Prabhu Deva's performance at IPL Season 5 opening ceremony.
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Prabhu Deva and Tamannaah.
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Deva at a promotion for the film Wanted.
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Deva at Wanted press meet.
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Deva with Sonakshi Sinha and Akshay Kumar during the promotion for the film Rowdy Rathore.
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Prabhu Deva in the film Mercury.
Achievements
Deva's wax statue at the Sunil's Celebrity Wax Museum, Lonavala.
Membership
Awards
Padma Shri
The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Shree Award to Shri Prabhu Deva, at an Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 11, 2019.
The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Shree Award to Shri Prabhu Deva, at an Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 11, 2019.
(After accidentally meeting, Mridula and Arun fall in love...)
After accidentally meeting, Mridula and Arun fall in love. However, a few months into their relationship, Arun and Mridhula meet with an accident and he passes away. A devastated Mridula meets a person who looks exactly like her Arun. What happens next is the rest of the movie.
(Arvindaswamy is unable to express his love towards Kajol....)
Arvindaswamy is unable to express his love towards Kajol. He seeks Prabhudeva's assistance in his own love endeavours as Prabhudeva seems to have a golden tongue with the ladies. He sets up scenarios to make Arvind look heroic in the eyes of Kajol. But Kajol develops a liking for Prabhu. Who will win Kajol's hand is the rest of the narration.
(Kaathala Kaathala is a 1998 Indian Tamil film, directed b...)
Kaathala Kaathala is a 1998 Indian Tamil film, directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and produced by Thenappan. P.L. The film stars Kamal haasan, Prabhu deva, Rambha and Soundarya in lead roles. The film had musical score by Karthik Raaja.
(Eazhaiyin Sirippil a 2000 Indian Tamil film, directed by ...)
Eazhaiyin Sirippil a 2000 Indian Tamil film, directed by K. Subaash and produced by Laxmi Raju. The film stars Prabhu Deva, Kausalya, Roja, Suvalakshmi, Vivek, Nassar, Ranjith in lead roles. The film had musical score by Deva.
(Alli Thandha Vaanam is a 2001 Indian Tamil film, directed...)
Alli Thandha Vaanam is a 2001 Indian Tamil film, directed by Sridhar Prasadh and produced by M. Kajamydeen. The film stars Prabhudeva, Murali, Laila, Kalyani, Prakash Raj and Vivek in lead roles. The film had musical score by Vidyasaagar.
(When his love for dance is questioned, Vishnu decides to ...)
When his love for dance is questioned, Vishnu decides to take a group of aspiring dancers under his wings and train them to be India's greatest dance squad!
(Gulaebaghavali is a 2018 Tamil language gangster comedy f...)
Gulaebaghavali is a 2018 Tamil language gangster comedy film, written and directed by Kalyaan and produced by KJR Studios. The film features Prabhu Deva and Hansika Motwani in the leading roles alongside an ensemble supporting cast.
Prabhu Deva is an Indian actor and choreographer. He choreographed more than 100 Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada films, and also established the production company Prabhu Deva Studios and directed 13 movies and produced 4 movies.
Background
Prabhu Deva was born on April 3, 1973, in Mysore, Karnataka, India, into a Kannada speaking family. His birth name is Shankupani Sundaram. His parents are Mugur Sundar, a dance choreographer in South Indian cinema, and Mahadevamma Sundar. Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad are his brothers.
Education
Inspired by his father, Deva took up dancing, learning Indian classical dance forms such as Bharatanatyam from Dharmaraj and Udupi Lakshminarayanan as well as Western styles.
Career
Deva first appeared as a boy playing a flute in the song "Panivizhum Iravu", from the Tamil film Mouna Ragam (1986). He later appeared as a background dancer for a song in the 1988 Tamil film Agni Natchathiram. His first venture as a choreographer was the Kamal Haasan starrer Vetri Vizha (1989). He has since then choreographed for over 100 movies. From choreography, he went into acting. In 1999, Deva, Shobhana and A. R. Rahman performed with a Tamil cinema dancing troupe at the "MJ & Friends" Michael Jackson tribute concert in Munich, Germany.
After a series of cameo appearances in songs from Tamil films, Deva was given his first lead role by director Pavithran in the romantic drama film Indhu (1994). Appearing alongside actress Roja and Sarathkumar, Deva's ability to dance was fully utilised in the song sequences, with gaana and disco music thereafter being regularly featured in his films. He made his breakthrough as an actor with Shankar's sophomore film, the romantic drama Kadhalan (1994), where he portrayed a young student who first stands up against his lover's father and then an international terrorist. The film was highly lauded for its technical prowess, and A. R. Rahman's songs and Deva's choreography, especially in the songs "Mukkabla" and "Urvasi Urvasi", became very popular across India.
Despite starring relative newcomers, the film went on to become the highest grossing Tamil film of 1994 and the commercial success made Deva a bankable actor. The film also saw success through its dubbed Telugu and Hindi versions, creating a market for Deva in other Indian regional industries. While his next project Raasaiyya (1995) garnered poor reviews and collections, he continued to attract big-budget films and worked in two further films with music by Rahman in 1996, Love Birds and Mr. Romeo. Shot extensively in London, Love Birds received a wide theatrical release in overseas destinations and won Deva positive reviews for his portrayal. Meanwhile, for Mr. Romeo, Deva charged a comparatively high ₹60 lakhs for his remuneration and appeared in a double role alongside Shilpa Shetty and Madhoo. The music and dance portions of both films were praised by critics, though both endured middling performances at the box office.
Deva won critical acclaim for his role in Rajiv Menon's romantic drama Minsara Kanavu (1997), where he portrayed a streetwise hairstylist who inadvertently attracts the attention of a young woman, who he tries to help set up with another man. Minsara Kanavu performed well at the box office and also had a wide release in Hindi, under the title Sapnay. His following release, the romantic comedy V. I. P. (1997), featuring an ensemble cast of Abbas, Simran and Rambha also did well commercially.
Deva continued to win critical acclaim and commercial success with his roles in the comedy film Kaathala Kaathala (1998), co-starring Kamal Haasan and the drama film Ninaivirukkum Varai (1999). He subsequently went on to feature in the Guinness World Record-setting film Suyamvaram (1999) and Vikraman's successful family drama film Vaanathaippola (2000), where critics praised his "histrionic abilities."
In the early 2000s, Deva actively began to work on more smaller-budget comedy films as his appeal at the box office began to decline. Despite winning critical acclaim for his performance as a bus conductor in Eazhaiyin Sirippil (2000) and commercial success with his work in Sundar C's Ullam Kollai Poguthae (2001) and Manadhai Thirudivittai (2001), many of his other Tamil films during the period did not perform well financially. In this period, he also notably worked on the trilingual One Two Three (2002), alongside his brothers and Siddique's Engal Anna (2004), with Vijayakanth. Subsequently, Deva moved on to prioritise acting roles in different industries, notably starring in off-beat roles in the Kannada film H2O (2002), alongside Upendra and the Hindi film Agni Varsha (2002), with Amitabh Bachchan. He also worked extensively in the Telugu film industry, appearing in multi-starrer films or as the second lead actor, in projects including Santosham (2002), Kalyana Ramudu (2003) and Andaru Dongale Dorikite (2004).
Following the success of his directorial ventures, Deva actively began to appear in less acting roles. However, he continued to make occasional appearances and portrayed leading roles in the dance films Style (2006), ABCD (2013) and its sequel ABCD 2 (2015). The films all performed well commercially. Deva also portrayed a supporting role in Santosh Sivan's Malayalam historical drama film Urumi (2011), featuring in an ensemble cast including Prithviraj, Arya and Genelia D'Souza. The film opened to critical acclaim, while Deva was highly appreciated for his performance.
Since 2015 he appeared in nine films, including Devi (2016), Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal (2017), Gulaebaghavali (2018), Lakshmi (2018), and Charlie Chaplin 2 (2019). He will appear in Devi 2 which is to be released on May 31, 2019. He will also appear in six more films, including Khamoshi, Yung Mung Sung, and Street Dancer.
(Arvindaswamy is unable to express his love towards Kajol....)
1997
Religion
Deva is affiliated with Hinduism.
Views
Quotations:
“I can do nothing better than dance.”
“Looking back, the most challenging thing for me was actually directing. It’s very tough.”
“If you work hard, nothing is impossible. When you watch the film, you will also appreciate the excellent way this message has been conveyed.”
“I think dance is my extension. There is nothing that I can imagine without dance. I see the visual firs. I approach dance in a very raw way and then I am a bundle of emotions. It is a very pure thing that happens between my emotions and physical movements, and nothing comes in between.”
Personality
Deva is a pure vegetarian and prefers to relish on homemade food.
He is a die-hard fan of Michael Jackson.
Physical Characteristics:
Deva's height is 5' 11'' (180 cm), and he weighs around 168 lns (76 kg). His hair and eyes' colour is black.
Interests
theather, cinema, reading, dancing
Sport & Clubs
cricket
Music & Bands
pop, rock, rnb, classical music
Connections
Deva was married to Ramlath, who changed her name to Latha. They had three children, but their eldest son Basavaraju died of cancer in 2008. In 2010, his wife filed a petition at the family court, seeking directions against Deva from live-in relationship with the actress Nayanthara and requesting a reunion with him. Furthermore, Ramalath threatened to go on hunger strike if Deva married Nayantara, while several women's organizations conducted protests against Nayantara for bringing disrepute to Tamil culture, burning an effigy of her. In 2012, Nayantara confirmed that she had ended her relationship with Deva.