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Prabhu Deva

Prabhu Deva

Acting April 3, 1973 (53 years old) Mysore, Karnataka, India

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).

Movies 99

Wanted 5.8

Wanted

as Special Appearance in "Jalwa" Song

2009
Flashback 3.0

Flashback

as Siddharth

2025
Happy New Year 6.1

Happy New Year

as Dance Instructor

2014
Rowdy Rathore 5.9

Rowdy Rathore

as Self

2012
Boss 5.6

Boss

as Man at the party

2013
The Greatest of All Time 4.7

The Greatest of All Time

as Kalyan Sundaram

2024
Ramaiya Vastavaiya 6.2

Ramaiya Vastavaiya

as Special Appearance in "Jaddu Ki Jhappi" Song

2013
Street Dancer 3D 6.6

Street Dancer 3D

as Ram Prasad

2020
GodFather 5.4

GodFather

as Special Appearance in song "Thaar Maar Thakkar Maar"

2022
R... Rajkumar 6.1

R... Rajkumar

as Special Appearance in song "Gandi Baat" Song

2013
Badass Ravi Kumar 4.4

Badass Ravi Kumar

as Carlos Pedro Panther

2025
Baba 6.3

Baba

as Special Appearance in "Baba Kichu Kichu Tha" Song

2002
Dabangg 3 4.8

Dabangg 3

as Special Appearance in "Munna Badnaam Hua" Song

2019
Shakti: The Power 6.3

Shakti: The Power

as Special Appearance in 'Dumroo Baja Re' Song

2002
Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnula Pelli 2.0

Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnula Pelli

2003
Lakshmi 7.8

Lakshmi

as Vijay Krishna "VK"

2018
ABCD 2 5.7

ABCD 2

as Vishnu

2015
Villu 3.8

Villu

as (Special Appearance in the Song "Rama Rama")

2009
Be Happy 6.3

Be Happy

as Himself

2025
Pon Manickavel 4.0

Pon Manickavel

as Pon Manickavel

2021
Pukar 6.2

Pukar

as as Himself in song, "Kay Sera Sera"

2000
Urumi 7.0

Urumi

as Nagapattinam Vavvali / Thanseer / Tarzan

2011
Minsara Kanavu 6.6

Minsara Kanavu

as Deva

1997
Engeyum Kadhal 5.3

Engeyum Kadhal

as Special appearance in song "Engeyum Kadhal"

2011
Mr. Romeo 5.3

Mr. Romeo

as Madras/ Romeo

1996
Agni Varsha 3.6

Agni Varsha

as Rakshasa

2002
Poikkal Kuthirai 6.0

Poikkal Kuthirai

as Kathiravan

2022
Jalsa

Jalsa

Pokkiri 6.8

Pokkiri

as Special Appearance

2007
Suyamvaram 6.7

Suyamvaram

as Kanna

1999
Doubles

Doubles

as Prabhu

2000
Kadhala Kadhala 6.9

Kadhala Kadhala

as Sundaralingam

1998
Shankar Dada Zindabad 4.9

Shankar Dada Zindabad

as Special appearance in the song "Jagadeka Veerudiki"

2007
Aabra Ka Daabra 4.3

Aabra Ka Daabra

as Special Appearance in "Shiv Om" Song

2004
Devi(L) 6.0

Devi(L)

as Krishna Kumar

2016
Gentleman 7.4

Gentleman

as Special Appearance

1993
123 5.8

123

as Tirupati

2002
Devi 2 4.2

Devi 2

as Krishna Kumar

2019
V.I.P 3.5

V.I.P

as Guru

1997
ABCD 5.9

ABCD

as Vishnu

2013
Gulaebaghavali 5.5

Gulaebaghavali

as Badri

2018
Charlie Chaplin 2 5.8

Charlie Chaplin 2

as Thiru

2019
Kalyana Ramudu 6.5

Kalyana Ramudu

2003
Moon Walk

Moon Walk

as Babooty

Nila Kaalam

Nila Kaalam

as (guest appearance)

2001
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana 7.1

Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana

2005
Khamoshi 5.8

Khamoshi

as Dev

2019
Love Birds 7.0

Love Birds

as Arun/ David

1996
Jolly O Gymkhana

Jolly O Gymkhana

as Poonkundran

2024
Ninaivirukkum Varai 7.5

Ninaivirukkum Varai

as Janakiraman 'Johny'

1999
James Pandu

James Pandu

as Pandu

2000
Style 5.9

Style

as Ganesh

2006
Raasaiyya 8.0

Raasaiyya

as Raasaiyya

1995
Chukkallo Chandrudu 5.1

Chukkallo Chandrudu

2006
Bang Bang

Bang Bang

Kathanar - The Wild Sorcerer

Kathanar - The Wild Sorcerer

as Virtuoso

Suriyan 5.3

Suriyan

as Self

1992
Theal 5.0

Theal

as Durai

2022
Kamal Sridevi

Kamal Sridevi

Idhayam 8.3

Idhayam

as Self

1991
Walter Vetrivel 7.0

Walter Vetrivel

1993
Santosham 7.7

Santosham

as Pawan

2002
Untitled Karthik Subbaraj Film

Untitled Karthik Subbaraj Film

Agni Natchathiram 7.0

Agni Natchathiram

as Self (Special appearance in the song "Raaja Raajathi")

1988
My Dear Bootham 6.0

My Dear Bootham

as Karkikuki Bootham

2022
Time

Time

as Srinivasa Murthy

1999
Eazhaiyin Sirippil 7.0

Eazhaiyin Sirippil

as Ganesan

2000
Yung Mung Sung

Yung Mung Sung

Dhoni 5.8

Dhoni

as Cameo

2012
Ninaithathu Yaaro 3.0

Ninaithathu Yaaro

as Self

2014
Thotti Gang 6.5

Thotti Gang

as Suri babu

2002
Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar 6.8

Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar

as Prabhu/Deva

1998
Pennin Manathai Thottu

Pennin Manathai Thottu

as Sunil

2000
Bagheera 5.2

Bagheera

as Bagheera/Prabhu

2023
Kaadhalan 6.7

Kaadhalan

as Prabhu

1994
Karataka Damanaka 2.0

Karataka Damanaka

2024
Alaudin 5.0

Alaudin

as Alaudin

2003
Petta Rap

Petta Rap

as Bala the Hero

2024
Charlie Chaplin 6.0

Charlie Chaplin

as Thiru

2002
Hey Bro 4.0

Hey Bro

as Special Appearance in "Birju" Song

2015
Intlo Srimathi Veedhilo Kumari

Intlo Srimathi Veedhilo Kumari

as Gopal

2004
Maharagni

Maharagni

Unnai Vaazhthi Paadugiren

Unnai Vaazhthi Paadugiren

as Special Appearance in "Outa Langdi" Song

1992
Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal 5.0

Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal

as Chezhiyan

2017
Manadhai Thirudivittai 7.5

Manadhai Thirudivittai

as Deva

2001
Lucky Man 6.0

Lucky Man

as Special Appearance

2022
Mercury 6.6

Mercury

as blind & deaf person

2018
Engal Anna 5.8

Engal Anna

as Kannan

2004
Vaanathaippola 6.5

Vaanathaippola

as Selvakumar

2000
H2O 7.0

H2O

2002
Alli Thandha Vaanam

Alli Thandha Vaanam

as Sathyam

2001
Musasi

Musasi

as Michael Musasi

Love Story 1999

Love Story 1999

as Vamsi

1998
Pratap

Pratap

as Self - Dancer

1993
Andaru Dongale Dorikite

Andaru Dongale Dorikite

as Bujji

2004
Prarambha

Prarambha

as Puttaswamy

2007
Ullam Kollai Poguthey 7.0

Ullam Kollai Poguthey

as Anbu

2001
Indhu 3.0

Indhu

1994
Oomai Vizhigal

Oomai Vizhigal

TV Shows 6

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