Prabhu Deva filmography

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 25 years, he has performed and designed a wide range of dancing styles and has predominantly acted in Tami films. He made his debut as a boy playing a flute in the song "Panivizhum Iravu", from the Tamil film Mouna Ragam (1986).[1] After several appearances as a dancer, he made his debut as a lead actor in Pavithran's Indhu. He made his career breakthrough in his second film Kadhalan (1994) directed by S. Shankar. Prabhu Deva acted as a college student who loves the daughter of state governor, who has ties with a terrorist. The film was a commercial success and critics lauded Prabhu Deva's choreography and the his dance sequences in the songs "Mukkabla" and "Urvasi Urvasi", became very popular.[2][3]

Prabhu Dheva at Success party of his directorial Rowdy Rathore

Prabhu Deva featured in several commercially successful films like Minsara Kanavu (1997) and VIP (1997, where for the latter he went on to win the National Film Award for Best Choreography for his work in the songs "Strawberry Kannae" and "Vennilave.[4] He was critically acclaimed for his performance in the comedy Kaathala Kaathala (1998), co-starring Kamal Haasan.[5][6] Despite the successful ventures like Eazhaiyin Sirippil (2000) and Sundar C's Ullam Kollai Poguthae (2001), Deva was unable to recreate the success he had in his earlier years and many of his films didn't perform well financially.[7]

In the year 2005, Prabhu Deva made his debut as a director in the telugu film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana.[8] The film received critical acclaim and went on to become a blockbuster. The film was remade in seven languages and it is considered as the first Indian movie to do so. The movie won 9 Filmfare awards including a Best Choreographer award for Prabhudeva.[9] Following the success of his directorial ventures, Deva started to prioritize directing to acting. Occasionally he starred as a lead in dance films like Style (2006), ABCD (2013) and its sequel ABCD 2 (2015).[10][11]

Prabhu deva established the production company Prabhu Deva Studios and produced the film Devi, which was directed by A. L. Vijay in the year 2016. The film marked the return of Deva to Tamil cinema as an actor after a 11-year hiatus.[12] The film was acclaimed critically and was a financial success at the box office. After the success of the film, Deva appeared in Gulaebaghavali, silent film Mercury and Lakshmi in the year 2018.[13][14] In the year 2019, Deva had a line up of sequel films including Charlie Chaplin 2, a sequel to Deva's Charlie Chaplin, and Devi 2.[15][16] Both the films were met with negative reviews and failed commercially.[17][18]

Filmography

Director
Year Film Language Notes Ref
2005 Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Telugu
2006 Pournami
2007 Pokkiri Tamil
2007 Shankardada Zindabad Telugu
2009 Villu Tamil
2009 Wanted Hindi
2011 Engeyum Kaadhal Tamil
2011 Vedi
2012 Rowdy Rathore Hindi
2013 Ramaiya Vastavaiya Remake of Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
2013 R... Rajkumar
2014 Action Jackson
2015 Singh is Bling
2019 Dabangg 3
2020 Radhe Filming

Producer
Year Film Director Language Notes Ref
2016 Devi A. L. Vijay Tamil
2017 Bogan Lakshman
2018 Sometimes Priyadarshan Direct-to-video
2019 Vinodhan Victor Jayaraj Filming

Performance roles

Actor
Year Film Language Role Notes Ref
1994 Indhu Tamil Pattasu Debut as an actor.
Kaadhalan Prabhu Dubbed into Hindi as Humse Hai Muqabala and into Telugu as Premikudu.
1995 Raasaiyya Raasaiyya Dubbed into Hindi as Chhaila
1996 Love Birds Arun Dubbed into Telugu and Hindi under the same name.
Mr. Romeo Romeo, Madras Dubbed into Telugu and Hindi under the same name.
1997 Minsara Kanavu Deva Dubbed into Telugu as Merupu Kalalu and into Hindi as Sapnay.
VIP Guru Dubbed into Telugu under the same name.
1998 Naam Iruvar Nammaku Iruvar Prabhu, Deva
Love Story 1999 Telugu Vamsi
Kaathala Kaathala Tamil Sundaralingam Dubbed into Telugu as Navvandi Lavvandi and into Hindi under the same name.
1999 Ninaivirukkum Varai Janakiraman (Jonny)
Suyamvaram Kanna
Time Srininvasa Murthy Dubbed into Telugu under the same name.
2000 Vaanathaippola Selvakumar
Eazhaiyin Sirippil Ganesan
James Pandu James
Pennin Manathai Thottu Sunil
Doubles Prabhu
2001 Nila Kaalam Ashok Television film; Guest appearance
Ullam Kollai Poguthae Anbu
Alli Thandha Vaanam Sathyam
Manadhai Thirudivittai Deva
2002 Charlie Chaplin Thiru
H2O Kannada Vairamuthu
Santosham Telugu Pawan
One Two Three Tamil Sathya
Manasella Neene Kannada Judge Guest appearance
Agni Varsha Hindi Rakshasha
Thotti Gang Telugu Suri Babu
2003 Kalyana Ramudu Rajesh
Alaudin Tamil Alaudin
Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnula Pelli Telugu Murugan
2004 Engal Anna Tamil Kannan
Tapana Telugu Venu
Intlo Srimathi Veedhilo Kumari Gopal
Andalu Dongale Dorikithe Bujji
2006 Style Ganesh
Chukkallo Chandrudu Sharat Guest appearance
Naayudamma Prabhu
2007PrarambhaKannadaPuttaswamy GowdaShort film
2008 Michael Madana Kamaraju Telugu Michael, Ravi
2011 Urumi Malayalam Vavvali
2013 ABCD Hindi Vishnu
2014 Happy New Year Dance instructor Guest appearance
2015 ABCD 2 Vishnu
2016 Devi Tamil Krishna Kumar
Abhinetri Telugu
Tutak Tutak Tutiya Hindi
2017 Kalavaadiya Pozhuthugal Tamil Porchezhiyan
2018 Gulaebaghavali Badri
Mercury Silent Blind man
Lakshmi Tamil Krishna / VK
2019 Charlie Chaplin 2 Thiru Dubbed into Hindi as Afra Tafri
Devi 2 Krishna Kumar / Alex Britto / Ranga Reddy
Abhinetri 2 Telugu
Khamoshi Hindi Dev
2020 Street Dancer 3D Anna / Prabu Prasad
Pon Manickavel Tamil ACP Pon Manickavel 50th Film
Theal Tamil Filming
Yung Mung Sung Tamil Filming
Oomai Vizhigal Tamil Filming[19]
Bagheera Tamil Filming

Dancer
Year Film Song Language Notes Ref
1986 Mouna Ragam "Panivizhum" Tamil
1988 Agni Natchathiram "Raja Rajadhi"
1991 Adhikari "Naiyaandi Melam" [20]
Idhayam "April Mayile"
1992 Unnai Vaazhthi Paadugiren "Ippodhum Nippen" [21]
Suriyan "Laalaku Dol Dappima"
1993 Prathap "Maanga Maanga"
Rakshana "Gallu Mandhi Basu" Telugu
Ezhai Jaathi "Koduthalum Koduthanda" Tamil
Gentleman "Chikku Bukku Rayile"
Walter Vetrivel "Chinna Raasave"
2000 Pukar "Kay Sera Sera" Hindi
2002 Baba "Kichchu Tha" Tamil
Shakti "Dumroo Baje Re" Hindi
2004 Aabra Ka Daabra "Shiv Om"
2005 Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana "Paripoke Pitta" Telugu
2006 Pournami "Koyo Koyo"
2007 Pokkiri "Aadungada" Tamil
Shankardada Zindabad "Jagadeka Veeruniki" Telugu
2008 Vaana "Unnattaa Lenattaa"
2009 Villu "Rama Rama" Tamil
Wanted "Jalwa" Hindi
2010 Pa. Ra. Palanisamy "Netru Adhu" Tamil [22]
2011 Engeyum Kaadhal "Engeyum Kaadhal"
2012 Dhoni "Vaangum Panathukkum"
Dhoni "Mattiloni Chettu" Telugu
Rowdy Rathore "Chinta Ta Chita" Hindi
Oh My God "Govinda"
2013 Ramaiya Vastavaiya "Jadoo Ki Jhappi"
Boss "Hum Na Tode"
R... Rajkumar "Gandi Baat"
2014 Action Jackson "AJ"
2019 Dabangg 3 "Munna Badnaam Hua"

Singer
Year Film Song Language Notes Ref
1999 Suyamvaram "Siva Siva Sankara" Tamil
2001 Ullam Kollai Poguthae "Kingda" Sang the chorus portions

Lyricist
Year Film Song Composer Language Ref
2019 Charlie Chaplin 2 "Ivala Ivala" Amresh Ganesh Tamil
2019 Devi 2 "Sokkura Penne" Sam C. S.
2019 Yung Mung Sung Amresh Ganesh [23][24]
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