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Prabhu Deva

Prabhu Deva

Actor · Born 1973-04-03 · Mysore, Karnataka, India

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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 fai…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Happy New Year (2014) — Dance Instructor
  2. Wanted (2009) — Special Appearance in "Jalwa" Song
  3. Rowdy Rathore (2012) — Self
  4. R... Rajkumar (2013) — Special Appearance in song "Gandi Baat" Song
  5. ABCD 2 (2015) — Vishnu
  6. Boss (2013) — Man at the party
  7. ABCD (2013) — Vishnu
  8. Pokkiri (2007) — Special Appearance
  9. Dabangg 3 (2019) — Special Appearance in "Munna Badnaam Hua" Song
  10. Street Dancer 3D (2020) — Ram Prasad
  11. Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2013) — Special Appearance in "Jaddu Ki Jhappi" Song
  12. The Greatest of All Time (2024) — Kalyan Sundaram
  13. The Kapil Sharma Show (2016) — Himself
  14. Urumi (2011) — Nagapattinam Vavvali / Thanseer / Tarzan
  15. Kaun Banega Crorepati (2000) — Self
  16. Villu (2009) — (special appearance in the song "Rama Rama")
  17. Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005)
  18. Devi(L) (2016) — Krishna Kumar
  19. Baba (2002) — Special Appearance in "Baba Kichu Kichu Tha" Song
  20. Be Happy (2025) — Himself
  21. Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013) — Self
  22. Shakti: The Power (2002) — Special Appearance in 'Dumroo Baja Re' Song
  23. Gentleman (1993) — Special Appearance
  24. Pukar (2000) — as Himself in song, "Kay Sera Sera"
  25. Kaadhalan (1994) — Prabhu
  26. GodFather (2022) — Special Appearance in song "Thaar Maar Thakkar Maar"
  27. Mercury (2018) — blind & deaf person
  28. Kadhala Kadhala (1998) — Sundaralingam
  29. Gulaebaghavali (2018) — Badri
  30. Minsara Kanavu (1997) — Deva
  31. Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007) — Special appearance in the song "Jagadeka Veerudiki"
  32. Agni Natchathiram (1988) — Self (Special appearance in the song "Raaja Raajathi")
  33. Engeyum Kadhal (2011) — Special appearance in song "Engeyum Kadhal"
  34. Devi 2 (2019) — Krishna Kumar
  35. Lakshmi (2018) — Vijay Krishna "VK"
  36. Style (2006) — Ganesh
  37. Santosham (2002) — Pawan
  38. 123 (2002) — Tirupati
  39. Aabra Ka Daabra (2004) — Special Appearance in "Shiv Om" Song
  40. Chukkallo Chandrudu (2006)

Directed

  1. Wanted (2009) — Director
  2. Rowdy Rathore (2012) — Director
  3. R... Rajkumar (2013) — Director
  4. Singh Is Bliing (2015) — Director
  5. Radhe (2021) — Director
  6. Pokkiri (2007) — Director
  7. Dabangg 3 (2019) — Director
  8. Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2013) — Director
  9. Action Jackson (2014) — Director
  10. Villu (2009) — Director
  11. Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005) — Director
  12. Pournami (2006) — Director
  13. Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007) — Director
  14. Engeyum Kadhal (2011) — Director
  15. Vedi (2011) — Director
  16. Wanted 2 — Director