Prabhu Deva is the best dance choreographers, movie director, film producer, and actor Born on 3rd April 1973 in Mysore, Karnataka, India. He got this inspiration from his father Sundar. His father used to be a dance master and a choreographer for South Indian movies. Deva was nicknamed India’s Michael Jackson for his quick dance movements. He learned how to dance Bharatanatyam and western styles, his unique dancing styles attracted and impressed a lot of people. They all followed the footsteps of their father since his brothers Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad were as well south Indian choreographers. He is among the most influential personalities in India.
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Prabhu Deva Personal Life
Prabhu Deva is married to a beautiful woman Ramlatha. She changed her name to Latha from Ramlatha. The couple has three kids but their first son died of cancer in 2008. His wife once filed a petition in the family court in 2010, where she wanted to block Prabhu Deva from marrying actress Nayantara. She also threatened to go on hunger strike if they insisted on marrying each other. She got a lot of support from a lot of women organizations who were against the marriage, but Nayantara later confirmed that they were no longer together.
Prabhu Deva Acting Career
His first appearance is in the movie Mouna Ragam done in 1986. He appeared as a boy playing flute in one of the songs that played in the movie. Later on, he took the role of a background dancer in the song done in 1988 Tamil film Agni Natchathiram. He choreographed Vetri Vizha which was his first venture, but he has gone ahead to direct and choreograph in more than 100 Indian films. To pay tribute to the greatest of all times dancer [Michael Jackson]. Deva, A.R.Rahman, and Shobhana together with Tamil cinema dancing troupe performed at MJ and Friends in 1999. After proving his choreography skills, he shifted to acting where he as well did very well. His first movie was Indhu, it was a romantic drama movie done in 1994. He acted alongside Roja Indian actress and actor Sarathkumar. Deva showed his dancing skills in the movie. He, however, gained fame when he acted in the movie Kadhalan which was a romantic film produced by Shankar’s sophomore film. The movie was well-received at the box office and went ahead to win A National film Awards while two of the songs Mukkabla and Urvasi Urvasi become popular in India. Deva has gone ahead to feature and play leading roles in numerous movies. Most of the movies have done well both commercially and at the box office.