Prabhu Deva Sundaram (Tamil: பிரபு தேவா சுந்தரம்) better known simply as Prabhu Deva was born on 3 April 1973 in Karnataka. He was brought up in Chennai and is a choreographer, actor and film director in India. He is popularly called "India's Michael Jackson" for his fast dance movements.
Personal life
Prabhu Deva grew up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is the son of the dance master Sundaram, and dancing is his passion. His brother is Raju Sundaram. From choreography he went on to establish himself as an actor. He became a star in Kollywood with his impressive dance steps. His first movie as a dance director was Vetri Vizha. He has since choreographed over 100 movies. Before starting as a full time actor, he did some song sequences in films. His first movie as a hero was in kadhalan with actress Nagma. Prabhu Deva's success can be attributed more to his dancing than anything else. He has a significant fan following in the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film industry. He acted alongside his brothers in the movie 123.He is married to Ramlatha, a former dancer in his troupe. They have four sons together.
Other appearances
- Prabhu Deva was first noticed when he made a brief appearance in a song called Chikku Bukku Railei in the film Gentleman. This was S. Shankar's first film which was very sucessful.
- He danced with Madhuri Dixit for the song Que Sera Sera in the movie Pukar.
- He acted along with Lawrence Raghavendra in the hit movie Style.
- He has danced with Apache Indian in the song No Problem in the film Love Birds.
- He made a special appearance in Pokkiri (which was directed by himself) with Joseph Vijay in the song Aadungada.
Awards
Filmography
As actor
As director
As choreographer
Benny Lava
Benny Lava is an Internet meme that was started when the video for Prabhu Deva's song, "Kalluri Vaanil" from the Indian Tamil movie, Pennin Manathai Thottu, was uploaded to YouTube by mondegreen director "Buffalax" [1]. The video was edited to include subtitles of the written English approximation of the video's original language's sound. In this case, he "translated" the Tamil "-dha nilaavo" into English as "Benny Lava". Since then, Prabhu Deva is commonly known on the internet as "Benny Lava". The video has occasionally been referred to as "the web's craziest dance clip" and has been made into a mobile phone ring tone [2].
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