Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 3, 1973
Place of Birth:
Mysore, Karnataka, India
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Prabhu Deva
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
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Badass Ravi Kumar | Carlos Pedro Panther |
| 2025 | Be Happy | Himself |
| 2024 | The Greatest of All Time | Kalyan Sundaram |
| 2024 | Karataka Damanaka | |
| 2024 | Petta Rap | |
| 2024 | Jolly O Gymkhana | Poonkundran |
| 2023 | Bagheera | Bagheera/Prabhu |
| 2022 | Poikkal Kuthirai | Kathiravan |
| 2022 | My Dear Bootham | Karkikuki Bootham |
| 2022 | Lucky Man | Special Appearance |
| 2022 | GodFather | Special Appearance in song "Thaar Maar Thakkar Maar" |
| 2022 | Theal | Durai |
| 2021 | Wolf | |
| 2021 | Pon Manickavel | Pon Manickavel |
| 2020 | Street Dancer 3D | Ram Prasad |
| 2019 | Khamoshi | Dev |
| 2019 | Charlie Chaplin 2 | Thiru |
| 2019 | Devi 2 | Krishna Kumar |
| 2019 | Dabangg 3 | Special Appearance in "Munna Badnaam Hua" Song |
| 2018 | Gulaebaghavali | Badri |
| 2018 | Mercury | blind & deaf person |
| 2018 | Lakshmi | Krishna |
| 2017 | Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal | Chezhiyan |
| 2016 | Devi(L) | Krishna Kumar |
| 2015 | ABCD 2 | Vishnu |
| 2015 | Hey Bro | Special Appearance in "Birju" Song |
| 2014 | Ninaithathu Yaaro | Special Appearances |
| 2014 | Happy New Year | Dance Instructor |
| 2013 | ABCD | Vishnu |
| 2013 | Ramaiya Vastavaiya | Special Appearance in "Jaddu Ki Jhappi" Song |
| 2013 | R... Rajkumar | Special Appearance in song "Gandi Baat" Song |
| 2012 | Rowdy Rathore | Special Appearance in "Chinta Ta Ta Chita Chita" song |
| 2012 | Dhoni | Cameo |
| 2011 | Urumi | Vavvali of Nagapattinam/Thanseer |
| 2011 | Engeyum Kadhal | Special appearance in song "Engeyum Kadhal" |
| 2009 | Wanted | Special Appearance in "Jalwa" Song |
| 2009 | Villu | (special appearance in the song "Rama Rama") |
| 2007 | Shankar Dada Zindabad | Special Appearance in "Jagadeka Veeruniki" Song |
| 2007 | Prarambha | Puttaswamy |
| 2007 | Pokkiri | Special Appearance |
| 2006 | Style | Ganesh |
| 2006 | Chukkallo Chandrudu | |
| 2005 | Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana | |
| 2004 | Engal Anna | |
| 2004 | Aabra Ka Daabra | Special Appearance in "Shiv Om" Song |
| 2004 | Intlo Srimathi Veedhilo Kumari | Gopal |
| 2004 | Andaru Dongale Dorikite | Bujji |
| 2003 | Kalyana Ramudu | |
| 2003 | Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnula Pelli | |
| 2003 | Alaudin | Alaudin |
| 2002 | Agni Varsha | Rakshasa |
| 2002 | Thotti Gang | Suri babu |
| 2002 | Santosham | Pawan |
| 2002 | 123 | Tirupati |
| 2002 | Charlie Chaplin | Thiru |
| 2002 | H2O | |
| 2002 | Baba | Special Appearance in "Baba Kichu Kichu Tha" Song |
| 2002 | Shakti: The Power | Special Appearance in 'Dumroo Baja Re' Song |
| 2001 | Ullam Kollai Poguthey | |
| 2001 | Alli Thandha Vaanam | |
| 2001 | Manadhai Thirudivittai | Deva |
| 2001 | Nila Kaalam | (guest appearance) |
| 2000 | Pennin Manathai Thottu | Sunil |
| 2000 | Vaanathaippola | |
| 2000 | Eazhaiyin Sirippil | Ganesan |
| 2000 | Doubles | Prabhu |
| 2000 | James Pandu | Pandu |
| 2000 | Pukar | as Himself in song, "Kay Sera Sera" |
| 1999 | Suyamvaram | |
| 1999 | Time | Srinivasa Murthy |
| 1999 | Ninaivirukkum Varai | Janaki Raman alias Jani |
| 1998 | Love Story 1999 | Vamsi |
| 1998 | Kadhala Kadhala | Sundaralingam |
| 1998 | Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar | Prabhu/Deva |
| 1997 | Minsara Kanavu | Deva |
| 1997 | V.I.P | Guru |
| 1996 | Mr. Romeo | Madras/ Romeo |
| 1996 | Love Birds | Arun/ David |
| 1995 | Raasaiyya | Raasaiyya |
| 1994 | Kaadhalan | Prabhu |
| 1994 | Indhu | |
| 1993 | Gentleman | Special Appearance |
| 1993 | Walter Vetrivel | |
| 1992 | Unnai Vaazhthi Paadugiren | Special Appearance in "Outa Langdi" Song |
| 1991 | Idhayam | special appearance in the song "April Mayilae" |
| 1988 | Agni Natchathiram | Self (Special appearance in the song "Raaja Raajathi") |
| Flashback | ||
| Oomai Vizhigal | ||
| Jalsa | ||
| Kathanar - The Wild Sorcerer | ||
| Musasi | Michael Musasi | |
| Maharagni | ||
| Moon Walk | ||
| Yung Mung Sung | ||
| The Greatest Of All Time Vs Original Gangster | Kalayan Sundaram |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Kapil Sharma Show | Himself |
| 2015 | Comedy Nights Bachao | Self |
| 2013 | Comedy Nights with Kapil | Self |
| 2008 | 10 Ka Dum | Himself |
| 2000 | Kaun Banega Crorepati | Self |