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Prabhu Deva (Kannada: ಪ್ರಭು ದೇವ) is an Indian film choreographer, stage dancer, actor and director known for his works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu cinema, Bollywood, Malayalam and Kannada films. In a career spanning twenty-five years, He has performed and designed a wide range of dancing styles. He has garnered two National Film Awards for Best Choreography, and has been widely referred in the media as India\'s Michael Jackson.

After a sequence of successful attempts in acting in the 1990s and early 2000s such as Kadhalan (1994), Raasaiyya (1995), Minsara Kanavu (1997), Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar (1998), Kaathala Kaathala (1998) and Vanathai Pola (2000), Prabhu Dheva ventured into direction with 2005 Telugu blockbuster Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana. He then went on to direct successful films in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil languages such as Shankardada Zindabad (2007), Pokkiri (2007), Wanted (2009) and Rowdy Rathore.

Prabhu Dheva was 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 Udipi Lakshminarayanan as well as Western styles. Raju Sundaram and Nagendra Prasad are his brothers.

Prabhu Deva first appeared as a background dancer for a song in the 1988 Tamil film Agni Natchathiram. Deva\'s first venture as a choreographer was Vetri Vizha (1989). He has since then choreographed in over 100 movies. From choreography, he went into acting. His first film as an actor was Indhu (1994) with actress Roja. In 1999, Dheva, Shobhana and A. R. Rahman performed with a Tamil cinema dancing troupe at the \"Michael Jackson and Friends\" concert in Munich, Germany. 

He acted alongside his brothers in the movie One Two Three. As of 2010, he serves as chairman and director of the Prabhudheva\'s Dance Academy in Singapore. He planned to release his first video album called It is boring in 2013.He also played the lead role in ABCD (Any Body Can Dance), the first 3D dance film in India.