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Prabhu Deva
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- Full Name
- Prabhu Deva
- Born
- April 3, 1973
- Birthplace
- Mysore
- Age
- 53 years
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- 🇮🇳 India
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- Profession
- Actor, Director, Singer
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- RamlathHimani Singh
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Biography
Prabhu Deva is 53 years old, an actor, from India.
Prabhu Deva is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language films also appeared in few Kannada and Malayalam films. In a career spanning 32 years, he has performed and designed dancing styles and has garnered two National Film Awards for Best Choreography. In 2019, Prabhu Deva was awarded Padma Shri for his contributions to the field of art and dance.
Prabhu Deva was born on 3 April 1973 in Mysore , Mysore State (present-day Karnataka ) in a Kannadiga family to Mugur Sundar and Mahadevamma Sundar. Inspired by his father Mugur Sundar , a choreographer for South Indian movies , he took up dancing, learning Indian classical dance forms such as Bharatanatyam from Dharmaraj and Udupi Lakshminarayanan. as well as Western styles. Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad are his brothers.
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 . Deva's 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. As of 2010, he serves as chairman and director of the Prabhu Deva's Dance Academy in Singapore .
Career & Filmography
Movies(66)
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Moonwalk |
| 2026 | Maharagni- Queen of Queens |
| 2024 | Jolly O Gymkhana |
| 2024 | Petta Rap |
| 2024 | Bagheera |
| 2024 | The Greatest of All Time |
| 2022 | Godfather |
| 2020 | Radhe |
| 2019 | Dabangg 3 |
| 2019 | Khamoshi |
Family
Relationships
Romantic History
| Person | Status |
|---|---|
| Ramlath | Married |
| Himani Singh | Married |
Family
Awards & Nominations
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Padma Shri in arts | Won |
| 2019 | Padma Shri | Won |
Then vs. Now
Debut in Adhikari
Prabhu Deva's debut was Adhikari (1991).
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Career Timeline
Prabhu Deva won the Padma Shri in arts.
Prabhu Deva's debut was Adhikari (1991).
3 April 1973 (age 53) [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Prabhu Deva was born on 1973-04-03 in Mysore.
Interesting Facts
- Prabhu Deva (born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language films also appeared in few Kannada and Malayalam films.
- After further critically acclaimed performances in Kaathala Kaathala (1998), Vanathai Pola (2000), Pennin Manathai Thottu (2000), Alli Thandha Vaanam (2001) and Engal Anna (2004).
- In a career spanning 32 years, he has performed and designed dancing styles and has garnered two National Film Awards for Best Choreography.
- Prabhu Deva has 4 children.
- Prabhu Deva married Ramlath, who later changed her name to Latha.
- They had three children, but their eldest son died of cancer in 2008, aged 13.
- In 2010, Ramlath 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, Ramlath threatened to go on a hunger strike if Prabhu Deva married Nayanthara.
- Several women's organisations conducted protests against Nayanthara for bringing disrepute to Tamil culture, burning an effigy of her.
- In 2012, Nayanthara confirmed that she had ended her relationship with Prabhu Deva.
- Deva moved to Mumbai and started residing at Boney Kapoor's old house called Green Acres.
- Prabhu Deva's mother Mahadevamma is from the village of Doora, about from Mysore.
- He owns property in Doora, and has developed a farm there.
- In May 2020, amid the COVID-19 lockdown in India, Deva married Himani, a Mumbai based physiotherapist at age 47.
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