Tamil | |
| Love Birds | Arun | Tamil | ||
| 1997 | V.I.P. | Guru | Tamil | |
| Minsara Kanavu | Deva | Tamil | ||
| 1998 | Naam Iruvar Nammaku Iruvar | Prabhu | Tamil | |
| Love Story 1999 | Telugu | |||
| Kaathala Kaathala | Sundaralingam | Tamil | ||
| 1999 | Ninaivirukkum Varai | Janakiraman (Jonny) | Tamil | |
| Suyamvaram | Tamil | |||
| Time | Srininvasa Murthy | Tamil | ||
| Premalo Paddanu | Janakiraman (Johnny) | Telugu | ||
| 2000 | Vanathai Pola | Tamil | ||
| Eazhaiyin Sirippil | Ganesan | Tamil | ||
| Pukar | Hindi | |||
| James Pandu | James | Tamil | ||
| Pennin Manathai Thottu | Sunil | Tamil | ||
| Doubles | Prabhu | Tamil | ||
| 2001 | Nila Kaalam | Tamil | ||
| Ullam Kollai Poguthae | Tamil | |||
| Alli Thandha Vaanam | Sathyam | Tamil | ||
| Manadhai Thirudivittai | Deva | Tamil | ||
| 2002 | H2O | Vairamuthu | Kannada | |
| Charlie Chaplin | Thiru | Tamil | ||
| Santosham | Pawan | Telugu | ||
| One Two Three | Kannada | |||
| One Two Three | Thirupathy | Tamil | ||
| Manasella Neene | Kannada | |||
| Baba | Tamil | Special appearance | ||
| Agni Varsha | Rakshasha | Hindi | ||
| Shakti – The Power | Hindi | Special appearance | ||
| Thotti Gang | Telugu | |||
| 2003 | Alaudin | Alaudin | Tamil | |
| O Radha Iddharu Krishnula Pelli | Telugu | |||
| 2004 | Engal Anna | Kannan | Tamil | |
| Tapana | Telugu | |||
| Andaru Dongale Dorikithe | Bujji | Telugu | ||
| Aabra Ka Daabra | Hindi | Special appearance | ||
| 2005 | Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana | Telugu | Cameo appearance | |
| 2006 | Style | Ganesh | Telugu | |
| Chukkallo Chandrudu | Sharat | Telugu | ||
| Pournami | Telugu | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2007 | Pokkiri | Tamil | Cameo appearance | |
| Shankar Dada Zindabad | Telugu | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2008 | Vaana | Telugu | Special appearance | |
| Michael Madana Kamaraju | Telugu | |||
| 2009 | Villu | Tamil | Cameo appearance | |
| Wanted | Hindi | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2010 | Kalavadiya Pozhudugal | Porcheziyan | Tamil | Filming |
| Pa Ra Pazhanisami | Tamil | Cameo appearance Filming | ||
| Ich | Tamil | Cameo appearance Announced |
As choreographer
As director
| Year | Film | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana | Telugu | |
| 2006 | Pournami | Telugu | |
| 2007 | Pokkiri | Tamil | Winner, Vijay Award for Favourite Director |
| Shankardada Zindabad | Telugu | ||
| 2009 | Villu | Tamil | |
| Wanted | Hindi | ||
| 2010 | Ich | Tamil | Announced |
| 2011 | Wanted 2 | Hindi |
References
- ^ Prabhu Deva Biography at Chakpak.com
- ^ http://www.tamilbeat.com/tamilsongs/inter/Indhu/review.html
- ^ Carballo, Charlie (2008-10-15). "Benny Lava Bollywood crazy dance viral". Houston Examiner. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ^ http://ushome.rediff.com/movies/2000/jun/14spice.htm
- ^ http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/02/02/stories/2007020201460300.htm
- ^ http://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/jan/04prabhu.htm
- ^ a b Phan, Monty (2007-11-06). "Buffalax Mines Twisted Translations for YouTube Yuks". (Entertainment : The Web). Wired Magazine. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
- ^ Nino Mark M. Sablan, 2bU! Correspondent (2008-05-14). "Philippine Daily Inquirer: Indian invasion on YouTube". Section: Lifestyle, Page: 2. Philippine Daily Inquirer. (Newsbank Record Number: WDPI66164804).
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