Prabhu Deva (Kannada: ಪ್ರಭು ದೇವ; born 3 April 1973)[1][2] is an Indian dancer, choreographer, film actor and director. He has performed in a wide range of dancing styles.
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| Born | Prabhu Deva Sundaram April 3, 1973 Mysore, Karnataka, India |
| Occupation | Film actor, director,choreographer |
| Years active | 1987—present |
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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[3][4][5] 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. He is widely considered to be one of Indian cinema's greatest dancers and choreographers, and has revolutionized some of the aspects of dance and choregraphy in modern popular indian cinema.[6]
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 inKollywood (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. As of 2010, he serves as chairman and director of a dance academy in Singapore named Prabhudeva's Dance Academy.[7]
Personal life
Prabhu Deva was married to Ramlath for 15 years and had three children, the eldest(Basavaraju/Vishal) of whom died in 2008 after suffering from cancer.[8] 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.[9][10] After a lot of consistent denial for the divorce, it was officially sanctioned on 2nd July, 2011.[11]
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.
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) and Filmfare Award Best Coreography for film Lakshya (2004).
- 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 a life membership at the International Film and Television Research Centre of the Asian Academy of Film & Television by Sandeep Marwah.
Benny Lava
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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).[12] The video was created as a soramimi, edited to include incorrect English subtitles that phonetically approximate the original Tamillyrics.
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.[12] 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][13] The music video was featured on The Colbert Report on 4 December 2008[14] 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.
Filmography
As actor
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Agni Natchathiram | 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 | |
| Kaadhalan | Prabhu | Tamil | ||
| 1995 | Raasaiyya | Raasaiyya | Tamil | |
| 1996 | Mr. Romeo | Romeo, Madras | Tamil | |
| Love Birds | Arun | Tamil | ||
| 1997 | VIP | 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 | Kanna | Tamil | ||
| Time | Srininvasa Murthy | Tamil | ||
| 2000 | Vanathai Pola | Selvakumar | Tamil | |
| Eazhaiyin Sirippil | Ganesan | Tamil | ||
| Pukar | Hindi | Special appearance | ||
| James Pandu | James | Tamil | ||
| Pennin Manathai Thottu | Sunil | Tamil | ||
| Doubles | Prabhu | Tamil | ||
| 2001 | Nila Kaalam | Tamil | ||
| Ullam Kollai Poguthae | Anbu | Tamil | ||
| Alli Thandha Vaanam | Sathyam | Tamil | ||
| Manadhai Thirudivittai | Deva | Tamil | ||
| 2002 | H2O | Vairamuthu | Kannada | |
| Charlie Chaplin | Thiru | Tamil | ||
| Santosham | Pawan | Telugu | ||
| One Two Three | Thirupathy | Tamil and kannada | ||
| 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 | |||
| Andalu 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 | |
| Shankardada Zindabad | Telugu | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2008 | Vaana | Telugu | Special appearance | |
| Michael Madana Kamaraju | Telugu | |||
| 2009 | Villu | Tamil | Cameo appearance | |
| Wanted | Hindi | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2010 | Pa Ra Pazhanisami | Tamil | Cameo appearance | |
| 2011 | Urumi | Vavvali | Malayalam | |
| Engeyum Kaadhal | Tamil | Special appearance | ||
| Kalavadiya Pozhudugal | Porcheziyan | Tamil | Post-production |
As choreographer
As director
| As director | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Cast | Language | Notes |
| 2005 | Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana | Siddharth, Trisha Krishnan | Telugu | Filmfare Best Film Award (Telugu) Filmfare Best Choreography Award (South) |
| 2006 | Pournami | Prabhas, Trisha Krishnan | Telugu | |
| 2007 | Pokkiri | Vijay, Asin | Tamil | Winner, Vijay Award for Favourite Director |
| Shankardada Zindabad | Chiranjeevi, Karishma Kotak | Telugu | ||
| 2009 | Villu | Vijay, Nayanthara | Tamil | |
| Wanted | Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia Azmi | Hindi | ||
| 2011 | Engeyum Kaadhal | Jayam Ravi, Hansika Motwani | Tamil | |
| Prabhakaran | Vishal Krishna, Sameera Reddy | Tamil | Filming | |
References
- ^ Prabhu Deva Biography at Chakpak.com
- ^ http://www.tamilbeat.com/tamilsongs/inter/Indhu/review.html
- ^ http://ushome.rediff.com/movies/2000/jun/14spice.htm
- ^ "From up close". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2007-02-02.
- ^ http://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/jan/04prabhu.htm
- ^ http://ganeshyamalabittu.tripod.com/heroes/id36.html
- ^ Prabhudeva's Dance Academy
- ^ http://www.sify.com/movies/prabhudeva-s-little-son-passes-away-news-tamil-kkfsApdecih.html
- ^ http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2009/ramlath-arrest-nayantara-230909.html
- ^ The Times Of India. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-29/india/28237143_1_actor-prabhu-deva-latha-restitution-of-conjugal-rights.
- ^ "Prabhu Deva granted divorce". Sify. 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
- ^ 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).
- ^ (Video) The Colbert Report, Comedy Central, December 4, 2008.
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