Nagendra Prasad

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Nagendra Prasad
Born
Nagendra Prasad

(1975-12-03) 3 December 1975 (age 49)
Mysore, Mysore State
(now Karnataka), India
Occupations
Years active1991-present
SpouseHemalatha
Children2
Father Mugur Sundar
Relatives Raju Sundaram (brother)
Prabhu Deva (brother)

Nagendra Prasad (born 19 December 1975) is an Indian dance choreographer, actor and director who works in Tamil and Kannada films. He is the youngest son of dance master Mugur Sundar, and younger brother to popular cine artistes Prabhu Deva and Raju Sundaram.

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Career and personal life

He was most noted for his appearance in the song "Humma Humma", from the film Bombay . He made his lead debut with the Kannada movie Chitra , opposite Rekha Vedavyas and subsequently acted in the movie Manasella Neene , which was directed by his father – choreographer Mugur Sundaram. [1] He starred in several Tamil films as the hero's friend such as Kushi (2000), Ghilli (2004) and Master (2021). He has also acted in a tele-serial called "Maya Machindra" on STAR Vijay. [2] He took part in Jodi number 1 season 7. He was eliminated in the semi-finals. He has a dance school, MSM dance school named after his father.

Similar to his brother Prabhu Deva, he aspired to be a director and worked as an assistant director for the Hindi film Rowdy Rathore (2012). [3] He made his directorial debut with the film Lucky Man (2022). [4]

His mother tongue is Kannada. [4] He is married to Hemalatha.

Filmography

Choreographer

YearFilmNotes
1998 Jeans
1999 Ninaivirukkum Varai
2001 Chocklet
Minnale
2002 Mutham
2003 Parasuram
2004 Y2K Kannada films
2010 Bisile
2013 Udhayam NH4
2017 Paambhu Sattai
2021 Laabam
Thalaivii Simultaneously shot in Hindi
2023Kuttram Nadanthathu Enna?

Actor

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1995 Thotta Chinungi Prasad Tamil
2000 Kushi Babu
2001 Chitra Ramu Kannada Lead debut
credited as Prasad
Chocklet GuruTamil
2002 123 ChidambaramTamil
Manasella Neene Venu / ChintuKannada
Mutham AnandTamil
2003Love Ve PasagaliPrasadKannada
2004 Y2K Yuvaraj [5]
Ghilli PrasadTamil
Srusti SandeshKannada [6]
2017 Bogan PrasadTamil
2018 Koothan Krishna
2021 Master JD's friend
2022 Battery Arjun

Director

List of film directing credits
YearTitleLanguageNotes
2022 Lucky Man Kannada [7]

Dancer

YearFilmSongNotes
1995 Bombay "Humma Humma"
Coolie "Hey Rammu Rammu"
2000 Rhythm "Thaniye"
2001 Minnale "Azhagiya Theeye"
Majunu "Hari Gori"
2003 Ramachandra "Paarappa"
Kadhal Kirukkan "Poththu"
2004 Vajram "Varnamayil Peeli Pole"Malayalam film
2017 Paambhu Sattai "Ichukkattaa"
2018 Gulaebaghavali "Guleba"
2020 Pattas "Morattu Thamizhan Da"
2021 Laabam "Yaamili Yaamiliyaa"

Television

YearFilmRoleChannelLanguageNotes
Maya Machindra Star Vijay Tamil
2014 Jodi No.1 Contestant
2019 Thiravam Zee5
2022 Five Six Seven Eight Prasath
2023 Weekend with Ramesh Guest Zee Kannada Kannadaon episode with Prabhu Deva

References

  1. ↑ "Raju Sundaram, Prabhudeva to the beat". Rediff. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Others". The Hindu . 27 March 2000. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150320203908/https://www.chitraloka.com/news/11594-nagendra-prasad-back-to-kannada-cinema.html
  4. 1 2 "Upendra's directorials have always stunned me: Nagendra Prasad". Cinema Express . 8 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Deepak, S. N. (28 March 2004). "Y2K". Deccan Herald . Archived from the original on 3 November 2004. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Srusthi". Sify . Archived from the original on 21 December 2004. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "One of Puneeth Rajkumar's final few appearances, the first look of 'Luckyman' is here". The Times of India .
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