INDIAN MICHAEL-GREAT DANCER PRABHU DEVA BIOGRAPHY

Prabhu Deva : Biography

Prabhu Deva, born 3 April 1973 in Chennai, is a choreographer, actor and film director in India. He is popularly called "India's Michael Jackson" for his fast dance movements. His first movie as a dance director was Vetri Vizha (Tamil) (year). He has since choreographed over 100 movies. He is Receipent of a National Award for Best Choreographer for the film "Minsara Kanavu". 
Before starting as a full time fim actor, he did some song sequences in films. His first movie as a hero (star) was in Indhu with actress Roja. He is the son of the legendary dance master Sundaram, and dancing is his passion. From choreography he went on to establish himself as an actor. He became a star in Kollywood with his seemingly impossible dance steps. Prabhu Deva's success can be attributed more to his dancing than anything else. He has a large following in the Tamil Telugu film industry.

Prabhu Deva : Career

Prabhu Deva was first noticed when he made a brief appearance in a song in Gentlemen. The dancing prowess he displayed in the song Chiku buku raile made young audiences go crazy. He can be seen dancing in the background group alongside his brother Rajusundaram for the song "Raja Rajathi Raja" in the Maniratnam-directed Agni Natchathiram. His father was the choreographer for that film. After Gentleman followed Kadhalan by S. Shankar with him as hero. It was a hit even in its dubbed versions. He became a sensation overnight and came to be known as a boneless wonder for his supple moves. Though he had been active as an actor for quite some time, his talents were not seen until Ezhayin Siripiley where he played a poor bus coolie. Even in Penin Manadhai Thottu, his acting ability was praised. Prabhu Deva decided to direct a feature film in Telugu, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005) starring Siddharth and Trisha Krishnan, which has become such a huge hit that he has been offered another film by the same producer.

Yuva $amrat Akkineni Nagarjuna

Date of Birth 29 August 1959, Chennai, Madras, India Birth Name Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao Nickname Nag Height 6' (1.83 m) Biography Nagarjuna, son of the Ever Green Hero Akkineni Negeswara Rao, needs no introduction. Nag's foray into films is an act of passion. Vikram(1986), his debutante film (a Telugu remake of Hindi Hero), made a splash at the hearts of youth. Being just 4 films old he proved that he can match his father's image as a tragedy king with a lovely film called 'Majnu'. He developed the strategy of inducting debutante directors to his films with Sankeerthana. Though this musical saga did not sustain at box-office, Nag has gone a step ahead as an actor. He paired up with his legendry father Sr Akkineni to produce 'Collectorgari Abbai'. But it was the Midas touch of Aswini Dutt that proved Nag's Box-office credentials. For the first time he paired up with Sridevi, who has done innumerable films with Nag's father Nageswara Rao, in the film 'Akhari Poratam' that ran for 100 days in 12 centers. It was 'Geetanjali' that has taken Nag's image as a romantic hero to new heights. Deft direction by Manirathnam and crafty camera work by PC Sriram added to necessary gloss to the romantic image of nag. If you think Geetanjali is a big hit. You are in a soup. Because the box-office magnitude of 'Geetanjali' appears minuscule compared to the stormy film that followed which has taken all the youth's heart away. 'Shiva' gave Nag much needed action Hero image and Nag made inroads into the hearts of students. Ultimate winner of 'Shiva' is none but Ram Gopal Varma, a raw director. It was the Nag's risky decision to employ a video operator as the director for his home production that did the trick. All the scorning critics who criticized Nag for his decision to choose Varma during the production of film are silenced by it's stupendous success. Fueled by the success of Shiva, Nag made a grand entry into Hindi filmdom with the remake of 'Shiva'. If you think Nag is fond of Shiva just because it changed the pace of his cine career, you are mistaken. This film has also got him Amala, his soul mate. After the storm of Shiva, there was a period lull for sometime. Again Nag stormed with 'President gari pellam' brough him the imageof mass hero. And his heavy box office romancing continued till Hello Brother. Hello Brother showed the stamina of Nag at box office by running in 28 centers. His comic antics are best exploited by the director EVV. With this film Nag's portfolio of acting is enriched with a rich ingredient called comedy. Again the period of lull continued for few years till he spotted another creative director in making, Krishna Vamsi. Nag paired up with Vamsi to produce one of the biggest Telugu romantic blockbusters, 'Ninne Pelladatha'. After this film Nag faced the biggest challenge in his cine career. That is to act as Annamayya, the legendary singer/poet of Medieval times. And Nag came out flying colors. Talk about the result. It ran for 100 days in 42 centers. He has become a household demigod with his presence of 'Annamayya'. Every good thing in life comes with a few sacrifices. He wanted to get rid of sacred 'Annamayya' image and wanted people to accept him as a romantic hero. He produced a string of romantic films later. All of them disappointed him at box-office and he went through the same kind of lull he had after 'Shiva' and 'Hello Brother'. All his fans waited in an unabated breathlessness for him to produce a film of Shiva magnitude. And Nag did not disappointed them. He came up with the blockbuster of the year, Nuvvu Vastavani. The super good film's caption for this film, 'We don't break records ... we create records', seems to be very appropriate for Nag. Nagarjuna then did a hattrick by coming up with an Azad action film with patriotic tinge followed by a cameo in 'Ninne Premista'. This hattrick gave way to another lean patch which was broken by the stupendous hit of Santosham. Nag is called as the celluloid scientist. He is best talent spotter around. To his credit he blooded Geetha Krishna, Ram Gopal Varma, Uppalapati Narayana Rao, Praveen Gandhi, VR Pratap and Jonnalagadda srinivasa Rao, Dasarath. He offered 'Ninne Pelladatha' to a new comer Krishna Vamsi just by looking at a 5 minute rushes of 'Gulabi'. Nag will be known as the person who changed the mindset of industry with his creative thinking. He encouraged the new technology in his films. And others followed him. Nagarjuna is never after the number game and did not encourage the culture dragging movies for 50 days and 100 days for the sake of records and false prestig Filmography as Actor King (2008) Krishnarjuna (2008) - Krishna Don (2007) - Suri aka Don Boss (2006) - Gopal Krishna Sri Ramadasu (2006) - Bhakta Ramadasu Style (2006) - Cameo Bhakta Ramadasu (2006) - Bhakta Ramadasu Super (2005) Mass (2004) - Mass Nenunnanu (2004) - Venu LOC Kargil (2003) - Maj. Padmaphani Acharya Pehli Nazaar Ka Pehla Pyaar (2003) - Pratik Shivamani (2003) Manmadhudu (2002) - Abhiram Santosham (2002) - Karthik Agni Varsha (2002) - Yavakri (as Nagarjuna) Akasa Veedhilo (2001) - Chandu Eduruleni Manishi (2001) - Surya Murthy/Satya Murthy Azaad (2000) - Chandra Sekhar Azad Biwi No. 2 (2000) - Vishal (as Nagarjuna) Sanam Tere Hain Hum (2000) Ravoyi Chandamama (1999) - Sasi Aavida Maa Aavide (1998) - Vikranth Angaaray (1998) - Raja Zakhm (1998) - Ajay's father (as Nagarjuna) Ratchakan (1997) - Ajay Annamayya (1997) - Annamayya Ninne Pelladatha (1996) - Raju Great Robbery (1996) - Govinda Mr. Bechara (1996) - Ajay (as Nagarjuna) Sabse Bada Mawali (1996) - Ishwar Prasad/Prem Kishen Gharana Bullodu (1995) Criminal (1995) Ghatotkachudu (1995) Sisindri (1995) Hello Brother (1994) Govindha Govindha (1993) Varasudu (1993) - Vinay Antam (1992) - Raghav Drohi (1992) - Raghav/Shekhar (Hitman) Khuda Gawah (1992) - Insp. Raja Mirza (as Nagarjuna) Killer (1991) - Eeswar / Killer Nirnayam (1991) - Vamsi Krishna Shiva (1990) - Shiva (as Nagarjuna) Gitanjali (1989) - Gangster with Leukemia Aakhari Poratam (1988) - Vihari Majnu (1987)-vijay Vikram(1986)-Vikram Filmography as producer Super (2005) - producer Mass (2004) - producer Satyam (2003) - producer Manmadhudu (2002) - producer Yuvakudu (2000) - producer Prema Katha (1999) - producer Ninne Pelladatha (1996) - producer Sisindri (1995) - producer Shri Ranganeethulu (1983) - producer Premaabhishekam (1981) - producer