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Prabhu Deva

Acting Born Apr 3, 1973 Mysore, Karnataka, India 24 credits

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).

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Known for

The Kapil Sharma Show

as Himself

The Kapil Sharma Show

as Self

Comedy Nights with Kapil

as Self
Film

Ramaiya Vastavaiya

as Special Appearance in "Jaddu Ki Jhappi" Song

Kaun Banega Crorepati

as Self
Film

Rowdy Rathore

as Self

Full filmography

  • The Kapil Sharma Show (2016) as Himself
  • The Kapil Sharma Show (2016) as Self
  • Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013) as Self
  • Comedy Nights Bachao (2015) as Self
  • Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2013) as Special Appearance in "Jaddu Ki Jhappi" Song
  • Kaun Banega Crorepati (2000) as Self
  • 10 Ka Dum (2008) as Himself
  • Flashback
  • Bang Bang
  • Happy New Year (2014) as Dance Instructor
  • The Greatest of All Time (2024) as Kalyan Sundaram
  • Dabangg 3 (2019) as Special Appearance in "Munna Badnaam Hua" Song
  • Wanted (2009) as Special Appearance in "Jalwa" Song
  • Street Dancer 3D (2020) as Ram Prasad
  • Rowdy Rathore (2012) as Self
  • Pukar (2000) as as Himself in song, "Kay Sera Sera"
  • Badass Ravi Kumar (2025) as Carlos Pedro Panther
  • ABCD 2 (2015) as Vishnu
  • Boss (2013) as Man at the party
  • R... Rajkumar (2013) as Special Appearance in song "Gandi Baat" Song
  • Shakti: The Power (2002) as Special Appearance in 'Dumroo Baja Re' Song
  • Hey Bro (2015) as Special Appearance in "Birju" Song
  • Devi(L) (2016) as Krishna Kumar
  • GodFather (2022) as Special Appearance in song "Thaar Maar Thakkar Maar"